The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 28, 2021

Just as parents tend to think their own children are the most amazing things to walk the earth, so too do innovators have similarly distorted opinions of the ideas that form the basis of their innovations. Grasping the true value of ideas is essential for corporate innovation success. Overvalued. Avoiding overvaluing ideas.

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Innovation Idea Generation Automotive Proposal 133

Innovation Excellence

AUGUST 24, 2024

GUEST POST from Art Inteligencia Since the inception of automotive racing over a century ago, the roar of engines and the telltale scent of burning rubber have been synonymous with the thrill and excitement of motorsport.

Automotive 115

Automotive Innovation Engineering Sports 115

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Transformative events that began in the automotive industry spread into many other sectors (including healthcare, finance, even innovation). GUEST POST from Norbert Majerus and George Taninecz Lean manufacturing and the Toyota Production System started an industrial revolution (at least for those who adopted it).

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Lean Manufacturing Innovation Automotive Finance 98

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 4, 2024

Innovation tends to follow the agglomeration effect, whereby scale plays a crucial role in how innovative an area is. This transformation serves as a testament to the capacity of innovation to flourish even in geographically isolated and underdeveloped areas, provided three crucial factors are present, as identified in our analysis.

Innovation 122

Innovation Supply Chain Automotive Engineering 122

Leading Blog

JANUARY 27, 2020

AI is breaking down the limits that are inherent in traditional operating models to drive new value, growth, and innovation. The authors provide case studies from the travel industry to the retail, entertainment, and automotive industries.

Operations 357

Operations Industry Learning-by-Doing Core Competence 357

N2Growth Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

.” Hyundai Motor announced its plans to invest widely in leading Israeli start-ups to fast-track the manufacturer’s future advanced automotive technologies developments. ” In October, Samsung Electronics unveiled Bixby 2.0, Like this column?

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Press Release Automotive Technology Learning-by-Doing 170

Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Much like the smartphone allowed tens of thousands of entrepreneurs create remote service centers and a new type of maintenance offering; and facilitate the automotive Internet of Things that will connect those cars to the rest of the world.

Industry 81

Industry Automotive Innovation Entrepreneur 81

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 7, 2018

With One Ford, he put the purpose and values of the Ford brand at the center of the organization and unified the company’s people, plans, operations, and products to restore the brand to automotive leadership.

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Brand BPR FOB Automotive 193

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 18, 2023

Each year the Boston Consulting Group takes the corporate temperature in terms of innovation. In their latest report, they look specifically at sustainability innovation, both in terms of the priority firms are assigning to it and the results they’re achieving. Indeed, 80% of the top 50 most innovative firms fell into this camp.

Innovation 70

Innovation Automotive Benchmarking Business Model 70

Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

When it comes to innovation, there are countless ways things might go wrong. If you manage to get the timing just right, your innovations will obviously benefit from huge tailwinds when entire industries are transitioning from the old to the new with you riding at the top of the wave. The importance of timing in innovation.

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Innovation Price Technology Blue Ocean Strategy 98

Innovation Excellence

JUNE 15, 2020

That in turn got me thinking about our role as innovators, and the influence we can exert at a time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in health, environmental, and social fronts. I don’t have to explain that it’s more fun for innovators to work on big, game changing ideas.

Innovation 76

Innovation Long-term Short-term Retail 76

Mills Scofield

JULY 18, 2012

Side Note: Neuros Medical and Cleveland Heartlab’s successes are two of many successful and impacting startups in Northeast Ohio and Cleveland.

Automotive 168

Automotive Quality Power Books 168

Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. That’s why I enjoyed talking with Jeff Dyer who, along with Nathan Furr and Curtis Lefrandt, wrote a new book, Innovation Capital: How to Compete and Win Like the World’s Innovative Leaders. Satya Nadella.

Innovation 83

Innovation Reputation Social Capital How To 83

Innovation Excellence

MARCH 2, 2023

GUEST POST from Shep Hyken Reuters Events puts on a series of global leadership conferences that focus on key topics & challenges within particular industries, such as pharma, energy, automotive, and more. Their mission is to “offer help in the sectors where it’s needed most, using specialist industry knowledge to promote development.”

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Objective Automotive Strategy Conference 98

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 10, 2022

The report goes on to provide some stepping stones to help various industries achieve their net-zero goals, with this particularly important in sectors such as manufacturing, construction, transportation, and automotive, all of which have been identified as lagging behind. In others, they will have to be invented.

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Commitment Company Automotive Transportation 120

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

A study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reveals that how organizations learn from failures depends on two key factors: the nature of the failures and the innovation capabilities of the firms involved. ” Embracing innovation One important lesson from the research is the importance of embracing innovation.

Innovation 56

Innovation Pharmaceuticals Compliance Automotive 56

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 6, 2024

The Role of Electrical Systems in Key Industries Automotive and Aerospace Manufacturing Precision and power are crucial in the world of automotive and aerospace manufacturing. By using this top-notch industrial equipment , manufacturers in the automotive and aerospace fields can keep their operations running smoothly.

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System Industry Power Automotive 87

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

Guest post from John R Childress: In 1965, when I was a junior in high school and sporty, stylish and innovative cars were all the rage, Ralph Nader, a Harvard trained lawyer, published a book that was both highly controversial and highly influential.

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Leadership Automotive Seminar CEO 155

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

“It is hoped this will inspire and encourage SMEs and mid-sized companies to harness their potential in becoming a major driver of sustainable and inclusive economic growth and innovation by focusing on several core dimensions of future readiness: sustainable growth, societal impact and adaptive capacity,” the authors conclude.

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Company Hofstede Supply Chain Agility 127

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 26, 2021

Analysts forecast the US automotive aftermarket will reach $445 billion by 2023. That statistic proves the demand for innovative auto parts is at an all-time high. Marketing helps brands become automotive industry leaders, and the stores will generate more money as a result. Prepare for a Successful Ride.

Automotive 88

Automotive Succession Retail Brand 88

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 18, 2019

As one of the world’s largest data companies, with leading positions in the credit, automotive and healthcare markets, the CIO’s role is especially crucial for driving the business. When Barry Libenson first arrived at Experian as Global CIO in 2015, he knew that the job would be a challenge. So he devoted his first few.

CIO 83

CIO Automotive Globalization Marketing 83

Strategy Driven

JULY 30, 2024

In other words, we can say that these innovations are not just about making our lives easier but also about creating a more sustainable and connected world. All in all, self-healing concrete is a truly innovative material that is changing the way we think about building and maintaining our world.

Engineering 95

Engineering Development Construction Automotive 95

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

The following is a guest piece by Innovation Excellence co-founder Rowan Gibson. What most companies understand now is that the only way to drive profitable growth and wealth creation over the longer term is to innovate. But that’s not the way radical innovators envisage their organizations. This is quite understandable.

How To 100

How To Retail Core Competence Innovation 100

Lead on Purpose

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Over 150 companies, including Durkee, Cremora, San Giorgio, Ronzoni, and McCormick, now use the entire line of Flapper products, and Weatherchem continues to lead the industry in offering the widest, most innovative array of closure products.

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Committee Automotive Products Productivity 140

N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

Sam Walsh: I graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce from Melbourne University and started my career in the Automotive Industry at General Motors in Australia in 1972. Sam Walsh: At Rio Tinto, we had an innovation programme called “Mine of the Future”.

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Gordon Restructuring Leadership CEO 150

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 13, 2020

The findings emerged from a study of the automotive industry in nine developed countries, which collectively underwent 205 collective layoffs from 20 major brands over a 15 year period. It’s likely that the merit of the firm’s prior actions will be called into question, however, as will their future prospects.

Advertising 102

Advertising Automotive Restructuring Price 102

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 27, 2019

There has nary been an industry that hasn’t been caught up in the rush to recruit as much AI talent as they can in the past few years, but perhaps few have such a pressing need as the automotive sector. The UK will need 1.2

Skills 67

Skills Automotive Engineering Software 67

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In the automotive industry, for instance, very few companies offered remote work prior to the pandemic, but by 2022 Honda offered it to around half of new engineering hires. Culture is key The corporate culture in each organization was also found to play a big role in whether remote work was offered or not.

Automotive 113

Automotive Advertising Industry Trends 113

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2019

Some of the other initiatives revolve around work-life flexibility, recruiting veteran talent and building a more diverse talent pipeline – all of which support the company’s long-term growth and innovation. How do you measure the value these D&I programs bring to the company? People are at the core of this strategy.

Diversity 81

Diversity Human Resources Globalization Automotive 81

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 8, 2019

The researchers simulated a number of processes from a production logistics facility used in industries such as automotive and engineering. Recent research from the universities of Göttingen, Duisburg-Essen and Trier provides a timely reminder that most robots still perform best when paired up with a human being.

Automotive 69

Automotive Efficiency Engineering Technology 69

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

When people talk about the jobs that are likely to be automated in the coming years, trucking is one of the most common to be cited, with innovations by companies like Otto used to exemplify the risk drivers face. It’s a risk that a new study suggests is significantly overblown, and the authors provide three reasons why this is so.

Short-term 69

Short-term Automotive Long-term Technology 69

Chartered Management Institute

JULY 12, 2023

The region was a cradle of innovation – in metallurgy, but also a host of other industrial processes – and of expert management of factories and logistics. Here you’ll find advanced auto supply chain capabilities, and vehicle R&D hot-housed at the National Automotive Innovation Centre.

Workshop 52

Workshop Productivity Products Supply Chain 52

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 9, 2019

A recent paper published in the International Journal of Automotive Technology and Management aims to shatter some of these myths and analyze both where we currently are with the technology, and where we might go next.

Transportation 61

Transportation Automotive Travel Insurance 61

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The data shows that, as in other countries, robots first made an appearance in sectors such as electronics and automotive, with this growth underpinning tremendous growth in both sectors. The researchers collected data from the China Employer-Employee Survey to gauge how many firms are using robots.

Automotive 79

Automotive Banking Industry Information Technology 79

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 27, 2019

If different automotive manufacturers are all developing their own autonomous cars with their own software, those cars all need to communicate with each other effectively.” “Autonomous cars could fix a lot of different problems associated with driving in cities, but there needs to be a way for them to work together,” the authors say.

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Cooper Automotive System Software 74

Strategy Driven

APRIL 3, 2020

The changes in the automotive industry are massive. By partnering with manufacturers such as these, you can piggyback off their innovation. Alternatively, you can be transparent about the fees from the outset. That way, you or the business isn’t to blame if the situation goes south. 21st Century Practices.

Automotive 67

Automotive Short-term Brand Self-aware 67

HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

Esparza emphasizes the importance of championing participation, personalized coaching, and celebrating diverse perspectives to foster innovation and mutual respect within the workplace. What unique or innovative employee initiatives set AutoNation apart from its competitors in attracting and retaining talent?

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Diversity Automotive Human Resources Career 52