The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

CFOs are turning to AI to handle various tasks, like paying suppliers, managing invoices, handling finances, and making the best use of their facilities,” explain the researchers. Some are even using tools like ChatGPT to brainstorm ideas and draft job descriptions, contracts, marketing plans, and press releases.”

Survey 64

Survey Chief Financial Officer Press Release CFO 64

Strategy Driven

JULY 12, 2019

While you many not enjoy spending hours going through the books, you know where everything is and you’re on top of the finances. If you have gone ahead and recruited someone to take this on for you then sit down with them and brainstorm a fresh, innovative ways of reaching out to your customer base.

Marketing Strategy 57

Marketing Strategy Bottom-up Brainstorming Finance 57

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 4, 2020

As a result, they can brainstorm innovative ways to bring your brand to life. If so, check out our other finance-related posts. It’s difficult to ask your internal marketing team to be objective about branding as they’re exposed to your company’s aesthetic every day. Cross-Industry Experience. Happy hiring!

Brand 65

Brand Creativity Audience Advertising 65

Ron Edmondson

MARCH 5, 2020

Whenever we are stalled in an area of ministry, I like to invite different voices to brainstorm and develop new ideas. Granted this takes creativity, especially when finances are stretched, but always hearing “we can’t afford that” or “we aren’t big enough to do that” is never motivating to a team. A culture of fear. Structure is good.

Bureaucracy 56

Bureaucracy Brainstorming Guidelines Edmondson 56

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2011

I have long believed that innovation is not just about creating new products or services; it's also about rethinking the very nature of an organization's relationships. The most innovative brands have dramatically changed the way they connect with customers by supplementing traditional marketing and advertising with social and digital media.

Health Care 21

Health Care Innovation Crisis Brainstorming 21

Harvard Business Review

MAY 23, 2011

Collaboration across departments or units of the same company will likely be a good thing only if managers set up the conditions for what Morten Hansen — citing Procter & Gamble's collaborative innovation as a prime example — calls " disciplined collaboration." Progress ground to a halt, crippling innovation.

Management 19

Management Engineering Price Brainstorming 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2012

People often ask me why it's so hard for big companies to be innovative. But that doesn't mean innovation can't happen, even in the biggest, most entrenched firm. By establishing the Innovation Office , and empowering me with resources to run it, he sent a crucial signal to the organization that innovation is on top of his agenda.

Innovation 15

Innovation CFO Learning-by-Doing Brainstorming 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

Innovation 9

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2016

Ask people who have participated in the platform, and they will tell you that the community they built in the process of Kickstarting turned out to be more valuable than the financing they received.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 9, 2014

And as the shift away from the industrial economy continues, a wider percentage of this institutional capital will go towards innovation startups through a rise in speculative investing , which has been predicted by a number of Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Entrepreneurship Finance'

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Mezzanine Short-term 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2013

They were pitching their ideas and plans to Eric and their peers; once the pitch was complete, the group would then brainstorm. For that reason, the "Lean" mentality is one of the most powerful tools in the innovator''s arsenal — in startups and mature corporations alike. One of these young entrepreneurs in particular stood out.

Company 12

Company Ries Maturity Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Innovation as Usual: How to Help Your People Bring Great Ideas to Life. Most organizations approach innovation as if it were a sideline activity. Every so often employees are sent to 'Brainstorm Island": an off-site replete with trendy lectures, creative workshops, and overenthusiastic facilitators. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Teams.

Books 8

Books Rogers Globalization Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2013

If you let yourself become afraid to innovate — to go for it — you haven''t just failed. When I first started Bullhorn in 1999, our original concept was the product of some brainstorming between me and my co-founder. Entrepreneurship Failure Finance' You can''t avoid it altogether. You''ve become a failure.

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Business Model Brainstorming Finance 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2013

The most talented individuals in industries such as technology and finance spoke English, either as a first or second language. Now picture this group engaged in brainstorming, negotiations, or expansion planning. We manage and innovate with speed and precision, and that will only increase with our English skills.

Globalization 10

Globalization Company Software Learning-by-Doing 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

My colleague Andy Hargadon noted this when he did an ethnography of the renowned innovation firm IDEO in the 1990s. Just a couple of weeks ago, BuildDirect received $30 million in additional financing led by Venture Capital firm Mohr Davidow. But an intimate gathering with, say, 500 of your best friends isn’t feasible.

Venture Capitalist 9

Venture Capitalist Brainstorming Proposal CEO 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 8, 2015

Change and innovation are choices, not givens, in any organization, and there are managerial levers for making these selections wisely. Within EB, Merck first created a Global Health Innovation Fund and then a Healthcare Services and Solution unit to identify, develop, and operate nascent opportunities that fit that thesis.

Health Care 8

Health Care Venture Capitalist Strategic Fit Pharmaceuticals 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2017

“Say, ‘It is taking me about five hours a month to prepare this report for the finance department. ” You could, for instance, offer to attend brainstorming sessions, read first drafts, or serve as a sounding board. Requesting guidance helps you both clarify expectations and work more efficiently. ”

How To 8

How To Project Advice Case Study 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2016

So she and her boss agreed to have her lead the development of a pop-up store, which required collaboration with finance, sales, and product teams. These groups bring together staff from different functional areas to share lessons learned from completed projects and to brainstorm potential quality improvements or innovations.

Brainstorming 14

Brainstorming Leadership Delegation Self-aware 14