The Horizons Tracker

MAY 18, 2022

Whereas historically, the bulk of corporate innovation would be via in-house R&D programs, or mergers and acquisitions, the last decade has seen a considerable rise in corporate venturing. Indeed, during 2020, around $70 billion was invested by corporates in startups, which represented around 25% of all VC deals.

Short-term 112

Short-term CFO Bureaucracy Long-term 112

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Many of us have a positive and innovative vision of a prosperous Europe, but to implement this we must address the problem of our broken immigration system. So, every day that we turn back a skilled migrant due to slow immigration processes or ridiculous bureaucracy, we are costing our community five jobs.

Marketing 74

Marketing Bureaucracy Globalization Policies 74

HR Digest

MAY 2, 2024

CRN received a statement from a spokesperson from the company stating that it was “simplifying structures to give employees more opportunity to work on our most innovative and important advances and our biggest company priorities while reducing bureaucracy and layers.” According to Inc.

Trends 59

Trends Decentralization CFO Bureaucracy 59

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 13, 2023

The authors argue that current policies are not doing a sufficiently good job at tackling the problem, not least because they only provide temporary support that only really kicks in when people have already been failed by the housing and labor markets. ” The post How UBI Affects Homelessness first appeared on The Horizons Tracker.

Policies 138

Policies Bureaucracy System Crisis 138

Skip Prichard

JANUARY 10, 2022

In a growing economy where credit was plentiful, the tech industry has repeatedly chanted the innovation mantra “Fail fast, learn fast.” Methodologies such Lean Startup and Agile have taught us to innovate faster by harnessing the power of iteration. But inherently, “seeing what works” is optimizing for short-term results.

Products 111

Products Productivity Development Short-term 111

In the CEO Afterlife

MAY 20, 2014

Negotiating for a lower price or something extra is the modus operandi of every antique retailer, real estate broker, flea market merchant and automobile dealer. Some companies thrive on innovative cultures. Bureaucracy lurks on the periphery, waiting for its opening to subvert the lean, mean, business machine. Simplicity.

Real Estate 215

Real Estate Human Resources Bureaucracy Constraint 215

In the CEO Afterlife

APRIL 13, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. But don’t over look the fact that Apple’s culture is innovative, competitive, focused, passionate and collaborative. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 227

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Creativity Energy 227

You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 30, 2011

Steve Jobs once said, “ Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower ”. There is a huge role for leadership in creating and living a culture that values innovation. In this culture, innovation becomes everybody’s job, with all brains engaged in the pursuit of what now and what’s next. They expect it.

Innovation 58

Innovation Leadership Bureaucracy Creativity 58

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 2, 2020

It shows clear attempts to move exports away from EU markets to elsewhere in the world. The data showed that the smallest exporters were shifting up to 46% of their export growth from the EU to other markets since the referendum in 2016, with slightly larger firms shifting around 19% of their exports. Gravity defying. Tariff barriers.

Supply Chain 92

Supply Chain Hedge Bureaucracy Credit Risk 92

In the CEO Afterlife

FEBRUARY 19, 2012

Somehow he was able to see the unseen, and marshal Apple’s resources to deliver the innovative products that fulfilled his view of what lied ahead. Companies, markets, and the categories in which they compete can be exceedingly dissimilar. Is a “turnaround” artist right for a profitable, steady bureaucracy?

CEO 213

CEO Human Resources Bureaucracy Maturity 213

Chart Your Course

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Optimistic employees work harder, longer and with a more innovative spirit. Optimism frames and fuels decisions, and in the modern workplace, it fosters solid work, innovation and sales. Is bureaucracy weighing you down? How can you encourage innovation? So how do you harness Optimism for your business? Lead by example.

Chief Executive Officer 185

Chief Executive Officer Bureaucracy Motivation Innovation 185

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

What do you do if you're a leader in a large, successful organization with an entrenched bureaucracy, and you see the need for innovation? The Internal Revenue Service (IRS), however, was successful in transforming its bureaucracy. Thus, needed process changes within bureaucracies should always be built into such initiatives.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Innovation Supply Chain Long-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. This is the recipe for “bureaucracy,” the 150-year old mashup of military command structures and industrial engineering that constitutes the operating system for virtually every large-scale organization on the planet.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

Businesses are, on average, far less adaptable, innovative, and inspiring than they could be and, increasingly, must be. This is the recipe for “bureaucracy,” the 150-year old mashup of military command structures and industrial engineering that constitutes the operating system for virtually every large-scale organization on the planet.

Bureaucracy 9

Bureaucracy Short-term Long-term Intellectual Capital 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

Believe it or not, bureaucracy was once a progressive innovation. The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. Today, most people work in some sort of bureaucracy — and according to Gallup, 85% of employees around the world feel disengaged from their work.

Bureaucracy 11

Bureaucracy Agility Energy Constraint 11

The Practical Leader

AUGUST 16, 2023

Yet despite our very tight job market, highly effective “magnet companies” attract and hang on to good people. Their reputation or “leadership brand” has become as critical to their success as the company brand they are selling in their market. Brand management is an inside job.

Energy 52

Energy Crisis Leadership Absenteeism 52

Marshall Goldsmith

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. Leaders can no longer afford to let the vagaries of the job market determine who leaves and who stays. The CEO of a leading telecommunications company recently embarked on an innovative approach. Relax the culture. .

Bureaucracy 151

Bureaucracy Intellectual Capital Kotter Telecommunications 151

Coaching Tip

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Authentic trust , the trust that''s broken or missing in most workplaces, fuels innovation and engagement, and ignites passions in those we lead. They reward unfavorable behaviors, while operating with myopic interests and escalating bureaucracy. Capture Your Market Share. Yet, that''s the reality for most. Related articles.

Self-aware 91

Self-aware Bureaucracy Open-book Ethics 91

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

It suggests that refugees benefit when they reside in ethnic communities as these communities help the newcomers find work and navigate local bureaucracy. The data contained information on when they entered the labor market, and in what kind of work they did.

Bureaucracy 65

Bureaucracy Policies Analysis Marketing 65

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. But don’t over look the fact that Apple’s culture is innovative, competitive, focused, passionate and collaborative. Mine was marketing.

Entrepreneur 154

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 154

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Many midsized company leaders equate it with big-company bureaucracy. Information gathering and analytics acumen that looks externally at markets, competition, and the company’s reputation, and internally at the organization’s culture, teams, and performance levels. They made great products and brought them to market.

Leadership 247

Leadership CEO Planning Long-term 247

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2017

In a recent article , Gary Hamel and Michele Zanini detail the toll that growing bureaucracy is taking across industries. Many of those working in the consolidating health care industry will immediately validate several of the authors’ key findings, including: Bureaucracy is growing, not shrinking. ” I beg to differ.

Health Care 8

Health Care Bureaucracy Hamel System 8

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 1, 2008

Leaders create new markets. Leaders do not give orders, but encourage performance and innovation. Leaders protect young leaders or mavericks from negativity and bureaucracy. Leaders make mistakes, and then learn from them. No one has become great through countless line extensions. Leaders love to learn. Leaders enjoy leading.

Bureaucracy 135

Bureaucracy Innovation Marketing Team 135

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Silent Killer #5: Suppressing Innovation. Thanks to the bureaucracy and lack of listening that exists in most companies today, we have created working environments that stifle the creativity, original thought, and innovation that make our human capital so valuable. The greatest enemy of innovation is modern management.

Six Sigma 50

Six Sigma Products Productivity Bureaucracy 50

Lead Change Blog

APRIL 18, 2016

But, when the time comes for the cows to be transported to market, herding can become a challenge. Like TD Bank, make busting customer-restricting bureaucracy more valued than protecting those “sacred cows” long in need of slaughtering. For months cows leisurely graze, sleep in the shade and drink water from a nearby pond.

Policies 150

Policies Follow-up Banking Bureaucracy 150

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2017

Find your niche in the market. Instead, you should stick to the same message but find innovative new ways of stating it. The beauty of running a small business is that you do not have layers of bureaucracy to wade through when you want to make a change. Photo courtesy of Pexels. Define what your brand is. Do not be boring.

Brand 51

Brand Bureaucracy Short-term Discount 51

Tanveer Naseer

JANUARY 6, 2015

A Leader’s Insights In “ Joy, Inc – How We Built a Workplace People Love ”, Richard Sheridan, cofounder and CEO of software design firm Menlo Innovations, delineates the practical steps he has taken to create and maintain a corporate culture that makes people “excited to come to work every day.”

Influence 100

Influence Succession Ethics Bureaucracy 100

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Somehow he was able to see the unseen, and marshal Apple’s resources to deliver the innovative products that fulfilled his view of what lied ahead. Companies, markets, and the categories in which they compete can be exceedingly dissimilar. Is a “turnaround” artist right for a profitable, steady bureaucracy?

CEO 122

CEO Bureaucracy Maturity Human Resources 122

Kevin Eikenberry

DECEMBER 3, 2010

Consulting Speaking Training Products KevinEikenberry.com About Blog Home Blogs I Like Leadership Learning Subscribe What a Leader Can Learn From 20 Cents Postage Due by Kevin Eikenberry on December 3, 2010 in Collaboration , Innovation , Leadership , Video I received a package in the mail this week. With 20 cents postage due on the envelope.

USP 185

USP Video Workshop Learning-by-Doing 185

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2012

And although I am no longer engaged in commercial business, I am once again “thinking business” and enjoying the rush of discovering the ideas and innovations of today’s entrepreneurs. But don’t over look the fact that Apple’s culture is innovative, competitive, focused, passionate and collaborative.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Bureaucracy Brand Creativity 92

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 13, 2021

The study suggests that refugees benefit when they reside in ethnic communities as these communities help the newcomers find work and navigate local bureaucracy.

Policies 91

Policies Analysis Bureaucracy Short-term 91

LDRLB

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Somehow he was able to see the unseen, and marshal Apple’s resources to deliver the innovative products that fulfilled his view of what lied ahead. Companies, markets, and the categories in which they compete can be exceedingly dissimilar. Is a “turnaround” artist right for a profitable, steady bureaucracy?

CEO 100

CEO Bureaucracy Maturity Human Resources 100

Coaching Tip

APRIL 29, 2011

Size doesn’t have to mean bureaucracy, but it takes fresh organizational thinking. For example, when a global brand manager and a local sales organization share responsibilities, and are rewarded for working together, they will fight for their interests so that both the global brand and the local market are addressed.

Development 112

Development Bureaucracy Globalization Middle Management 112

Ask Atma

MAY 5, 2012

What about doing market research?” process, some market research can still be done during the idea development stage. It is now possible to shift a large part of the market research into the product development phase. First, you would do market research to gain some insight into a potential market or an underserved market.

Business Model 93

Business Model Ries Agility Entrepreneur 93

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2016

Our research on the founder’s mentality suggests that energy vampires and the bureaucracies that spawn them are among the main reasons why many companies lose speed and their sense of mission as they grow. My favorite example is a story one CEO told us about his innovation pipeline. About how rigorous it was. How inclusive.

Bureaucracy 8

Bureaucracy 360-Degree Feedback How To Energy 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2014

That is, why bother trying to innovate if no matter what they do, large companies can no longer maintain a sustainable advantage and their life spans are just getting shorter and shorter? In these markets if existing companies don’t rise to the innovation challenge, no one will. “Why bother?”. But it is a cost nonetheless.

Innovation 8

Innovation Venture Capitalist Company Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2014

The challenge of attracting and retaining talent is particularly acute for marketers. In this new world, the best marketers exhibit five superpowers – each of which requires new types of talent. Content creation + product expertise: Brand marketers are becoming more and more like publishers. Who: Look for dual superpowers.

Marketing 8

Marketing Strategy Brand Metrics 8