Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2016

Companies that are able to master continuous online product innovation have big advantages: Dramatic reductions in the time it takes to make critical product enhancements. Large decreases in costs by eliminating the waste of fully developing features that fail in the market. But isn’t there a risk of quality problems?

Innovation 10

Innovation Company Software Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2014

They knew the answer was not by relying on traditional internal processes and practices for R&D and innovation. IBM, a company with a long and successful tradition of internally-focused R&D activities, is adapting to this new world of creating platforms and enabling open innovation. So how does it work?

Venture Funding 14

Venture Funding Entrepreneur Agility Business Model 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 28, 2017

While it’s clear that CEOs need to consider AI’s business implications, the technology’s nascence in business settings makes it less clear how to profitably employ it. While investment in AI is heating up, corporate adoption of AI technologies is still lagging.

Survey 12

Survey Execution First-mover Advantage Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2014

In 2005, John Antioco was the eminently successful CEO of Blockbuster, the 800-pound gorilla of the video rental industry. Rather than seeking to lead a passionate band of willing innovators and build a movement, they leaned on their authority to create wholesale change by forcing the unconvinced against their will.

Leadership 15

Leadership Early Adopters Video Short-term 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2014

How do you identify, blend, develop, train and coach a mix of talents into wholes measurably greater than the sum of their parts? have become early adopters and innovators in multidimensional measurements for individuals and teams alike. Professional sports—and even the college ranks!—have

Team 8

Team Sports Franchising Conference 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Once the strategic vision is in place, senior leadership, including the CEO, will need to champion it personally in order to overcome institutional resistance and break down silos between departments. Early adopters are posting faster growth in operating profits , which enables them to continue innovating and solidifying their advantages.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 19, 2015

Another company might choose to emphasize fiscal responsibility, collaboration, or innovation. Managers and leaders need to be early adopters. For example, JetBlue’s CEO Robin Hayes has at one point given each crewmember in the company a Lift award for reaching certain milestones. Embrace new technology.

Peer Review 8

Peer Review Review System Attrition 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Even the most sophisticated psychometrics and people analytics have yet to make leadership development more science than art. When entrepreneurs, innovators, and executives describe the kind of leaders they want to be and/or hire, an unhappy truth invariably emerges: The attributes they so admire often aren’t the behaviors they display.

Examples 13

Examples Charisma Self-aware Mission Statement 13

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Here's how they did it, and how they're using social media tools to become more agile, to share knowledge, and to increase the speed of innovation. Unisys CEO Ed Coleman addressed this through leading by example. Senior executives studied the early adopters and tracked adoption rates in monthly meetings.

Media 15

Media Productivity Products Company 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 25, 2018

Sustainable Development Goals forecast to generate market opportunities of over $12 trillion a year by 2030 (and that’s considered a conservative estimate). It was supposed to provoke deeper thinking about capitalism and its future, but many early adopters understood the concept as a balancing act, adopting a trade-off mentality.

TBL 12

TBL Bottom-up Long-term Early Adopters 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 19, 2015

” “It’s most important not that early adopters adopt, but that influencers adopt,” Mankins emphasizes. “Getting those folks on board early is critical.” You’ll need to know “which employees are adopting the technology and which kind of rewards means the most to them.”

Technology 8

Technology CRM Training System 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 8, 2014

IBM saw these online social systems for investing in new ventures and decided they would like to develop a similar system internally for selecting innovative projects. This expansion shows how social networking systems have begun to cross over from the consumer world to corporations to drive innovation.

Software 8

Software CIO Early Adopters Project 8