The Horizons Tracker

JULY 7, 2022

Sustainable consensus. In terms of technology, this manifests itself primarily in investments in areas such as artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with most sustainability transformations focused on business model innovations.

Entrepreneur 120

Entrepreneur Consensus Business Model Report 120

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 24, 2020

. “In part these may be fed by the fact it is easy to find social consensus.”. The authors believe that Singapore scored so highly in part due to its robust international trade and labor market conditions, and partly due to its robust infrastructure, including a strong technological infrastructure and education system.

Education 121

Education Consensus Metrics Efficiency 121

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 3, 2024

While the general consensus among workers is that remote work is something they want to retain, managers are often keener for people to return to the office on a regular basis. This is especially crucial for companies aiming to be innovative. Especially if you’re early in your career.

Consensus 70

Consensus Career Learning-by-Doing Innovation 70

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Recent research from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) shows that people’s beliefs in both science and religion are mostly shaped by what others tell them, rather than by their own experiences. Recognizing this can help find the best ways to communicate scientific information to the public.

Consensus 67

Consensus Proposal Stress Information 67

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

By and large, the consensus suggests that remote work improves our wellbeing by giving us a better work-life balance and lower stress by removing our commute and giving us more control over our lives. The researchers questioned whether this is due to the technology itself or some other factor.

Management 125

Management Consensus Stress Participative 125

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2022

The researchers believe that this is probably due to their capability to better exploit new technologies and adapt HR and governance policies to suit a hybrid work arrangement. If there is any consensus in the data it is that there is no real consensus. Geographic reach.

Consensus 131

Consensus Transportation Document Banking 131

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 22, 2024

As we gain a greater understanding of the role generative AI might play in the workplace, there’s a growing consensus that it will work alongside humans rather than replace them. It’s something that humans are good at, but technology isn’t. To be successful, doctors have to reorient themselves for each new patient.

Self-aware 67

Self-aware Consensus Video Environment 67

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 17, 2021

In an article published last year I highlighted how trust is crucial in our interactions with AI-based technologies in a huge range of spheres, from autonomous vehicles to healthcare. Among the private sector, however, no real consensus emerged, with several options equally popular.

Ethics 108

Ethics Consensus Constraint Report 108

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 3, 2020

Telehealth has long been a technology with considerable promise, that seemed to struggle for widespread adoption due as much to organizational inertia as any fundamental flaws in the technology itself. Opinions among doctors themselves tend to vary somewhat, depending in many cases on what the technology was used for.

Long-term 103

Long-term Video Consultative Consensus 103

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The impact of autonomous vehicle technology on congestion has been a topic of discussion for some time now. The general consensus has been that a relatively small number of vehicles is required to make a significant difference on congestion.

Game Theory 120

Game Theory Guidelines Consensus Cooper 120

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 20, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Lessons from the Sandbox: Rediscovering the Keys to Business Success Alan Gregerman Why Great Leaders Don’t Take Yes for an Answer: Managing for Conflict and Consensus Michael A.

Blog 75

Blog Christensen Rogers McKinsey 75

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 11, 2021

Coaching and mentoring have seldom been more popular, with a growing consensus that it can be vital to our career development. By contrast, the top-ranked agents tended to have an aversion to the technology itself, which obstructed their learning.

Bottom-up 88

Bottom-up Mentor Consensus Call Center 88

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 14, 2019

Whilst progress in the technology has been considerable, level five, or full automation, is still some way off. Level three technology still offers considerable automation, but requires the driver to step back in when required, thus they cannot be fully disengaged from the process as they may need to regain control at short notice.

Short-term 73

Short-term Consensus Technology Quality 73

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 5, 2019

Millions are spent each year concocting the latest tastes and flavors to tantalize consumers, with companies experimenting with various AI-based technologies to help come up with interesting combinations. “Sweet was the most frequently mentioned taste quality and the reviewers definitively told us that human food is over-sweetened.”

Review 78

Review Consensus Constraint Analysis 78

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 29, 2019

With advances in digital technologies, rising global economic competition, and greater diversity and mobility, our communities are in constant flux and a corresponding pace of change can be observed in the workplace,” the authors say. Intercultural competence and citizenship. Emotional self-regulation and wellbeing. Digital literacy.

Education 59

Education Globalization Skills Consensus 59

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 30, 2019

Many businesses use both, combining techniques to achieve better results: Qualitative Forecasting: Uses methods that focus on opinion and consensus, such as market research and the Delphi method , to arrive at a reasoned conclusion.

Efficiency 58

Efficiency Disaggregation B2B Uncertainty 58

Strategy Driven

APRIL 4, 2016

This dialogue reached a consensus among political parties stipulating that the incumbent Islamists hand over power to a technocratic transitional government. I was asked to be Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, and Information & Communication Technologies. How could I refuse? Build bonds to strengthen trust.

How To 50

How To Chief Information Officer Tourism Politics 50

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 23, 2012

I see the two movements of Technology Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship beginning to converge into a promising solution. has come from high-growth technology companies. To do so will require figuring out how to unite the scalable tools of Technology Entrepreneurship with the moral ethos of Social Entrepreneurship.

Technology 19

Technology Entrepreneur Morale ROI 19

Chartered Management Institute

MAY 15, 2012

When managers talk about social media the debate still seems to revolve around external uses of social technologies. I wrote recently about how successful Lego have been at harnessing the innovative thoughts of their customers to revive their fortunes in recent years. The Six Principles of Collaboration.

CIO 76

CIO Media Participative Consensus 76

Michael Lee Stallard

JUNE 23, 2010

In addition to the negative impact on decision-making, diminished communications from the lack of connection reduces the marketplace of ideas inside the organization, which in turn reduces innovation. This made it safe for people to disagree and express views that were outside of the consensus view.

Long-term 207

Long-term Consensus Class Follow-up 207

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

Who is the world's most innovative company? Last year , number crunchers at Forbes found that Salesforce.com is the company with the highest "Innovation Premium" baked into its stock price. Perhaps a company's ability to innovate doesn't last long. There's no doubt: measuring "innovation" is a fuzzy business.

Innovation 15

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The idea was to transform his theory of disruptive innovation into an investment thesis. Disruptive innovation can take several forms, and the market understands some types better than others. Why the market values some kinds of innovation better than others. But do markets really follow the logic of an academic theory?

Innovation 8

Innovation Marketing Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 8

N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 22, 2010

Never be swayed by consensus that calls you to compromise your values, rather be guided by doing the right thing. In fact, most differences don’t require intervention as they actually contribute to a dynamic, creative, innovative culture. The Importance Factor : Not every difference needs to be resolved. I Think Not.

Blog 419

Blog Gordon Follow-up Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. Your organization won't innovate productively unless some underlying factors are in good shape. A compelling case for innovation. Unless people understand why innovation is necessary, it always loses to core business or the performance engine in the battle for resources.

Critical Success Factor 15

Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 5, 2012

Today, inner cities are "in" — innovative, hip hotbeds of convenient culture, commerce and connection. The centripetal force of today's cities is pulling the ambitious and educated back in, and increasing cities' innovative capacity, without sacrificing (at least some would argue) their inclusiveness.

Innovation 16

Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Of course, Sutherland and Schwaber weren’t alone in their search for innovative methods. Disruptive technologies were terrorizing slow-footed competitors. Once the Snowbird meeting had canonized a creed for agile innovation, the agile movement spread rapidly.

Agility 8

Agility Nonaka Takeuchi Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Consensus is often the enemy of innovation.

Health Care 13

Health Care Consensus Innovation Technology 13

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

Editor's note: This post is the first in a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Lack of consensus among players in a complex system is one of the biggest barriers to innovation. It's a classic change management problem.

Health Care 15

Health Care Innovation Pharmaceuticals Consensus 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

On the other hand, the consensus was strong among market observers that Apple should not be concerned at all and that it should keep on doing exactly what it's doing — making more powerful tablets. There is scalable technology at its core that the present-generation iPad lacks — the extensive use of the Cloud.

Disruptive Innovation 15

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Price Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

But how do you overcome obstacles to spreading innovation, like fear of change, resource constraints, and slow, consensus-based decision making? That gave hundreds of leaders, physicians, nurses, and other frontline staffers a chance to try out the technology and hear Jenny’s story. That’s the grassroots part of my job.

Health Care 9

Health Care Innovation How To Video 9

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2013

Who is the world's most innovative company? Last year , number crunchers at Forbes found that Salesforce.com is the company with the highest "Innovation Premium" baked into its stock price. Perhaps a company's ability to innovate doesn't last long. There's no doubt: measuring "innovation" is a fuzzy business.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 17, 2014

How much does your company need to invest in innovation? To get everyone to agree on a realistic goal, we suggest picking a year far enough in the future that people feel safe discussing what needs to happen by that time but not so far away that uncertainty about technological or market developments would render a discussion meaningless.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Business Model 9

Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2012

Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing ones need tension to produce breakthroughs, and tension comes from diverse points of view. Consensus comes quickly, and only later, when we fail and wonder why, do we realize that the easy agreements and shared conclusions doomed us from the start.

Diversity 15

Diversity Creativity Team Groupthink 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2017

How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. The blockchain is truly an innovative approach to governance for networks and machines. Any change to the network rules requires coordination and consensus among all of the stakeholders. As it turns out, not very. Distributed Database.

Decentralization 10

Decentralization Consensus Resistance Politics 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 19, 2011

a Boston-based innovation management collaborative. We often ask executives to tell us about their biggest innovation failures. The head of R&D remembered it as a failure to properly market the innovation. If an innovation initiative failed, ask why. Terwilliger (jay@creativerealities.com) and Mark H.

NPV 16

NPV ROI CFO Consensus 16

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Today, I am convinced that videoconferencing and other virtual technologies give us a much better way to conduct strategic off-sites. finalize strategy and build consensus; 4. Participants suppress any pushback and offer subdued comments that result in a polite consensus, regardless of whether it actually exists.

Consensus 14

Consensus Participative Strategy Brainstorming 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Once a team has reached, or appears to have reached, a consensus, it can be very hard for any individual to challenge the group’s interpretation of reality or predictions about the future — or to push back on what the group plans to do (or not do) — without running the risk of being perceived as a heretic or becoming a scapegoat.

Groupthink 8

Groupthink Team Consensus Christensen 8