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.

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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.

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Education Consensus Metrics Efficiency 121

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.

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Consensus Proposal Stress Information 67

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 27, 2021

While the success rate of digital transformation efforts has not always been much to write home about, the general consensus has remained that trying to digitally transform one’s business is far preferable to not doing so. ” Digital capabilities. .

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Supply Chain Consensus Technology Analysis 123

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.

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Entrepreneur Consensus Business Model Report 120

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.

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Consensus Transportation Document Banking 131

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.

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Management Consensus Stress Participative 125

Innovation Excellence

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Whereas most technologies tend to automate workers on the periphery doing menial tasks, blockchains automate away the center. Interest in blockchain has grown significantly over the past five years as the technology has matured and large organizations, and even world governments, have started dabbling in it. Blockchain 101.

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Decentralization Consensus White Paper Maturity 95

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.

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Ethics Consensus Constraint Report 108

Innovation Excellence

MAY 18, 2020

Today, as our technology becomes vastly more powerful and complex, ethical issues are increasingly rising to the fore. Over the next decade we will have to build some consensus on issues like what accountability a machine should have and to what extent we should alter the nature of life. Building A Consensus Based On Transparency.

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Ethics Technology Power Consensus 55

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.

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Game Theory Guidelines Consensus Cooper 120

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.

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Long-term Video Consultative Consensus 103

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.

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Blog Christensen Rogers McKinsey 75

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.

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Learning-by-Doing Career Consensus Innovation 70

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.

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CIO Media Participative Consensus 76

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.

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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.

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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.”

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Review Consensus Constraint Analysis 78

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.

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Self-aware Consensus Environment Video 67

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.

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Technology Entrepreneur Morale ROI 22

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.

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How To Chief Information Officer Politics Tourism 50

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.

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Efficiency Disaggregation B2B Long-term 58

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.

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Education Globalization Skills Consensus 45

Innovation Excellence

APRIL 20, 2020

Marketing was wearing suit and tie everyday, and teams were operating by consensus and under the tight control of one leader. Technology is now asking teams to work under pressure, fast and remotely. A group led by consensus and a Senior Leader will default to caution. This was when ‘facetime’ at the office was mandatory.

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Consensus Team Building Career Decentralization 52

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.

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Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 17

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.

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Innovation Real Estate Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist 19

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.

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Health Care Innovation Pharmaceuticals Consensus 16

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.

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Disruptive Innovation Innovation Price Business Model 17

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.

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Critical Success Factor Innovation Stage-Gate Succession 15

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.

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NPV ROI CFO Consensus 18

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

There is a general consensus that U.S. Can reverse innovation — innovations originating from poor countries — provide one important answer? the approach is to spend more money on major technological advances and come up with innovative products and solutions. healthcare needs major reform. In the U.S.,

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Health Care Cost Constraint Innovation 20

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Consensus is often the enemy of innovation.

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Health Care Consensus Innovation Technology 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.

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Health Care Innovation How To Video 11

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?

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Marketing Innovation Disruptive Innovation Discounted Cash Flow 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.

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Diversity Creativity Team Groupthink 15

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.

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Innovation Company Disaggregation Financial Leverage 10

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.

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