The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 17, 2024

It also examines how established firms can counter the threat of these innovators through collective lobbying and consumer education. The study highlights that rapid social and technological changes have created institutional and regulatory gaps, allowing informal firms to disrupt major industries. of the total economy.

Operations 60

Operations Innovation Company Disruptive Innovation 60

Mills Scofield

JANUARY 28, 2014

SYMF spun out of the BrainGate lab at Brown University and Massachusetts General Hospital to develop communication technologies for people who can''t communicate effectively because of neurological injury and disease. The growth of tablets as a platform has helped make SpeakYourMind''s technology practical and affordable.

Innovation 132

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Health Care Engineering 132

QAspire

MAY 7, 2017

Our workplace conversations today are dominated by topics like increasing globalization, economic uncertainties, automation, disruptive innovations, social technologies, generational shifts, mobility, people analytics, gig economy and such.

Learning-by-Doing 195

Learning-by-Doing Disruptive Innovation Brand Long-term 195

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2010

Incremental improvements are good business, while disruptive innovation is great business – a game changer. Disruptive innovation is the game changer that shatters the status quo. If I read your definition correctly, you are limiting game-changers to positive developments or innovations.

Blog 379

Blog Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 379

Innovation Excellence

JANUARY 17, 2023

You developed and are using a best-in-class Innovation Process. You start by talking to consumers, studying mega-trends, and scanning the globe for emerging technologies and disruptive offerings. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Congratulations! You imagine what could […].

Process 98

Process Innovation Class Trends 98

Marshall Goldsmith

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

There will be three more groups – one from Asia/India, one from the US, Europe, and South America, and one group of younger people and people from developing countries who are ready to make a difference in their communities and pay it forward. After developing this list of wonderful people, I have read hundreds of comments online.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching Disruptive Innovation Human Resources CEO 70

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

New business models are rapidly emerging from revolutionary Internet, machine learning, and bioscience technologies that threaten the status quo in every field. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. How did you develop it? 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 5: Analyze.

Disaggregation 82

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 82

Innovation Excellence

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

PARC, developed much of the technology we associate with modern computers, such as the mouse and the graphical user interface. American industry has a rich heritage of top-notch corporate labs. Bell Labs created not only the transistor, but also other fundamental breakthroughs, such as the laser and information theory.

Technology 75

Technology Industry Information Development 75

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2020

And using that technology, they make products that consumers so often use for a brief time and then toss in a landfill for 10,000 years. They’re made from pure organic materials that biodegrade when composted. They found out how to take waste products from farming and turn them into a moldable plastic.

Mission Statement 117

Mission Statement Organization Company Business Model 117

LDRLB

MAY 26, 2014

Paul Nunes and I have known each other for many years, and we’ve both been writing about the subject of disruptive innovation from different vantage points and different angles. Our observation was that that’s what he called the innovator’s dilemma; now it’s the innovator’s disaster. LARRY: Sure.

Early Adopters 60

Early Adopters Rogers Disruptive Innovation Open-book 60

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

It is exactly this brand of thinking that is dead wrong when it comes to new product development and competitive strategy. It is this type of thinking that leaves venerable, high-performing companies — like Apple — open to the existential threats posed by competitors' disruptive innovations. It will be Amazon.

Disruptive Innovation 17

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Price Business Model 17

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." The authors conclude that’s between 550 and 600 million people in developing G20 economies. Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? To start, try eliminating customer pain points. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF.

Disruptive Innovation 22

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 22

Strategy Driven

JUNE 29, 2016

Instead, longevity is based on entrepreneurial thinking and innovation – in exploring ways to adapt corporate and business strategies in response to market, technological, and social and cultural change. On reflection, though, I find that the evidence does not support competitive advantage as a path to longevity.

Supply Chain 51

Supply Chain Real Estate Resistance Competitive Advantage 51

LDRLB

APRIL 27, 2020

And using that technology, they make products that consumers so often use for a brief time and then toss in a landfill for 10,000 years. They’re made from pure organic materials that biodegrade when composted. They found out how to take waste products from farming and turn them into a moldable plastic.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Organization Company Business Model 78

Innovation Excellence

MAY 13, 2020

Although their initial implementation was considered a success – they successfully installed a leading PLM software technology and deployed it on a global scale – an assessment a few years later uncovered that the organization had implemented the solution in a decentralized fashion and they weren’t getting the expected business benefits.

Decentralization 52

Decentralization Organization Risk Management Video 52

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 20, 2013

At its core, reverse innovation describes solutions adopted first in poorer, emerging nations that subsequently—and disruptively—find a market in richer, developed nations. But can reverse innovation be relevant in the world of high-technology? They quickly found traction in developed nations.

Technology 14

Technology CRM Innovation Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 7, 2012

Take technology providers' technical support, with its long hold times "hopelessly complex interactions." The authors conclude that’s between 550 and 600 million people in developing G20 economies. Looking to take an unsuspecting industry by storm? To start, try eliminating customer pain points. CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF.

Disruptive Innovation 14

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Pharmaceuticals Class 14

Innovation Excellence

MARCH 13, 2017

Yes, a robot will most likely take your job - or at least change its current function dramatically - within the next two decades and experts seem to agree that the acceleration of this development will start around 2020.

Development 69

Development Disruptive Innovation Trends Products 69

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 21, 2017

Or what if — as is the case today — current chip technology is nearing its theoretical limits , and a completely new architecture needs to be dreamed up? The Explainer: Disruptive Innovation. See More Videos > See More Videos > Disruptive innovation. Related Video.

Innovation 22

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Christensen Open-book 22

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 25, 2011

He said: "Technology alone is not enough. It's technology married with the liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields the results that makes our hearts sing. Steve Jobs' legacy in product development has been clearly established and celebrated. What remains now is to determine his legacy in company development.

Company 22

Company Core Competence Disruptive Innovation Technology 22

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

Zipcar counts as a disruptive innovation. The latter is according to Clayton Christensen, Michael Raynor, and Rory McDonald in their recent HBR article “ What is Disruptive Innovation?” ” They also write that “disruptive innovations originate in low-end or new-market footholds.”

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Definition Christensen Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2016

Much fanfare has been paid to the term “disruptive innovation” over the past few years. Disruptive innovations are: Cheaper (from a customer perspective). Historically, the place we’ve looked for hints of oncoming disruptions has been in the low end of the market. Professor Clayton M.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Innovation Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

The transformational force that has brought affordability and accessibility to other industries is disruptive innovation. Today's health-care industry screams for disruption. But disruption solves the more fundamental question: How do we make health care affordable?

Health Care 15

Health Care Disruptive Innovation Christensen Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 22, 2011

I had worked for over a decade to develop relationships with Latin American business leaders, several of whom were on Forbes' billionaire list. Six years into my mid-career move, here are some lessons learned from my personal disruptive trajectory: If it feels scary and lonely, you're probably on the right track.

Disruptive Innovation 20

Disruptive Innovation Christensen Metrics Innovation 20

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2022

How Infosys is developing real-world applications of the technology.

Technology 24

Technology Development Disruptive Innovation Article 24

Innovation Excellence

MAY 4, 2020

While many of the most impactful innovations of our time are based on advanced technology and decades of research and development work, there are likely just as many that are actually just novel but surprisingly simple approaches to solve a known problem. This brings us to our next key ingredient.

Innovation 57

Innovation Constraint Competitive Advantage Creativity 57

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2011

But innovation theory can provide a crystal ball; theory could have predicted iTunes' success and it's currently predicting Spotify's success. To appreciate the truth of this claim, it's vital to understand one of Clayton Christensen's theories on marketing and product development: Jobs-to-be-done. It's business model innovation.

Christensen 19

Christensen Disruptive Innovation Price Business Model 19

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Before handing them off, you need a clear framework for defining innovation problems and approaches that are most likely to resolve them. Defining a managerial approach to innovation starts with developing a better understanding of the problem we need to solve. Sustaining Innovation: Every technology needs to get better.

Innovation 14

Innovation Disruptive Innovation Outsourcing Productivity 14

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2023

If developed the right way, technology will augment–not replace–human labor.

CEO 21

CEO Technology Development Disruptive Innovation 21

Harvard Business Review

JULY 4, 2014

In Big Bang disruption, rule-changing innovation leads to the creation of entire product lines (or the destruction of whole markets) essentially overnight, with disrupters coming from outside the industry that they are disrupting. Disruptive innovation' Most companies have taken steps toward “digitization.”

Insurance 16

Insurance Disruptive Innovation Industry Advice 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Are customer preferences and habits changing due to enabling technologies and/or changing social norms? For much of the 1980s and 1990s, many parts of the startup ecosystem focused on communications, technology, and health care. Are competitors with disruptive strategies having a material impact on portions of the industry?

System 16

System Christensen Disruptive Innovation Telecommunications 16

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

China's growth will soon slow as the "easy" phase of economic development ends. Fostering an environment that favors disruption is the prescription for continued growth. In the United States, disruptive innovation has harmed a few but benefited many. In China, top-down capitalism has benefited a few but harmed many.

Disruptive Innovation 16

Disruptive Innovation Entrepreneur Short-term Banking 16

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2017

Loyalty programs are ripe for some kind of disruptive innovation that would make them easier to use. How Blockchain Works Here are five basic principles underlying the technology. Best known as the technology behind bitcoin, blockchain enables a ledger of transactions to be shared across a network of participants.

Loyalty 15

Loyalty Customer Loyalty Travel Hotels 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 12, 2012

American efforts to jumpstart the development of a cleantech economy have not been wildly successful to date. It was only a few years ago that Governor Deval Patrick poured some $58 million into the company and their much-lauded breakthrough solar technology (String Ribbon).

Disruptive Innovation 12

Disruptive Innovation Competitive Advantage Business Model Technology 12

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

However, if you don't know what success looks like, the emergent strategy development process is required to eventually succeed. History has shown us that central planning actually can be an effective development strategy because governments have particularly strong tools for executing deliberate strategies.

GDP 15

GDP Christensen Disruptive Innovation Business Model 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 31, 2011

Now, well over a decade later, as developing-economy competitors take the lead, U.S. Perhaps it is here, and not in Americans' two-car garages, where the large early market for advanced battery technology resides. will need radical and disruptive innovation to reinvent its clean-tech economy. companies still don't get it.

Incubator 16

Incubator Business Model Mass Marketing Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They're bad at innovation by design: All the pressures and processes that drive them toward a profitable, efficient operation tend to get in the way of developing the innovations that can actually transform the business. Leaders must manage internal transfer pricing to ensure the development of viable business models.

Innovation 16

Innovation Company ROI Maturity 16