The Horizons Tracker

MAY 2, 2023

By contrast, the IT and engineering sectors were far more accessible to people from working-class backgrounds. Make sure for your organization, for your hiring and your development programs, that the ‘elitist criteria’ of your potential new hires do not become a determining factor on who’s successful or not.

Class 126

Class CEO Education Engineering 126

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 7, 2022

For many years, the prevailing narrative was that cities were the engines of our economies, with the agglomeration effect bringing together talent and consumers to make cities extremely compelling environments for work, rest, and play. Engines of creation. Cities have long been viewed as the engines of the economy.

GDP 143

GDP Technology Policies Engineering 143

Chartered Management Institute

OCTOBER 3, 2024

This approach has enabled him to go from being an electrical engineer, installing fire and security systems for industrial and commercial organisations, to running his own security consultancy with a much wider remit.

Consultative 52

Consultative Crisis Management Industry Blog 52

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 22, 2023

The researchers developed an economic model to help understand how countries and markets might adopt according to things like job options, trade, and migration as the climate changes. In a recent article , I explored how tech transfer to poorer countries is likely to be crucial in helping the world tackle climate change.

Engineering 114

Engineering Policies Globalization Innovation 114

Leading Blog

MARCH 15, 2021

In front of this group, he was asked what he would do with the $86 billion in cash that Alphabet had at the time (mostly overseas) when tax policy changed so that he was able to bring that money back to the United States with more favorable tax treatment. His answer was surprising yet telling: “ traffic lights.”

CEO 274

CEO Industry Budgeting Construction 274

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 15, 2024

Video training can cover various topics, from company policies to job-specific skills, making it easier for employees to understand and retain information. Moreover, videos can be a valuable resource for ongoing training and development, allowing employees to revisit content as needed.

Video 97

Video Productivity Products ROI 97

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 14, 2018

Building and maintaining physical infrastructure requires a certain kind of know-how, which we call engineering. Maintaining our social infrastructure also requires know-how, because we must develop ground rules that make our social practices sustainable. It should play a central role in explaining and justifying company policy.

Ethics 197

Ethics Maturity Analysis Cost-Benefit Analysis 197

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 4, 2023

“It’s imperative that experts look for ways to develop society in an ecologically sustainable manner. While the study’s findings may appear daunting, the researchers believe that their work offers a glimmer of hope in mitigating the environmental risks associated with human development.

Management 120

Management Engineering Energy Resources 120

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The game engine is modelled on the same equations scientists use to understand real-world ecosystems, which the developers believe gives the game a high level of realism. This is a fun opportunity to contribute to research that could change policy and affect our natural world,” the developers say.

Policies 113

Policies Education Engineering Definition 113

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 10, 2023

Developing a mobile version of the law firm’s website can help enhance the visitor experience. Search Engine Optimization (SEO). In the age of digital marketing, Search Engine Optimization (SEO) increases website traffic. Sixth, use alt-tags to help search engines index images and videos.

Media 98

Media Content Engineering Construction 98

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 26, 2021

Public health may not be an area that immediately springs to mind as one that is affected by the development of autonomous vehicles. The economic, environmental, and societal impacts have been well explored, but new research from Texas A&M delves into the potential public health impact of the technology.

Transportation 126

Transportation Guidelines Engineering Survey 126

The Practical Leader

MARCH 13, 2024

Harvard Business School Professor Ted Levitt, a leading research and author in management, marketing, and former editor of Harvard Business Review, said “Early decline and certain death are the fate of companies whose policies are geared totally and obsessively to their own convenience at the total expense of the customer.”

System 52

System Organization Levitt Root Cause Analysis 52

Great Leadership By Dan

APRIL 9, 2019

Too many policies born of bureaucracy are an enemy to creativity, so the more unnecessary distractions a company can remove from its employees, the freer they will be to contribute more creative ways. Guest post from James Hlavacek: To improve innovation and growth, knowledge workers must be led, not managed.

Management 225

Management Bureaucracy Creativity Engineering 225

The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

. “This priority, in turn, required investing in R&D, especially fundamental research conducted in universities and national laboratories across the fields of science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine.” “Recent developments are placing additional stress on the U.S. ” Losing top spot.

Innovation 100

Innovation Offshoring Human Capital Report 100

Chartered Management Institute

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Ravi, 31-year-old care services manager, based in the South East Having an absent manager, everything just stalls… since I've been working with the [organisation]… there's no development, there's no progression. Develop management capability in providing secure and predictable working arrangements. Staff leave.

Report 119

Report Management Survey Long-term 119

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

A central argument made by Caplan is that developed countries often have the infrastructure, the networks, and the resources to enable immigrants to flourish and be more productive than they would be in their homeland, while also providing them with a higher standard of living, in what appears to be quite a clear win-win relationship.

Policies 113

Policies Open-book Skills Cost 113

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2023

Fortunately, a new development playbook to solve this problem is already evolving, and it is anchored on the young people equipped with advanced digital skills in Sub-Saharan Africa. These young workers are digitally savvy, creative, and can lead a massive transformation — if they’re equipped and supported to unlock their potential.

Skills 16

Skills Development Outsourcing Policies 16

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 7, 2021

New research from the University of Texas at Austin urges developers to include a wide range of societal stakeholders to ensure all parties are involved. “The management of autonomous systems needs to be at the crossing of science, technology, society, policy and governance,” they explain. The age of autonomy.

Morale 94

Morale Technology System Ethics 94

HR Digest

DECEMBER 28, 2023

These students also show a higher inclination towards STEM fields, with almost half of the international student population pursuing bachelor’s degrees in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Immigration Sponsorship Policy A crucial step for employers is to establish a clear immigration sponsorship policy.

Safe Harbor 59

Safe Harbor Diversity Compliance Policies 59

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

This initiative aims to address the issue of tailpipe pollution by replacing traditional internal combustion engines with electric vehicles (EVs). Uber and Lyft have recently made commitments to achieve full electrification of their vehicle fleets in the United States by 2030. Electrification is a small win for society.

Travel 113

Travel Cost Policies Construction 113

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Scott Dalgleish is the CEO at Phase IV Engineering. Scott first encountered Deming’s ideas while an engineer at Proctor & Gamble in 1986. Phase IV Engineering’s quality policy: We Care. What engineering projects do you have going on at home right now. Scott Dalgleish.

Deming 28

Deming Engineering CEO System 28

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2023

A few years ago a report from the Institute for Engineering and Technology (IET) found that the public is not really sold on the benefits of smart cities, due in large part to confusion about just what the term means and precisely what makes a city smart (or not).

Human Capital 114

Human Capital Tourism Metrics Transportation 114

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 24, 2021

“Women have almost caught up to men in the fields of technology, engineering and mathematics, right? Supporting both parents to be parents – The first place to look is the maternity and paternity policies an organization has in place. It’s a problem tackled in a new report from Accenture and Girls Who Code.

Chief Operating Officer 105

Chief Operating Officer Attrition Policies Diversity 105

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

For instance, cities provide the engine for growth as well as the environment for poverty and inequality to persist. The researchers highlight how relative changes in the status of cities are often incredibly slow and tied to distinct variations in their growth rates, which are commonly very small in developed nations.

Uncertainty 100

Uncertainty GDP Innovation Engineering 100

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Petroleum Engineer. Petroleum engineers establish the best methods for extracting oil and gas, design and develop extraction equipment, optimize production, manage drilling sites, formulate and implement drilling plans. These managers earn a median salary of $146,360 per year that demands a Master’s degree.

White Paper 105

White Paper Politics Engineering Education 105

Lead on Purpose

JANUARY 21, 2012

Establish a set of sound ethics policies, integrate them into all business processes, communicate them broadly to all employees, and make clear that you will not tolerate any deviation from any of them. You cannot set policies that employees need to live by, and not live by them yourself. Integrity isn’t one of them. Then live by them.

Leadership 277

Leadership Long-term Ethics Policies 277

The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

I wrote recently about the challenges small businesses face in recruiting the engineering talent they require to build the kind of high-tech ventures that will advance society. The report highlights how restrictive immigration policies are hampering the ability of American firms to recruit and retain the kind of AI talent they need.

Process 65

Process Policies Uncertainty Long-term 65

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 30, 2021

That way, attacks targeting social engineering and phishing scams will stay out of your business. Instead of blaming the employees, you should develop a plan that’ll ensure every worker has the knowledge they require to prevent attacks. Having password best practices in your organization is one way of developing a robust security plan.

Training 81

Training How To Policies Budgeting 81

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Messy change They highlight how, in politics and policymaking, we are often tempted into thinking that change occurs after we elect the right leaders, who then craft the right policies, which then change practice on the ground. It’s an enticing vision of change, but it’s seldom one that is reflected in reality.

Technology 120

Technology Survey Fashion Information Technology 120

In the CEO Afterlife

DECEMBER 7, 2014

Seemingly, continually adding features throughout the development chain is the Samsung culture. Each engineer has a pet feature they’d like included in Samsung phones. To do that, Samsung’s leaders must sacrifice the egos of their engineers. There was fallout when Marissa Mayer killed Yahoo’s popular work-from-home policy.

Human Resources 183

Human Resources Competitive Advantage Restructuring Marketing Strategy 183

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

He argued that far from some form of miraculous perpetual motion machine that would deliver economic growth in perpetuity, the engines of our economy need a constant flow of new innovations in order to thrive. Knowledge transfer. “Knowledge transfer between countries is an important driver of innovation,” they say. “In

Diversity 136

Diversity Entrepreneur Innovation Gordon 136

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 27, 2019

There seems a tendency for most policy related discussions on innovation to focus exclusively on the generation of innovations rather than their diffusion throughout society, but new research from Cambridge University highlights the importance of this, especially if the whole economy is to benefit.

Innovation 76

Innovation Metrics Long-term Short-term 76

The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 11, 2019

Software has grown to be especially powerful in this time, which has placed a premium on software engineering skills. This is also consistent with previous research highlighting the growing costs involved in research and development today, together with the ongoing difficulty firms are having in attracting the talent they need from overseas.

Innovation 74

Innovation Human Capital Software Globalization 74

Strategy Driven

JULY 16, 2019

They book their holidays, apply for bank loans, reschedule their post deliveries, buy clothes, send birthday cards and take out insurance policies, all via the World Wide Web. A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that it is simply the case of developing a website which is pleasing on the eye and then the job is done.

Engineering 57

Engineering Insurance Banking Follow-up 57

HR Digest

MAY 13, 2024

Tesla’s charging network investments are considerable and it has benefited significantly from federal policies that aim to grow the EV charging network in the U.S., which makes the decision to eliminate the employees who made the success possible very unfortunate.

Team 52

Team Automotive Supply Chain Industry 52

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 29, 2023

Expanding the vision For much of the development of AI, the vision has been to replicate human intelligence. For instance, filters on our emails and product recommendation engines are pretty effective now at helping us choose the things we want, while process automation tools are also increasingly capable in picking off mundane tasks.

Comparison 125

Comparison Technology Hotels Incentives 125

HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2022

We’re working hard to enable digital-first workflows across our Adobe employee experience—from onboarding new employees, virtual collaboration tools, and learning and development opportunities. And as a company filled with analytical engineers, empirical evidence is a fantastic way to promote the best ideas!

Software 98

Software Engineering Learning-by-Doing Diversity 98