The Horizons Tracker

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Research from the University of Illinois portrayed interruptions in a slightly more positive light, as when we’re interrupted, we also get to interact with the person doing the interrupting, which helps us to develop crucial social ties.

Supply Chain 114

Supply Chain Incubator Creativity Objective 114

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Other successful companies build upon social interaction to develop innovative concepts leading to disruptive product and service developments. In truth, success depends on two factors-what a person knows, his or her human capital, and the network of relationships he or she has developed, the person''s social capital.".

Social Capital 77

Social Capital Cialdini Competitive Advantage Human Capital 77

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

That's a topic, not a big idea. Once you've spelled out your big idea, generate lots of supporting material to give yourself more to choose from when it's time to pick your best stuff. Though they're important principles in the world of product development, they'd be a distraction in this particular talk.

Audience 20

Audience Brainstorming Sharpe Software 20

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2018

Over time, employees learned that developing and submitting new ideas was not worth the effort. As you might expect, our studies have revealed that encouraging creativity can backfire if employees lack the resources, support, or mechanisms to develop and implement their ideas.

Creativity 15

Creativity How To System Motivation 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 20, 2018

Drawing on our findings, we have developed a framework that breaks the Corporate Innovation Unit’s (CIU) role into seven distinct tasks. The central Support Unit is typically a low budget, low staff corporate function in charge of developing guidelines and procedures to govern the innovation funnel (i.e.

Innovation 14

Innovation Incubator Stage-Gate Idea Generation 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 30, 2012

Technology, for a free-lancer like me, creates a powerful and not entirely mad illusion that we work in a peopled environment of rich diversity and experience. It's about information exchange, resource exchange, idea generation and on and on. It's a huge and real loss in terms of career development.

Silverman 21

Silverman Fashion Real Estate Open-book 21

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Challenge , asking how could technology inform and enable management innovation. But the most important and universal lesson is that everyone has a vital contribution to make — and that the ideas they produce, the energy and initiative they bring to the table, and the passion they share have nothing to do with the position they occupy.

Management 14

Management McKinsey Letter Retail 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2012

That's a topic, not a big idea. Once you've spelled out your big idea, generate lots of supporting material to give yourself more to choose from when it's time to pick your best stuff. Though they're important principles in the world of product development, they'd be a distraction in this particular talk.

Audience 12

Audience Brainstorming Sharpe Software 12

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 8, 2014

With today’s information technology, more and more work can be done in places other than the office and at times outside of traditional business hours. Another great investment that pays off in the long-term is spending the time to develop employees to the point where they can work more autonomously in the medium- and long-term.

Short-term 15

Short-term How To Human Resources Long-term 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Those seven entries offer compelling evidence that the principles, social structures, and social technologies of the web not only offer up winning business models, they are the building blocks of a new management model for making organizations more resilient, inventive, and engaging. Paul Green, Jr.,

Management 9

Management How To Open-book Bureaucracy 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 7, 2012

Over the last few years, its big new product lines — including a healthy Veg Pot and its This Water line — have both come from ideas conceived and developed by mid-level employees. None of them involve idea-generation schemes. Rather, they are all about translating ideas into action.

Company 10

Company Stage-Gate Innovation Bureaucracy 10

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

I have had more than a few engagements that have come about as a result of the need to repair the carnage and devastation that occurred from the implementation of advice put forth, or the ideas generated by a well intentioned yet unqualified “coach”.

Blog 385

Blog Mentor Advice Brand 385

Harvard Business Review

MAY 6, 2015

Some examples: how many employees have been trained in “lean startup” methodology, or how many new product ideas are currently being researched. Two-thirds of our respondents, for instance, said that they were tracking the number of projects in their development pipeline. Number of ideas generated.

Metrics 8

Metrics Innovation Company Stage-Gate 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

When your company is in trouble — a new competitor or technology threatens your business model, your cost structure changes, the economy tanks — you have one job as a leader: to get the company back on track. The Jam was three great days of idea generation and dialogue.”

Crisis 8

Crisis Banking CEO Business Model 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2018

The healthcare industry has long relied on traditional, linear models of innovation – basic and applied research followed by development and commercialization. Patients are co-designers, co-developers, and increasingly more responsible for their own and collective health outcomes. Bogdan Dreava/EyeEm/Getty Images. Insight Center.

Health Care 14

Health Care Innovation Mayo Stage-Gate 14

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

However, the researchers also cautioned that overreliance on AI might delay the development of EF skills and hinder learning. However, using AI for tasks like research, idea generation, or understanding complex conceptswhile critically engaging with the contentcan be a legitimate aid.

Education 70

Education Tools Guidelines Idea Generation 70

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 29, 2025

To explore this, the researchers asked people to brainstorm business ideas for a sustainable circular economy, where products are reused or recycled to create new ones. They posted a request on an online platform, offering $10 to participate and $1,000 for the best idea. First, asking the right questions is key.

Brainstorming 64

Brainstorming Creativity Participative Idea Generation 64