First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Bob''s blog entries "Moore''s Law" and the Second Machine Age and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies Big Bang Disruption: Strategy in the Age of Devastating Innovation Larry Downes Geoffrey Moore Crossing the Chasm (3rd Edition): Marketing and Selling Disruptive Products to Mainstream Customers Gordon Moore Electronics magazine "Cramming (..)

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Gordon Magazine Technology Blog 75

Innovation Excellence

JULY 14, 2022

GUEST POST from Howard Tiersky When Gordon Bethune took over as CEO of Continental Airlines in 1994, the carrier had just emerged from its second bankruptcy and was headed for their third and potentially final round. US Department of Transportation … Continue reading →

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Airlines Gordon Transportation CEO 98

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

Rather than seeing it as an obstacle to overcome, integrate it into your strategic approach to invigorate your high-growth potential and outperform competition under any market condition,” explains Rebecca Homkes , author of the new book, Survive, Reset, Thrive. Thrive : Employing an adaptable strategy through evolving market conditions.

Agility 146

Agility How To Uncertainty Competitive Advantage 146

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Ask any experienced marketing professional about the top moves you can make to accelerate your marketing campaigns at any level of business, and an overwhelming majority will point to the weight that compelling customer testimonials carry. Connect with Sean Gordon on LinkedIn. About the Author. Sean founded vidREACH.io

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Content Gordon Video Budgeting 50

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. And they are comfortable using rapid design cycles to prototype and test products/services in the market, rather than depending on traditional marketing analysis. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 1: Define the problem. 2: Disaggregate.

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 82

Tanveer Naseer

JULY 19, 2016

Additionally, you want to look beyond first impressions, encourage innovation, let your team members do the teaching, and offer rewards and recognition. John Rampton is an entrepreneur, investor, online marketing guru and startup enthusiast. This means team members see, “if each member could pinch-hit on everyone else’s job.”

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Emotional Intelligence Team Goleman Self-aware 100

Strategy Driven

JULY 27, 2019

Sean Gordon has an extensive track record recruiting, hiring, training, and unlocking the talent of people. He delivered equally stellar results for EMC, Aetna and West Corporation before becoming CEO of a technology company in need of innovation. Connect with Sean Gordon on LinkedIn. About the Author.

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Video Gordon Film Creativity 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2012

But he's not alone in the judgment that we're not actually living in an era of great innovation. Gordon's productivity research.) but the emerging markets boom has generally been more about catching up than exploiting cutting-edge technology.). But the innovations Brynjolffson has been looking at are mostly organizational.

Stephenson 20

Stephenson Innovation Biotechnology eBook 20

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2010

link] Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Wow…thanks for the thoughtful comment Gordon. Thanks for sharing Gordon. link] Gordon R. Gordon [link] mikemyatt No worries…I thought that's what you meant. Thanks for the clarification Gordon. susanmazza Gordon, I loved the key points you distilled here!

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Blog Gordon Learning-by-Doing Open-book 419

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

Innovation takes courage and the willingness to be out in front rather than following the herd. Speaking of herds, while sacred cows can hold companies back if there is no courage to challenge orthodoxy, cows proved to be a better set of celebrity endorsers than Tiger Woods for Stonyfield Farms and their yogurt marketing.

Gordon 17

Gordon Crisis CEO Entrepreneur 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2012

Dump it, dump it all," Gordon Gekko says as the tape moves against him, and a lot of corporate divestitures have this feel to it — reactive. GE's expertise at building and marketing engineered products is legendary, but media and entertainment call for different skills. One question that seems reasonable in light of the low ($1.75

Due Diligence 17

Due Diligence EBITDA Health Care Gordon 17

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 8, 2016

In early 2016 economists David Autor, David Dorn, and Gordon Hanson published an influential paper that highlighted some of the costs of global trade. would shift toward work that was more valuable and innovative. companies to become more innovative? Is it possible that trade has hurt rather than bolstered American innovation?

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Innovation Gordon Globalization Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Gordon, an economist at Northwestern University, has recently published an important new book, The Rise and Fall of American Growth , which argues that the U.S. However, I think it’s clear that innovation since then has continued (and even accelerated) but has focused largely on information and communication technology.

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Gordon Transportation Tourism Information Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Managed by Q, a cleaning and office services company in New York City, decided to pay employees higher wages than the prevailing market rate. We know that great ideas that drive breakthroughs in productivity come from human beings with the time, talent and energy to innovate.

Human Capital 15

Human Capital Kaizen Agility Energy 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 17, 2017

Southwest’s innovation was to focus on low fares with one-class cabins, homogenous fleets, and point-to-point routes. Therefore his mental model was not how to gain market share from other airlines, but how to create a completely new market for air travel. ” Other carriers fly airplanes that carry people.

Airlines 15

Airlines Business Model Strategy Metrics 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2013

Avis has taken an interesting (and bold) step by acquiring Zipcar, absorbing an innovative but struggling competitor at what is likely to be seen as a bargain price while acquiring a small but desirable customer base and gaining a foothold in the rapidly growing world of collaborative consumption.

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Disaggregation Hammer Mass Marketing Gordon 13

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

link] Gordon R. link] mikemyatt Hi Gordon: Thanks for your well wishes Gordon. Influence Dealing with Tough Times The Lost Art of Brevity The Leadership Vacuum Shut-up & Listen Stop Selling and Add Value Social Media Influence The Influence Factor Ideas Dont Equal Innovation Indispensable? Thanks Mark. I Think Not.

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Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

Harvard Business Review

JULY 5, 2016

Gordon Ross, a lead tester on the Grand Theft Auto game, reportedly characterized it as “madness.” ” Vodaphone is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK and its CEO Vittorio Colao had told the BBC that a Brexit would preclude it from a giant new single market. Innovation Hubs Will Fragment.

Safe Harbor 12

Safe Harbor Industry Uncertainty Crisis 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

healthcare system have taken at least one well-worn market-based path: strive for economies of scale. Dr. Gordon Moore of Rochester, New York traveled a parallel path. Follow the Leading Health Care Innovation insight center on Twitter @HBRhealth. Leading Health Care Innovation. The attempts to “fix” the U.S.

Health Care 11

Health Care Gordon Travel Cost 11

Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2019

The Coffee Bean : A Simple Lesson to Create Positive Change by Jon Gordon and Damon West. Wright answers a critical question plaguing entrepreneurs, brand strategists, marketers, and leaders: how do you grow your brand in a noisy world? Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in July 2019.

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Books Leadership Gordon Brand 214

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

Gordon Brown said during the campaign that Scotland’s fight should not be with London but with globalization. Although the challenges of being a small country were substantially exaggerated in the Scottish debate, small countries do face hard economic realities: higher risk exposures, costs, and market disciplines.

Consensus 14

Consensus Globalization Politics Policies 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 11, 2016

We’ve long known that new businesses matter to the economy and that it’s a small group of fast-growing firms that matter most, because of the jobs and innovation they bring. This could be a function of funding availability and the IPO market, or it could reflect something darker about the U.S. startup hubs.).

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GDP IPO Venture Capitalist Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

After yet another painful discussion about what to do, the late Andy Grove, then Intel’s president, turned to CEO Gordon Moore and asked , “If we got kicked out and the board brought in a new CEO, what do you think he would do?” The company will also eliminate a key chipset in the difficult tablet and smartphone market.

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Levitt Disaggregation Kaizen Call Center 8

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

It’s nearly a decade since Northwestern’s Robert Gordon pondered whether sclerotic innovation was causing the death of economic growth as we had come to know it. An explanation comes in the form of a paper from Northwestern’s Mark Buchanan, in which he highlights what is known as recombinative innovation. Knowledge transfer.

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Diversity Entrepreneur Innovation Gordon 136

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

of the world market, and the second-largest beef producer and consumer. The Betty and Gordon Moore Foundation provided partial funding for the research. These and other benefits translate into better cost management, agricultural innovation, and increased land productivity and quality. Brazil’s Beef Industry.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Net Present Value Retail Cost of Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Institutions purchase hundreds of individual, siloed technologies — each with its own work processes, training, and user interfaces — based on what the market offers. But we had to focus because the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, which funded the project, wanted to ensure that we demonstrated results.

Health Care 8

Health Care Engineering System Gordon 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Companies often engage in new activities – customers, markets, products, and business models – serendipitously, in response to external events and lucky breaks. .” It is often not the result of a strategic plan just being implemented, but driven by opportunistic responses to unexpected events. Stuff happens.

Strategy 8

Strategy Long-term Short-term Mintzberg 8

Deming Institute

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

The most common reasons provided for why the business was not profitable were: starting a business venture which is not well prepared, bad management of the venture, or extremely strong influences of market distortions. Stephen Gordon CEO Opus Bank. The SME deck is more practice-based, including steps and tools to apply right away.

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Deming Library Entrepreneur Conference 28

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 21, 2017

We know innovation drives corporate growth. As Strategy& reported in its 2015 survey of 1,757 executives, “innovation today is a key driver of organic growth for all companies — regardless of sector or geography.” Historically, R&D has been viewed as the engine of national economic growth as well.

Gordon 14

Gordon Company Innovation Industry 14

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

On one side, proponents of the secular stagnation argument, like Robert Gordon, author of The Rise and Fall of American Growth , focus on what they view as our inevitable, irreversible “fall.” companies to invest in innovation and tech-based capital equipment. ” Sounding like Charles H.

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Gordon Policies Depreciation Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 11, 2013

At a time when marketers are ravenous for customer intelligence, Johnson seemed to be indifferent. Harry Gordon Selfridge, who founded the eponymous London-based retailer, did the unthinkable when he opened his first store in 1909, taking merchandise out from behind the counters so that customers could actually touch it. Hubris, right?

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Merchandising Retail Gordon Price 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

I went into the tech industry, where I saw firsthand that male executives preferred to promote the ideas and innovations proposed by the female colleagues they happened to be having sex with. This is especially true in the modern, digital , social economy : ideas are essential for growth, innovation, and ultimately prosperity.

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Venture Capitalist Gordon Industry Report 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

On the other side of the debate, H-1B supporters argue that the program brings needed skills into the labor market, which helps firms remain innovative, productive, and competitive. on H-1B visas, boost the economy by increasing innovation, productivity, and sometimes even employment. biomedical sciences, physical sciences).

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Outsourcing Engineering Skills Information Technology 13