The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 9, 2023

While Winston Churchill was famously supposed to have remarked that we should never waste a crisis, the reality is that during recessions, firms often tighten their belts and reduce the amount they invest in innovation. “We examine innovation following the Great Depression using data on a century’s worth of U.S.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 14, 2024

While it remains to be seen just how likely jobs are going to be affected by technologies like ChatGPT, the disruptive force of having to change our occupation remains significant. Research from the London School of Economics explores how our careers are impacted when technology encroaches on the demand for our skills.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 22, 2024

Furthermore, the Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report reveals that 75% of organizations consider the future of work, including automation and AI, as a top business priority. These statistics underscore the critical need for innovative talent development strategies to successfully navigate the ever-evolving landscape of work.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Emerging Technologies to Facilitate Leadership Planning As the digital revolution unfolds, it’s becoming clear that technology plays a substantial role in enhancing leadership planning. While human resources professionals can no longer overlook the importance of technology, a delicate balance must be maintained.

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The CPO is responsible for aligning the organization’s human capital strategy with its overall strategic goals. This entails assessing the workforce requirements and identifying key talent needs to drive innovation and growth. It ensures the organization remains competitive in the ever-evolving business landscape.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

As businesses face constant technological disruption and shifting market demands, these talented leaders rely on AI and data to anticipate needs, identify opportunities, and steer organizations with clarity and confidence. Creating a Culture that Drives Performance Strong cultures are no accident; they’re intentionally crafted.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Today, Chief People Officers and CHROs are not only responsible for the high-value functions of talent acquisition and employee engagement, but they play a crucial role in shaping organizational culture, driving diversity and inclusion, and ethically leveraging technology for effective HR management.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2021

In this episode of Asking For a Friend, Jack Phillips, author of High-Impact Human Capital Strategy and Chairman of ROI Institute about how to calculate ROI for remote work vs. in-person work. Even with expenses that the company incurred to set people up at home (buildout, technology), the company saw a positive ROI.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 28, 2020

In the latest edition of the Global Innovation Index, the United States came home in 3rd spot. Over the years the Index has been produced, the US has always maintained a presence in the top 10, underlining the innovative potential of the country. The post Is America Losing Its Innovation Edge? ” Losing top spot. .

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 1, 2023

Research from the University of Cambridge examined the creativity of industrial firms in China and finds that increases in air pollution are associated with decreases in innovation. To evaluate the innovation quality of these firms, the study categorized patents into three types: invention, utility model, and design.

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LDRLB

APRIL 10, 2013

Innovation means more than just new products or services. Perhaps my favorite definition of innovation is Scott Berkun’s : “Innovation is significant positive change.”. Recently, the Institute for Corporate Productivity published a study surveying some of the top companies and people in the fields of management and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

Embracing technological advancements for succession planning can also streamline the process, simplify the identification of potential successors, and augment the development of necessary employee competencies. Inflexible plans are the hidden Achilles heel of many organizations.

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A recent paper from New York University aims to help leaders do better, and urges them to also invest in complementary assets alongside the AI technology itself. Smart investments Consider a scenario where a company incorporates machinery and a human worker in their production process. Apply that same logic to AI.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 24, 2022

Recent research explores whether attempts to entice innovative multinationals are appropriate. This isn’t the case with firms further down the technological ladder, who are more inclined to engage in reciprocal knowledge sharing. The post Do Foreign R&D Investments Boost Local Innovation? Sharing knowledge.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

Recognizing diversity as a competitive advantage for innovation and customer service underscores the CDO’s critical role in creating a more inclusive environment that values individual differences and unique perspectives. A CDO navigates these complexities by leveraging data, artificial intelligence, and technology.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

This notable difference between median and average tenure suggests various factors are at play, including increased shareholder activism, faster business cycles, and the impact of disruptive technologies. Factors affecting global trends, such as technological changes and shifts in stakeholder expectations, are also contributing to this trend.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Whether expanding into new markets, managing crises, or driving innovation , they bring insight and clarity, combining data with intuition. Every decision—big or small—creates a ripple effect across the company, impacting everything from employee motivation to customer satisfaction, competitiveness, and innovation.

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N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 2, 2024

The Creator: Innovators and Visionaries Creators are the pioneers of new ideas and visionary strategies– naturally inclined towards innovation, thinking outside the box, and envisioning future possibilities. Their leadership style is often characterized by: Creativity and Innovation: Generating groundbreaking ideas and solutions.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

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N2Growth Blog

JUNE 6, 2024

It entails leading a team to achieve business goals while encouraging innovation and change, instilling a culture of ongoing learning, and advocating for agility. N2Growth’s Proven Strategies for Nurturing C-Suite Executives N2Growth uses an innovative and all-encompassing approach to support the development of C-suite executives.

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Skip Prichard

JULY 22, 2019

Innovation Capital. Whether you have invented an amazing new technology or product, you could still fail. And one of the most overlooked reasons for entrepreneurial failure is innovation capital. He offers a unique perspective on innovation and winning in the marketplace. Would you share that briefly?

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The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The research explains that the Catholic Church opposed the introduction of technical education in primary schools, which restricted the accumulation of human capital in areas that were heavily religious. As a result, the French government actively promoted a technical curriculum in schools to produce that human capital.

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HR Digest

APRIL 9, 2024

In an interview, Christy Pambianchi, EVP and Chief People Officer at Intel, highlights the importance of continuous learning and innovation in HR, emphasizing Intel’s phased approach to implementing AI tools. Pambianchi advises startup leaders to prioritize human capital management, stressing the importance of assembling agile teams.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 27, 2024

The rise of new technologies, especially AI, has had a big impact on the value of skills. “Conceptualizing the relationship between skills as a network enabled us to show the context dependency of human capital,” the researchers conclude.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The key benefit is the strategic alignment of executives with roles that match their expertise, fostering innovation, collaboration, and a high-performance culture. These assessments shine a light on leaders’ strengths and improvement areas, guiding strategic decisions in talent development and succession planning.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

This nurtures overall employee engagement and paves the way for innovation, creativity, and shared vision toward company goals. By leveraging advanced data analytics and AI technologies, Vue provides a comprehensive and objective view of candidates, focusing on their skills, experience, and potential rather than demographic characteristics.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

Formula 1 racing is an industry built on speed, innovation, and teamwork. Technological Changes In F1 racing, the introduction of hybrid engines has forced teams to adapt their strategies and rethink their approach to racing. Today, I will highlight some similarities in the insurance and finance industry and contrast them to Formula 1.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 11, 2019

That’s beginning to shift however, with R&D hubs emerging in countries like China, India and Israel, and a recent study argues that the role played by information technology in innovation is a major driver behind this change.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 26, 2024

While the risk of technological disruption to the labor market tends to grab most of the headlines, offshoring is at least as big a risk, if not more so. The first of these was a classroom-based program designed to help build human capital, with participants earning certificates in various new skills.

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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).

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The Horizons Tracker

JULY 25, 2019

Countries around the world are faced with considerable skills, productivity and social inclusion challenges that require novel and innovative approaches to skills development. “Skills improvements complement other key building blocks of an innovative and inclusive economy,” the authors explain. Reinvention.

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HR Digest

JULY 5, 2021

Developments in digital technologies, inclusive of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, are estimated by some to create the potential for a tremendous reduction in the volume of work. Others see scope of digital technologies to transform the quality of work. IMPROVING WORK MARKET DYNAMISM. EMBRACING AUTOMATION AND AI RIGHT NOW.

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Human Capital How To Incentives Human Resources 122

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 8, 2024

Indeed, in 2022 the European Union’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) launched the Deep Tech Talent Initiative, which it hoped would upgrade the deep tech skills of around a million people across the continent. Our findings have profound implications for individuals, businesses, and policymakers.

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Skills Bottom-up Learning-by-Doing Human Capital 67

The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 2, 2020

When we think of the great innovators of our age, we quite probably think of entrepreneurs who built startups that fundamentally challenged our norms and bucked what we believe was possible. Innovating from within. And growing in scale makes more innovation possible.”

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The Horizons Tracker

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The Global Innovation Index illustrates this, as they cite the inhibiting impact a shortage of human capital is having on the innovation potential of the nation. As research from Harvard and INSEAD illustrates, entrepreneurial success is often a matter of gaining access to human capital. Talent shortages.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

By tapping into their expertise, organizations can benefit from fresh perspectives, innovative ideas, and best practices that can drive business success. They stay abreast of industry trends, emerging technologies, and regulatory changes that can impact businesses.

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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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