Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 31, 2016

Whether it’s simple technology or complex artificial intelligence, we can’t deny that our world in the not-too-distant future will be a place that functions very differently than we do today. While new industries created job opportunities, many advances in technology have decimated others. By a disregard for the evidence around us?

Education 155

Education Wireless Resistance eBook 155

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. The Components of Innovation Capital.

Innovation 84

Innovation Social Capital Reputation How To 84

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The prospect of smart clothing is something I’ve touched on numerous times over the years, as technology has progressed such that various sensors can be embedded in the garments to monitor our health and fitness. This enables the clothes to power the circuitry that is sewn into the textile.

Wireless 130

Wireless Technology Resistance Power 130

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

While it’s almost impossible to be an expert in everything, from technology to tax codes, a good leader should know enough to be able to make informed decisions. In a world of rapid innovation, it’s easy for a new company to become a market leader. Good leaders are knowledgeable and experienced. Good leaders study.

Quality 150

Quality Wireless Human Resources Incentives 150

Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011

that focuses on customers and innovation. It has all the bells and whistles; its wireless, Bluetooth compatible and an all in one (fax, scanner, and printer) machine. The HP Board of Directors has to be focused on prevention and good business practices to build a long term strategy. HP Has Decreasing Product Quality.

Hotels 150

Hotels Wireless CEO Long-term 150

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

That we’re still largely waiting for such an immersive world to take hold, despite much-hyped initiatives, such as Second Life, perhaps underlines the difficulties the technology has had in keeping pace with such a vision. Digital twins. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1

Stephenson 114

Stephenson Wireless Christensen Automotive 114

The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 13, 2020

A considerable challenge. It’s a significant challenge however, with the global population set to reach 7 billion, many of whom live in poor parts of the world where more traditional necessities such as food and shelter are by no means certain. .

Wireless 59

Wireless Library Globalization Information Technology 59

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 28, 2020

Cybersecurity, information technology security or computer security is the process of the protection of computer systems, programs, and networks from digital attacks or the theft or from the damage of the hardware, software, electronic data or misdirection or disruption of the services they provide. Social engineering. Use a firewall.

Tips 69

Tips Software Banking System 69

Strategy Driven

JULY 8, 2019

Smart devices and wireless connections are now nearly everywhere and have already contributed immensely to the growth of the e-commerce industry. The latest trend in last mile delivery management focuses on the localization of distribution, where the goal is to leverage the existing infrastructure and optimize it through technology.

Transportation 50

Transportation Parcell Supply Chain Management 50

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. One of the most poignant summaries of the market for innovative technology solutions in education is that it is forever in its infancy.

Education 16

Education Innovation Entrepreneur Venture Funding 16

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2011

Although it's far too soon to tell whether that program will lead to a major new line of business, Whole Foods should be commended for continuing to innovate during the current economic doldrums when many companies have instead retrenched by making across-the-board cutbacks, even in product R&D. Wireless carriers in the U.S.

Innovation 15

Innovation Wireless Discount Budgeting 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining innovation in health care, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. billion cell phone users around the globe, and 90 percent of the world's population is covered by a commercial wireless signal. There are now more than 5.3

Wireless 16

Wireless Health Care Pharmaceuticals Business Model 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2011

wireless service provider , is now adding the iPhone to its lineup. Verizon's main competitor and Apple's first partner AT&T, the number two provider, enjoyed a growth spurt advantage over Verizon in every quarter since the iPhone was introduced, according to Chetan Sharma , an independent wireless analyst cited by The New York Times.

Wireless 16

Wireless Suri Power Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

Corporate directors and executives alike recognize that today’s pace of change continues to accelerate and that firms need to innovate to stay ahead. But are boards doing enough to support innovation, as they should? We found that, overall, innovation does not rank as a top strategic challenge for the majority of boards.

Innovation 14

Innovation Short-term Telecommunications Long-term 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 18, 2011

Cisco's clever little camcorder collapse provides picture-perfect insight into a pervasive innovation pathology: Ignoring — or disrespecting — the obvious. The sad but simple truth was that Cisco — arguably the world's premier internet network technology company — didn't deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled device.

Wireless 15

Wireless Management Telecommunications Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 29, 2012

If the cost of innovation is falling, that should enable more of it from poorer countries, companies or cooperatives. If it's not, the already big and already rich will dominate innovation. Part of the issue here is lumping together incremental innovation with disruptive innovation.

Cost 10

Cost Innovation Wireless Disruptive Innovation 10

Harvard Business Review

MAY 24, 2011

Editor's Note: This blog was co-authored with Tang Wang, doctoral student at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at University of Missouri, Kansas City. Smart phones will be the occasion for significant " reverse innovation " in the coming months and years, we believe. This is exactly the pattern of reverse innovation.

Marketing 15

Marketing Wireless Survey Innovation 15

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. For example, AT&T had to spend almost $18 billion in a single year to upgrade its wireless networks to handle the onslaught of new traffic. But the solutions may not be housed on their own soil.

Outsourcing 14

Outsourcing Wireless Telecommunications Core Competence 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 6, 2013

In three recent blog posts we looked at the innovation mindset in individuals, profiling game changers Jerry Buss , Peter Jackson , and Shantha Ragunathan. Innovators maintain a laser focus on outcomes , avoid getting caught in the activity trap , and proactively "expand the pie" to make an impact. Take, for example, 3M Corporation.

Innovation 11

Innovation Engineering Wireless Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 30, 2013

As game-changing technologies transform every business process, they also give us the ability to create new products and services that were impossible just a few years ago. Therefore, the CIO''s role must shift from protecting and defending the status quo to embracing and extending new innovative capabilities. Transformation Drivers.

CIO 10

CIO Innovation Technology Wireless 10

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2017

In addition to the digital tools entering the workplace now, several technologies and trends on the horizon have the potential to further transform the way we work and interact with others. Read more from DXC Technology: Digital Transformation Is Racing Ahead and No Industry Is Immune. Artificial intelligence.

Technology 12

Technology Trends Content Agility 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2024

How and when your company should invest in AR/VR technologies.

Technology 27

Technology Company Wireless Retail 27

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2023

As technology like facial recognition becomes more pervasive, companies need to prioritize privacy and security.

Technology 5

Technology Company Wireless Disruptive Innovation 5

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 13, 2012

Sure, it's an industry show, and the press here understands technology, but how do you think they will communicate about your product if all you give them is tech specs? For example, you don't make a video-distribution technology. You don't make wireless Airplay speakers. Technology marketing needs to be shameless.

Marketing 15

Marketing Press Release Wireless Industry 15

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2017

One big reason why is that hospitals purchase technologies without requiring that they communicate with each other. Yet these technologies rarely share data, let alone leverage it to support better clinical care. But in health care, few things work as expected. How did we get here? But we are far from where we should be.

Technology 9

Technology Health Care Wireless System 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 7, 2016

All too often, much-touted “revolutionary” innovations offer only incremental benefits at best; at worst, they are a costly distraction. The right technologies, however, can be incredibly valuable, driving customer satisfaction and possibly even providing a sustainable competitive advantage. Eliminating customer pain.

Trends 13

Trends Hotels Competitive Advantage Retail 13

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2014

After all, the conventional wisdom holds that patents are essential to keep competitors from imitating innovations, especially for small startup companies. If rivals imitate, they will drive down prices, wiping out the potential profits on innovation, thus making it difficult or impossible to earn a return on R&D investments.

Technology 11

Technology Wireless PR Innovation 11

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 27, 2012

The fact of the matter is that periodically, technologies or business model innovations allow start-ups to enter industries offering services that are generally cheaper and more accessible, but of far lower quality. This is the essence of what we call "disruptive innovation." It's disruption in its most basic form.

Rogers 16

Rogers Telecommunications Disruptive Innovation Innovation 16

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In today's world, start-ups aren't the only ones who can innovate. As I discussed in my post How Big Companies Can Save Innovation , large companies are now better positioned to innovate than ever before. Innovation increasingly involves creating business models that tap big companies' unique strengths.

Innovation 9

Innovation Company Venture Capitalist Health Care 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 4, 2014

Most pundits agreed on what was wrong — a lack of breakthrough innovation since the passing of founder Steve Jobs. Apple has seemingly served as an anomaly to the theory of disruptive innovation. The record labels grumbled that Apple sucked the lion’s share of the profits out of the industry, but it was too late. for three years.

Industry 11

Industry Wireless Advertising Content 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

Yes, digital technology enables a lot of unbundling. Barksdale was the veteran of IBM, FedEx and AT&T Wireless (he mostly worked at it when it was called McCaw Cellular) who was brought on a few months after Netscape’s founding to provide adult supervision as its CEO. Newspapers have been unbundled by blogs and classified ad sites.

How To 21

How To Technology Venture Capitalist Industry 21

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.” Uber doesn’t.

Disruptive Innovation 8

Disruptive Innovation Definition Innovation Christensen 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2011

After using it for a few days I bought a wireless keyboard. Technologies that connect people to knowledge, services, and one another across the globe have acted as a centrifugal force, spinning functions and authority away from the center toward millions of previously silent and disempowered individuals.

Storytelling 18

Storytelling Disaggregation Supply Chain Globalization 18

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

We studied Omada’s program as part of our Harvard Medical School initiative to identify and share knowledge about innovative approaches to major health challenges that primary care providers play the lead in treating. Design the service for the patient. Emphasis on outcomes.

Health Care 19

Health Care Participative Wireless Pharmaceuticals 19

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2015

Think through the implications of these technologies, however, and an even more startling vision emerges: the future will look more like the past. Today, information and communications technologies remove the need for such proxies. Helping to effect this reversal are any number of new technologies.

Technology 8

Technology Retail Transportation Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2011

Headlines with catchy titles, such as "Africa's Silicon Valley to be Unveiled in Nairobi" and "Kazan (Tartarstan) to Set-Up Innovative Ecosystem Similar to Silicon Valley," are found in every major news source. Local branches of large, leading East Coast technology companies. Federal Telegraph Corporation. Hewlett-Packard. All of them.

Long-term 16

Long-term Industry Technology Wireless 16

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2014

The new president thought Cellairis should not only sell accessories, it should sell wireless phone service as well. People shopping for cell phone cases were natural customers for a wireless service provider. It stiffed Cellairis and the wireless providers whose services it resold. Nothing more than a tweak, they thought.

Strategy 10

Strategy Wireless Company Retail 10