The Horizons Tracker

MAY 13, 2019

As driverless technology has edged closer to market, a number of studies have attempted to predict what impact the technology might have on traffic levels. One of the major selling points of autonomous technology is that it will make our roads more efficient, not least by allowing for the creation of platoons on highways.

Efficiency 72

Efficiency Short-term Technology Travel 72

Experience to Lead

MAY 30, 2023

To manage these challenges, executives are called on to adopt a long-term perspective on organizational strategy while staying in tune with the present-day needs of clients, customers and team members. This type of work is nuanced and requires leadership skills that are often overlooked in business school.

Training 52

Training Execution Leadership Emotional Intelligence 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

As a result, businesses are experiencing reduced output, reduced long term growth plans and decreased staff morale and wellbeing. Learning and Work Institute Short-term focus: Employers tend to prioritise immediate business needs rather than longer-term strategic requirements or broader economic needs.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 1, 2023

As a result, businesses are experiencing reduced output, reduced long term growth plans and decreased staff morale and wellbeing. Learning and Work Institute Short-term focus: Employers tend to prioritise immediate business needs rather than longer-term strategic requirements or broader economic needs.

Productivity 52

Productivity Products Short-term Proposal 52

CEO Blog

APRIL 26, 2011

On my flight yesterday I read a short book (and a longer one but that review can come later). I started a painting business when I was 14 because I could not find a summer job that would take me on my terms. I learned gorilla marketing. I have become a bit twitterlike and prefer the short trend.

Hersey 124

Hersey Short-term Open-book Discount 124

Strategy Driven

MAY 20, 2020

The spreading pandemic has forced businesses into a world full of remote work arrangements and travel restrictions. A short-duration meeting makes it easy for everyone to focus on achieving the objectives. Technology is an enabler. He regularly speaks at various conferences about SEO, Content Marketing, and Entrepreneurship.

Team 123

Team How To Video Conference 123

Marshall Goldsmith

JANUARY 27, 2014

The art of developing leaders will evolve with the technology that connects people through both wired and wireless networks. Use “push” technology to help leaders change. “Push” technology can give leaders an ongoing stream of reminders and ideas for change. by Marshall Goldsmith.

360-Degree Feedback 121

360-Degree Feedback Long-term Globalization Tools 121

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

We live in a competitive environment where the business is fueled by technology 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and because of this, we need to be flexible. While planning is a necessity to succeed in business, particularly for long-term vision , short-term activity and flexibility are just as important.

Business Model 50

Business Model Long-term Short-term Operations 50

Women on Business

JANUARY 14, 2011

This we believed to be particularly true in terms of the sorts of brands that we were going to be offering. Both Katie and I had, and still have, a great love for travel, and in our travels we had developed an appreciation of the brands of both established and emerging designers from around the world.

Fashion 124

Fashion Press Release Discount PR 124

Coaching Tip

OCTOBER 9, 2012

These short breaks will reinvigorate you and help you be more productive in the long term. Use Technology. Use Skype for video conferencing so that you can potentially reduce the need to travel for meetings. Also, work with your IT team to see if they have suggestions on which new technologies can be used to save time.

Tips 102

Tips eBook Long-term Short-term 102

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2014

When Raja Rajamannar became CMO of MasterCard Worldwide in 2013, he moved quickly to transform how the credit card giant measures marketing. But the real power and full potential of data was not being fully realized by marketing. As an ingredient brand, Intel often struggled to link marketing to P&L impact. Inside Intel.

Finance 14

Finance Marketing P&L ROI 14

Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

I’m traveling to Warsaw, Poland, next month to deliver two public seminars. How is the role of the salesperson changing, and what’s changing in terms of which sales channels are being used right now? Is it true that many leaders are not keeping up with changes in the market, changes in technology, and changes in human capital needs?

Globalization 50

Globalization Mission Statement Human Capital Seminar 50

Strategy Driven

MARCH 18, 2011

The crisis that started in the housing markets has unearthed a series of cascading consequences that few companies were prepared to handle. Another is that we wake up to reality, challenge the short-term profit demands of Wall Street, get strategic and build our businesses for sustainable growth. sascom Magazine.

Tools 56

Tools Black-Scholes Rogers Magazine 56

N2Growth Blog

MAY 26, 2010

I left my son’s graduation in Florida on Sunday evening headed for Dallas and then traveling on to San Antonio. They could not be more wrong - I’m here to tell you that strength and compassion are not mutually exclusive terms. The strongest leaders are in fact the most compassionate leaders.

Leadership 284

Leadership Gordon Blog Brand 284

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 11, 2014

In short, the health of American small businesses depends significantly on credit. Small businesses are also instrumental to our innovation economy; small firms produce 13 times more patents per employee than larger firms and employ more than 40% of high technology workers in America. job growth and economic security.

Technology 9

Technology Banking Class Real Estate 9

Management Craft

JUNE 7, 2012

They may seem like a short-term priority but in reality, they’re not aligned with long-term success. This can be a life-long lesson, especially in our multi-cultural, multi-technology and multi-generational settings. Staying current keeps us vibrant and marketable. Communication. Decision Making. Interdependence.

Self-aware 74

Self-aware Long-term Short-term Open-book 74

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

They all take advantage of four technologies that once were scarce and expensive but are now plentiful and cheap. These technologies can be combined in numerous ways, and we are just starting to see companies really taking advantage of the possibilities. As the member travels around, the car's location is tracked via GPS.

Technology 16

Technology Wireless Short-term Long-term 16

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Many business models that make extensive use of digital technology have network-type properties. Given these network effects – as many proclaim – markets get “winner takes all properties”: the largest network will win, crowding out the remaining competitors (like MySpace and Google+).

McCallum 13

McCallum Competitive Advantage Consultative Business Model 13

Women on Business

JANUARY 24, 2011

For long-term relationship-building, be sure that your values and those of your clients mesh. Pitches MUST be short, which is more time-consuming than presenting long ones. Evaluate organizations online: their mission, major products/markets, history, and biographies of key participants. Don’t be timid. Try new approaches.

Press Release 100

Press Release Discount Advertising Sharpe 100

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2016

The bricoleur is a French term for the person who employs such construction methods—in short, a handyman or jack-of-all-trades. APIs are a technology that allows firms to interact and share information with other firms at an unprecedented scale. Need travel information or services?

Entrepreneur 10

Entrepreneur Airlines Construction Short-term 10

HR Digest

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Some are short-term, meant for immediate action and achievement. Others are long-term and involve multiple stepping stones to get there. Where do I see myself in the short term (1-2 years) and long term (5+ years)? For example, a marketing professional might benefit from courses in psychology 2.

Examples 52

Examples Goal Career Short-term 52

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Research and computer modeling conducted by Accenture in collaboration with the Stevens Institute of Technology indicates that as many as 23 million fully autonomous vehicles will be traveling U.S. This is significant for a roughly $200 billion market.

Insurance 11

Insurance Software Business Model Short-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 22, 2018

For example, AirBnB would not be useful for travelers if there were no apartment-owners using the platform. Similarly, home-owners would not want to use AirBnB if travelers weren’t using it to find a place to stay. Then Spotify entered, and showed us just how short-term this advantage was.

Competitive Advantage 8

Competitive Advantage Library Travel Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

JANUARY 22, 2020

Use a variety of marketing techniques. Marketing plays a key role in business success. When done correctly, marketing campaigns have the power to advertise your products and services to a global audience, drive traffic to your site, and establish you as an authority in your industry. Focus on your employees.

Short-term 68

Short-term Customer Loyalty Advertising Long-term 68

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Digital natives have already disrupted industries such as media, publishing, travel, music, and photography. We don’t expect Amazon or Microsoft or IBM to design, make, and market agricultural tractors, aircraft engines, or MR scanners. In short, it is very difficult for a company to disrupt itself. Ford or Tesla?

Industry 8

Industry Software Six Sigma Engineering 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2015

What, another clarion call urging executives to fundamentally rethink their business models through digital technology? Yet huge opportunities exist in using digital technology to evolve your business model by rethinking your existing products, economic models, and digital assets. The business media have had no shortage of these.

Business Model 8

Business Model Insurance Technology Audience 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 9, 2017

-based companies, I’ve spoken with hundreds of high-performing working parents, and, on the hunt for real, feasible solutions, asked the same questions again and again: What advice has been the most valuable to you over the long term as a working parent? Think long-term to stay in the game.

Stress 15

Stress Long-term Short-term Contingency Plans 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 28, 2013

While working in Kenya recently, I called a leading investor in Silicon Valley to discuss Africa's emerging technology sector. The generation that liberated Africa has been replaced by one that is better educated, more widely traveled, and with access to better technology and information. Keep your eye on the long-term trend.

Trends 11

Trends Politics Short-term Long-term 11

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2016

And despite their relatively short existences, digital platforms such as Uber, Airbnb, Pinterest, and Snapchat are wreaking havoc on traditional businesses. Network businesses have always been around, from matchmakers to real estate brokers, but it’s the move to digital platforms that has led to market-shaking effects.

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Business Model Incubator Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2013

Resistant forms continue to thrive, and increased travel makes the global threat very real. While currently crippled by inadequate infrastructure in many countries, low- and middle-income countries will be the fastest-growing markets for pharmaceuticals and medical devices over the next decade. We face a public health emergency.

Health Care 8

Health Care ROI NGO Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

The Great One's well-known words are often repeated in corporate corridors during discussions about understanding market trends. Technologies will change, distribution channels for content will change, usage environments will change. "I skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been" - Wayne Gretzky. Think about it.

Benchmarking 14

Benchmarking Maslow Analysis Trends 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Mateschitz spent considerable time overseas as a marketing salesman prior to founding Red Bull. Similarly, about one-fourth of all technology and engineering companies started in the U.S. Additionally, discrimination against immigrants in labor markets may exert pressure on them to seek self-employment. as young adult.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Venture Capitalist Retail Incubator 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Like leading the way in cup technology with the first U.S. ” These customer-praising marketing messages are part of a broader trend in “corporate societal marketing,” which aim to emphasize companies’ social efforts to consumers. hot cups made with 10% post-consumer recycled fiber. Good for you, you.”

Ethics 9

Ethics Licensing Self-aware Morale 9

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

In the 1950's, the American market was quite small and dominated by entrenched players such as Harley Davidson, Indian, and imports like Triumph and Moto Guzzi. What lessons can we draw from how Honda took steps into this new market, which it ultimately came to dominate? and scope out the market.

Strategy 15

Strategy Automotive Short-term Marketing 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures. For any business to succeed over the long term, it must earn a return that exceeds its cost of capital. Typically when firms are evaluating investments they look for large addressable markets.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2015

“As I travel across Africa, I notice two things about how we’re growing,” Adesina told me recently. Adesina’s success in applying market mechanisms to create widespread opportunity lead Forbes to name him African of the Year in 2013. “I see the sparkle in the eyes of a few.

Banking 8

Banking Globalization Credit Rating Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 4, 2016

Thanks to online tracking technology , marketers no longer have to rely on assumptions about consumer behavior. What does this all mean for marketers? Instead, they can deliver ads targeted specifically to individuals based on their behavior online.

Self-aware 8

Self-aware Advertising Participative Brand 8