Harvard Business

APRIL 11, 2016

There have been prominent arguments by writers from across the political spectrum in places such as The Atlantic, Mother Jones, the New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, and big stories in the business press in Bloomberg Businessweek, Forbes, and Fortune. There have been reports on CNN and PBS and Fox Business.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Big businesses struggling in an era of rapid transformation can learn a lot from the experiences of social entrepreneurs finding and adapting innovative solutions in difficult contexts. WISH and WISE. Empower Bottom-up Solutions. “Maybe what you think is the best idea you’ve ever had actually isn’t.”

Education 28

Education Healthcare Government Journal 28

Harvard Business

APRIL 13, 2018

In my experience, startup and technical business leaders don’t tell their innovation stories well. From my vantage point at MaRS , the Toronto-based start-up innovation hub, I have the opportunity to meet, interview, and write about some of the remarkable people and discoveries emerging from Canadian institutes and startups.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 30, 2017

He sold off slower-growth, low-tech, and nonindustrial businesses — financial services, media, entertainment, plastics, and appliances. Innovation at GE was on a roll. Since then Flannery has replaced Immelt’s vice chairs responsible for innovation. He doubled GE’s investment in R&D. Then it wasn’t.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 25, 2017

Innovation abounds (especially in technology) and new value is being created hand over fist — yet the resulting wealth gains go to the few, while the many wind up financially worse off. This vexing global challenge causes me to wonder, “What if the world’s innovators turned their sights on solving this problem?

Apparel 32

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Newcomers like Harry’s still represent only a fraction of the overall market , but they’ve captured the majority of the growth in that time—a defining feature of disruptive innovation. It slashed digital ad expenditures by more than $200 million and issued an ultimatum for tech firms to become more transparent.

Retail 41

Retail Sales Productivity Industry 41

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Following a long stretch of fawning coverage from business and technology journalists, The Wall Street Journal reported in October 2015 that the company’s flagship blood-testing technology was a near-total failure. Humanity’s strange, ardent love affair with story has always fascinated me.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 11, 2016

On the one hand are the tech start-ups, who advocate for open office plans that emphasize chance encounters. ” Their new building “is really designed to spark not just collaboration but that innovation you see when people collide.” What type of office design is best for productivity and engagement?

Real Estate 28

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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

Similarly, Facebook doesn’t specialize in purveying journalism, even though almost every news company posts articles on Facebook. Similarly, Facebook doesn’t specialize in purveying journalism, even though almost every news company posts articles on Facebook. What might a high-quality social media platform look like?

Media 37

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 10, 2017

But just as the cell phone, originally designed as a mobile communication device, has been adapted to an unimagined array of additional functions, the EMR is serving as a platform for innovation and creativity. In the language of systems engineering, the transaction is “mistake-proofed.” Insight Center.

Guidelines 28

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

After spending twenty years in the tech sector — half of those in social media marketing — I’ve been on the receiving and delivering end of just about all of them. As horrifying as I found these tales, none of them came as much of a surprise. Which is exactly why I think Lyons is right to pillory these kinds of practices.

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