Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Flash forward over 30 years, much of the tech that the film predicted has come true. Traditional carmakers are desperately trying to catch up with tech companies who have had a head start in developing driverless tech. But one thing it didn’t get right was the flying cars; instead, the closest thing we have are driverless cars.

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Kates Kesler

MAY 7, 2020

We recently worked with a high-growth medical device company that makes sophisticated hardware and software systems. To remain the market leader, the company needed to produce highly innovative client-driven solutions, while at the same time maintaining product excellence. This leader directly manages only a small number of people.

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Martinka Consulting

AUGUST 1, 2018

When we think of innovation we think of the technology industry, don’t we? Or perhaps the company that started SaaS (Software as a Service), which has permeated into way too many industries and businesses. Here’s an interesting non-tech industry innovation taking place in Washington (and I’m sure other states).

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities. The point is there’s a ton of variation in this space.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Redwood Shores, CA – LSA Global, the leading business consulting, coaching, and training firm that helps fast growth life science, technology, and service companies by powerfully aligning their culture and talent with strategy, today announced results for a High Tech Project Post Mortem for a leading high tech company creating a new product line.

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Kraft Kennedy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Is it acceptable to use your family computer to access your firm’s work product? The answers to these and hundreds of other questions should be documented and considered integra l to the operations of all organizations, especially in industries where work product and client data are highly sensitive, and highly valuable.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

You know, those same disruptive forces redefining all sectors from manufacturing and retail to healthcare and tech. The forces transforming today’s professional services landscape are familiar ones. We’re talking digitization and the shift toward data-first business strategies. This idea isn’t news to anyone at this point.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The cloud – which refers to storing, managing, and processing data via a network of remote servers instead of locally on a server or personal computer – is quickly becoming a critical source for innovation. Without a robust cloud strategy, an organization’s pace and breadth of innovation is likely to be hampered.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

See my series on Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Summary. I don't expect the book to be an investment in the same way as when I buy a software product. Software products are different than other kinds of products. The governance people do not record assumptions. They only record estimates and actuals.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For years, we've used several metaphors to describe software product development: People-based metaphors, such as: Man-weeks for all the humans working on a project or a product. See Practical Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization.) Pregnancy to explain the indivisibleness of some work. But these metaphors no longer serve us.

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UPD Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

The good news is that there are district leaders around the country vigorously innovating how they engage their communities for making critical plans and taking deliberate action. . UPD’s panel “Turning Stakeholders into Champions” spotlights cutting edge family and community engagement strategies that go beyond online surveys.

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Management Consulted

AUGUST 14, 2016

Staying true to the original vision, Amazon has gone on to become a global force, market disruptor, major innovator, and a helluva lot more than just an online bookstore. Amazon hustles the world’s top MBA programs to seek out the next Amazonian with a spirit of innovation, which is the driving force behind their rapid growth.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

All of them turn a car into a computer on the road, which requires installation of corresponding software and introduction of numerous features. What issues will they bring to automotive project management, and what are the ways to address them? Read further to explore these issues in detail. . Challenges in Automotive Projects.

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Management Consulted

OCTOBER 18, 2013

It should be no surprise since they have been the birthplace of many technological advances, were one of the founders of the entire personal computer industrial revolution, and now are leaders in new software platforms, hardware infrastructure and workplace equality. Revenue: $20B+ (2011). IBM GBS Engagement Cost: $300k – $500k.

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Harvard Business

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.

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Tom Spencer

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

might lag behind in the race for AI technology for three reasons: AI remains off the high-level national agenda; there has been a reduction in national funding for science and technology; and strong regulations add barriers to innovation. The rise of AI has been compared to the Cold War space race. Pundits argue the U.S. How will that work?

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 30, 2015

Needless to say, I didn’t want to miss this conversation with one of the world’s tech startup demi-gods. When it comes to teaching entrepreneurship and innovation there is a certain paradox. When it comes to teaching entrepreneurship and innovation there is a certain paradox.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

It also puts a fundamental question back on the agendas of CEOs in other industries: Will software eat the world, as Marc Andreessen famously quipped? Alfred Eisenstaedt/Hayon Thapaliya/Getty Images. To start to answer that question, let’s tally up the score. There are three types of products today. Here too, digital natives dominate.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The debate about superstar firms and superstar effects has been intensifying, partly in response to the rapid growth of global US tech companies. Contrary to popular perception, these superstar firms are not just Silicon Valley tech giants. and Chinese tech firms. Apexphotos/Getty Images. Wider dynamics may be at play.

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Management Consulted

DECEMBER 26, 2016

The company prides itself on its innovative, forward-thinking culture, and believes that its work is a reflection of that culture. Today we highlight tremendous business analyst and post-consulting leadership jobs at Uber. If you haven’t used Uber yet, you should use it to explore a city near you! seven years of growth.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 21, 2018

Businesses understand the power of digital innovations to reshape industries and markets. Yet, time and again, they have struggled to innovate with new and disruptive technologies. Investors affect innovation investments. Simon McGill/Getty Images. In theory, investor incentives align with what is good for the firm.

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freshminds

OCTOBER 7, 2015

So let's deconstruct the Tech trends of 2015. It must be the CIO to do this as the position is suited for people with both the technological know-how of what is feasible, with the creativity to come up with new innovations that could transform a business. 1) Dimensional Marketing. 2) Chief Integration Officers (CIOs).

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Management Consulted

MAY 7, 2017

Here at MC, we’ve been absolutely thrilled to launch our new series and bring you some juicy insights into the Top 10 Consulting firms in every major consulting city and region around the world. This week, we continue with sunny – and windy – San Francisco. The region has 3 major cities: San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Early in the video, Kent discusses the all-too-frequent sexism and racism I also see in tech. But the demand for software developers was high and I was good. Aside from learning how to learn about a new domain, I learned that software is all about interpersonal skills. He says later, “Stop making it harder.”

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2022

Second, people may require more time to get used to working with innovation technologies and equipment, which may lead to project delays. . The aerospace engineering sector deals with mostly large and complex projects. Accordingly, they are more vulnerable to the consequences of risk-bearing events. Let’s figure it out in the article. .

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Harvard Business

APRIL 21, 2016

Until the IPO, Square had been one of more than 130 unicorns: privately owned tech companies valued at $1 billion or more. But there is another, equally compelling reason why unicorns are dying: failure to innovate when competitors catch up. Some analysts blame unrealistic valuation while others cite excessive spending.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The traditional drivers of brand premium are being joined (and to varying degrees supplanted) by newer, tech-enabled variables: software, interactive products, digital interactions, immersive experiences, and predictive services, to name a few. Product: mechanical vs. interactive. Insight Center. Data-Driven Marketing. occur online.

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Management Consulted

JANUARY 20, 2014

On February 8th, 2001, KPMG Consulting, LLC, went public on the NASDAQ starting at $18 per share under the ticker “KCIN” Their IPO was 6 months delayed due to the quickly declining high-tech consulting services market. BearingPoint Interview and Culture. Preparing for a BearingPoint interview? KEY STATS FOR BEARINGPOINT.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 28, 2015

So there has been an amazing lack of innovation. The poster child for success is Atlassian , the tech company, which sold its product in 10 or 15 countries to dozens of large companies before an Australian company would buy any of its products. Do you think that Australia is perhaps falling behind in that area?

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Confessions of a Consultant

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

We’ve been oversold on ‘tech’ so many times that it’s hard not to be skeptical. We all need to demonstrate curiosity and embrace innovation as a personal mission – rather than a corporate slogan. In embracing new technology, avoid vanity innovations. And it takes time to figure that out. It’s a good point.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 16, 2018

Help to increase tech literacy in Washington. This lack of knowledge — despite the millions of dollars that the tech industry spent on lobbying Washington in 2017 — shows that technology literacy among lawmakers still needs to be improved. Digital Service , and the Presidential Innovation Fellows.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

Nearly every business leader I meet fears being overcome by tech-savvy upstarts. That fear drives their companies to invest millions into coming up with breakthrough innovations. If innovation projects are going to succeed, they’ll need to survive a handoff from an innovation team to an execution team.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Startups and major tech companies, notably Alphabet’s Google X division , are investing heavily in smart car technology, as are network ride-sharing companies such as Uber and Lyft. “Self-driving” or “smart” cars will simply become whatever we call the next generation of transportation technology. Insight Center.

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Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2018

To focus on businesses that are closer in spirit to the prototypical high-tech startup, we used a variety of indicators: whether the firm was granted a patent, received VC investment, or operated in an industry that employs a high fraction of STEM workers. It’s widely believed that the most successful entrepreneurs are young.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2017

The decisions, which were both unanimous, significantly scaled back the ability of patent holders to slow innovation by competitors, tipping scales that many legal scholars believe have become badly imbalanced. Taken together, the two cases will improve the innovation environment for companies in fast-changing industries.

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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. GE made a $4 billion bet on connecting industrial equipment through the internet of things and analytical software with a suite of products called Predix Cloud. Innovation at GE was on a roll.

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SkillQuo

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Article Credit: CB Insights. High deductible plans and new technologies are turning patients into savvy healthcare consumers, with higher expectations around service and experience. Companies are positioning themselves to take advantage of this shift. In healthcare, that change has come more slowly. TABLE OF CONTENTS. MOBILE TAKES OFF.

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