Innovation Strategy
‘The First Day Is the Worst Day’: DHL’s Gina Chung on How AI Improves Over Time
AI is a powerful tool for innovation when leaders communicate its benefits.
Innovation Management
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Innovation Strategy
Accelerating Innovation Through a Network of Ecosystems
Use a networked approach to manage distributed innovation across teams, units, and regions.
Innovation Strategy
Lessons in Rapid Innovation From the COVID-19 Pandemic
The race to develop treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19 highlights the value of repurposing solutions.
Leading Change
The Sources of Disruption Every Company Should Monitor: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
Amy Webb outlines the 11 sources of change that could disrupt your organization.
Talent Management
Four Skills Tomorrow’s Innovation Workforce Will Need
To innovate and survive, organizations must develop core business skills in their digital talent.
Collaboration
Unleashing Innovation With Collaboration Platforms
Effective leadership of virtual teams matters more than which collaboration platform you choose.
Developing Strategy
An Executive Guide to the Winter 2019 Issue
These summaries will help you navigate our terrific new slate of features.
Innovation Strategy
The Hybrid Trap: Why Most Efforts to Bridge Old and New Technology Miss the Mark
Mature companies often lack the vision and the commitment to fully commit to new technologies.
Collaboration
Developing Successful Strategic Partnerships With Universities
Companies often struggle to establish and run university partnerships effectively.
Collaboration
The Art of Managing Complex Collaborations
Biomarkers Consortium, a public-private partnership in the health industry, presents five lessons in managing collaboration.
Developing Strategy
The Power of Asking Pivotal Questions
Asking the right questions can help you broaden your perspective — and make smarter decisions.
Developing Strategy
The Opportunity Paradox
How can managers best meet the challenge of capturing new growth opportunities?
Innovation Strategy
The Dandelion Principle: Redesigning Work for the Innovation Economy
People who are “different,” behaviorally or neurologically, can add significant value to companies.
Culture
How Innovative Is Your Company’s Culture?
A new assessment tool can help executives pinpoint a company’s innovation strengths and weaknesses.
Executing Strategy
Outsourcing Business Processes for Innovation
Many companies pursue business process outsourcing to trim costs. But it can evolve into much more.
Culture
The Inside and Outside View of Innovation
Two recent books focus on different aspects of innovation — within and outside the organization.
Boards & Corporate Governance
The Trouble With Too Much Board Oversight
Is board oversight — helpful as it can be — detrimental to innovation?
Boards & Corporate Governance
Bringing Opportunity Oversight Onto the Board’s Agenda
Boards need to monitor not only a company’s risks but also its ability to generate opportunities.
Innovation Strategy
Is Your Company Choosing the Best Innovation Ideas?
Generating good innovation proposals from within the ranks of the organization is only the beginning. The more difficult part is creating a selection process that identifies which ideas to implement.
Corporate Social Responsibility
What Every CEO Needs to Know About Nonmarket Strategy
In a global economy, sustained competitive advantage arises from tackling social, political and environmental issues as part of a corporate strategy.