Organizational Transformation
Are You Ready For the Certainty of the Unknown?
Companies and individuals will need to embrace impermanence and continual reconfiguring in “the remix era.”
Organizational Psychology
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Climate Change
On Companies’ Holiday Wish List: Board Involvement in Sustainability Efforts
New research underscores the gap between the ideal and the reality of board involvement on sustainability.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Catching Up with Scantily Clad Analytics Emperors
Stories of your competitors’ analytics prowess are probably overblown — so take steps to move forward now.
Organizational Structure
The 2014 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Making Mergers Work,” by Hamid Bouchikhi and John R. Kimberly.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Does Your Company Collect Data — Or Hoard It?
The impulse to collect and store all data on the off chance it might be useful is counterproductive.
Digital Marketing
An Audio Summary of “Moving Beyond Marketing”
An audio briefing of the 2014 social business research report by MIT Sloan Management Review and Deloitte.
Executing Strategy
Making Mergers Work
Executives can overlook questions of identity when seeking synergies from mergers and acquisitions.
Executing Strategy
Building Effective Business Relationships in China
Developing trust between Chinese and Western executives still takes time — and attention to detail.
Climate Change
The Four Organizational Factors That Built Kimberly-Clark’s Remarkable Sustainability Goals
Leadership support been crucial to building and meeting aggressive sustainability metrics.
Culture
Uncommon Sense: How to Turn Distinctive Beliefs Into Action
A company’s beliefs are often the most critical source of differentiation.
Business Models
How to Identify New Business Models
Another method to pursue growth: Use thought experiments to assess new business model possibilities.
Executing Strategy
Why Dominant Companies Are Vulnerable
When consumers feel that their choices are restricted, many respond by leaving the market leader.
IT Governance & Leadership
The Secrets to Managing Business Analytics Projects
It takes a special breed of project manager to execute business analytics projects.
Business Models
How to Innovate When Platforms Won’t Stop Moving
What are the characteristics that can help guide companies through disruptive transitions?
Marketing Strategy
Why Every Project Needs a Brand (and How to Create One)
Project leaders should frame projects the same way marketing managers frame branding efforts.