Summer 2006

Rethinking the Value of Talent

Classifying employees by their role in the success of your business rather than by their function can improve the effectiveness of recruiting, staff development, and deployment.

My Customer, My Co-Innovator

Involving customers in the innovation process can add value to new product designs.

The Well-Designed Global R&D Network

A new study finds that organizations benefit when they configure their innovation networks for cost and manage them for value.

The Coming Enterprise Software Shakeup

Enterprise software prices will soon be on the rise, but there are innovative alternatives for savvy CIOs.

Avian Flu: A Test of Collective Integrity

The threat of a pandemic can teach governments, corporations, and nonprofits to prepare for the unthinkable.

Complementary Genius

Sometimes “sticking to your knitting” is exactly the wrong way to build your business.

The Captain’s Challenge

At sea or in business, a smart leader copes with turbulence by building the risk tolerance of the crew.

The Future of Advertising Is Now

Marketers take heed: After years of overhype, the digital revolution is finally mainstream.

Beyond Brand Management

The anatomy of the 21st-century marketing professional.

Growth Champions

How to drive the only marketing metric that matters.

The Neuroscience of Leadership

Breakthroughs in brain research explain how to make organizational transformation succeed.

The Megacommunity Manifesto

Public, private, and civil leaders should confront together the problems that none can solve alone.

A Cooperative Solution

This self-governing corporate structure protects communities and prospers in a globalizing world.

CEO Succession 2005: The Crest of the Wave

Half of all chief executives are dismissed from office, but those who can deliver results are in greater demand than ever.

Deirdre McCloskey’s Market Path to Virtue

An idiosyncratic economist preaches the innate morality of business.

William G. Ouchi: The Thought Leader Interview

A champion of decentralized management shows how better education means competitive advantage, but only if school principals are treated like business unit managers.

Engines of Change

Sources for making sense of fossil fuel scarcity, the oil endgame, and the automotive future.

Books in Brief

A container-shipping retrospective, a strategic admiral, farsighted forecasting, and admirable strategies.

Recent Research

On schools for elder leaders, Japanese decision making, innovation inertia, and more.

Hustle and Flow: It’s Hard out Here for a CEO