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Current s+b Issue

 

s+b conducts and publishes dozens of interviews per year with noted thought leaders, including chief executive officers and other business leaders, authors, economists, and business theorists. Our coverage ranges from short, topical interviews with CEOs, entrepreneurs, business professors, chief technology officers, CFOs, CMOs, and other thought leaders to our feature-length Thought Leader Interviews.

Thought Leaders

 

The Case for
Intelligent Industrial
Policy

by Art Kleiner, Arvind Kaushal, and
Thomas Mayor
Economic strategist Clyde Prestowitz argues for better support for manufacturing.

An Interview with
Manfred F.R. Kets
de Vries

by Art Kleiner
 
INSEAD’s expert on leadership development clarifies how self-awareness can break the destructive pattern of corporate narcissism.
 

How Female Talent Could Transform Emerging Economies

by Melissa Master Cavanaugh
Authors Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Ripa Rashid argue that corporate leaders are overlooking one of the most enthusiastic, capable sources of talent in the world: women in emerging markets.

How Coca-Cola Manages 90 Emerging Markets

by William J. Holstein
The world’s largest beverage company has delegated major decision making to individual markets, but it maintains its global brand strategy through collaborative practices.
 

The Innovativeness of Nations

INSEAD professor Soumitra Dutta’s Global Innovation Index helps show which nations are on the rise and which are not.

China’s Auto Industry Responds to Record Growth

Dazong Wang, CEO of one of China’s largest automakers, discusses how auto companies will keep pace with Chinese consumers’ appetite for cars.

The Thought Leader Interview: Meg Wheatley

An expert on innovative leadership warns that too many companies are reverting to fear-driven management. Instead, executives should hold to their values and build healthy corporate communities.

China in Transition

China’s rising middle class will challenge the world’s resources — and press China’s leadership for change, says Cheng Li, a leading Chinese political scientist.

The Thought Leader Interview: Sylvia Nasar

The renowned author discusses how the great economists uncovered the basic truth about progress, prosperity, and productivity, and the reasons you should be careful which ideas you listen to.

IT Road Maps for IT Transformation

A conversation with Aetna Executive Vice President Meg McCarthy.

3M’s Open Innovation

Fred J. Palensky, chief technology officer at one of the world’s most innovative companies, explains how to foster the ongoing cross-pollination of ideas.

The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough

To escape the commodity trap — and to compete effectively in a knowledge-based economy — business leaders of all kinds need to reinvent themselves as innovators in services.

The Art of the Business Narrative

Hollywood producer, executive, and entrepreneur Peter Guber makes the case that telling purposeful stories is an essential skill for leaders.

A Long-Wave Theory on Today’s Digital Revolution

Historian Elin Whitney-Smith looks at previous periods of disruption to understand what companies (and people) are going through today.
Archive of Thought Leaders articles