Charles E. Lucier

To pick the winners, look for a commitment to breakthrough innovation.

Division of labor soon will be supplanted by a new paradigm — the reintegration of work.

Superstar free-agents are the key to product innovation. How can you tap your industry's Michael Jordan?

By eliminating expertise-oriented overhead and improving the productivity of knowledge workers, companies can reduce costs significantly.

What is the purpose of a company's knowledge program? To improve at a rate faster than the competition.

What does it take to grow shareholder value at world-class rates? More than profit and revenue increases. It takes strategic innovation to make it into the top tier.

The old model, which says revenue growth and shareholder-value growth are correlated, does not go far enough toward explaining how the best companies create value. It ignores the formidable concept of strategic innovation.