Michael Schrage

Michael Schrage reviews two notable books by veteran Silicon Valley journalists that seek to explain collaborative charisma.

The Ecology of Technology

Corporate directors can – and should – play a much more active role in overseeing risk and avoiding major crises.

The Art of Influence

Humbling the Ambitious

Making Theory Real

Why you should learn to love PowerPoint and the 2x2 matrix.

Reform board structures or accept more value destruction, the corporate governance doyen warns.

From governance guru Ira Millstein and others, complex counsel on blending oversight and intervention.

Network Theory’s New Math

Corporate training doesn't have to be dull. Game-based learning lets you play your way to smarter business.

New prototyping methods have radically reduced the cost of testing products, services, and business models — effectively creating a new financial resource: iterative capital. Be sure you spend it wisely.

Open Source is more than a software movement, three new books argue. It's a crucial business tool.

From Spencer Johnson's "Who Moved My Cheese?" to the design of eBay, business can learn the easy way.

The dean of Berkeley's School of Information Management and Systems foresees a world in which everything is negotiable.

The Nobel Prize–winning economist parses the roles of emotion, cognition, and perception in the understanding of business risk.