Issue 82, Spring 2016

A global survey of business leaders shows how the smartest companies develop and wield their technology strategy.

Our annual review of the year’s best business books. : An Expensive Breakdown in Communications • : Leading by Biographical Example • : The Machine Age • : Capturing Attention – and Data – in a Digital Age• : What a Character! • : The (Very) Political Economy • : The Search for Innovation

Outside investors have their megaphones. But insiders have a more powerful tool for creating value: deep knowledge of their business and customers.

The quiet heroes of innovation do the little things that bring big ideas to life.

In her new book, journalist Gillian Tett convincingly shows how companies can be constrained by silos that inhibit collaboration — and how they can break out of them.

Why established companies should join forces with upstart competitors.

A look at spending on media in cities worldwide today, and in the near future.

A new approach to digital strategy reinvents legacy IT by aligning it to a company’s capabilities.

Directors facing complex corporate governance challenges can develop their capacity to think together about the implications of their decisions.

In his new book, Wall Street Journal veteran Greg Ip makes the counterintuitive argument that the preventive efforts that makes us safe can encourage dangerous risk taking.

Ever-smarter computers may be poised to steal the jobs of a rising number of people. In a new book, Geoff Colvin argues that humans can deploy a secret weapon: their ability to care.

In his new book, Roger Lowenstein describes how financial crises and political tensions spurred the creation of the U.S.’s central bank.

In his new book, Stephen Witt offers a compelling tale of how music industry executives, technologists, and pirates upended the business of selling recorded music.

Don’t let the performance of superstars distract you from the damage toxic employees inflict.