Strategy & Leadership
10 Principles of Strategy through Execution
How to link where your company is headed with what it does best. See also “A Guide to Strategy through Execution.”
Issue 86, Spring 2017
Cover story
Strategy & LeadershipBuilding trust while cutting costs
During a restructuring, rumors spread and fear takes hold. You can reduce the turmoil by finding ways to inform, empower, and inspire employees.
TechnologySiri, Who Is Terry Winograd?
For 40 years, the Stanford professor has steered the increasingly complex and meaningful interactions between humans and computers.
Leading Ideas
FinanceBanking’s Biggest Hurdle: Its Own Strategy
Why coherent institutions were the first to rebound after the financial crisis.
InnovationMicrosoft Starts Up
The tech giant’s partnership model shows how large companies can work with new ventures to drive innovation.
Thought LeadersThe CEO as Activist
Duke professor Aaron Chatterji believes business leaders have social and political responsibilities they can’t afford to neglect.
Auto, Airlines & TransportWho Will Insure Self-Driving Cars?
The advent of autonomous vehicles may send the auto insurance industry over a cliff.
s+b BlogsOrganizations & PeopleHelping Women Leaders Plot Their Next Career Move
An innovative program helps seasoned women executives — including former military officers — plan what to do next.
Organizations & Peoples+b Trend Watch: Female Board Members on the Rise
The number of women on corporate boards is increasing — and these directors value diversity in the workforce.
Essays
Marketing, Media & SalesThe art of customer delight
The service sector needs to break away from old manufacturing-oriented habits and build great consumer experiences into every facet of its business model.
Strategy & LeadershipThe Line between Confidence and Hubris
You can identify early signs of failure or success from a prospective CEO’s behavior.
Books in Brief
Business LiteratureWomen’s Work
Veteran journalist Joann Lublin chronicles the triumphs and travails of women rising to the C-suite.
Business LiteratureBuying Our Time
Author Tim Wu argues that the Internet’s descent into clickbait and trivia is only the latest chapter in a long history of advertisers grabbing our attention.
Business LiteratureCash Advances?
Economist Kenneth Rogoff argues that getting rid of paper money will lead to a more secure economy and effective monetary policy.
Business LiteratureIt Pays to Get to Know Your Superconsumers
Beyond revenue, customers who are obsessed with a product don’t just provide valuable insight but are a conduit to new markets.
Thought Leaders
Thought LeadersThe Thought Leader Interview: GE’s Bill Ruh on the Industrial Internet Revolution
During the next few years, says GE Digital’s leader, the Industrial Internet will turn every company into a digitally empowered enterprise.
Recent Research
s+b BlogsReturn on Design
Companies that receive awards for product design see an immediate uptick in stock price.
Trending articles
- 1.Robotic seals and bionic limbs: How Japan is creating opportunity for medtechWith the oldest population in the world and a worsening shortage of nurses, Japan has become a test market for new technologies to care for the elderly.
- 2.See the world as a startup does
Professor Rory McDonald, an expert in disruptive strategy, urges corporate leaders to learn from startups—and preschoolers—as they seek to reinvent their organizations.
- 3.Succeeding the long-serving legend in the corner officeAccording to the 19th annual CEO Success study by PwC’s Strategy&, boards and new CEOs can reduce the risk associated with handing off the baton after a long tenure.
- 4.Rethinking total reward strategiesPay, incentives, and benefits haven’t significantly changed for decades, but people’s preferences have. Employee compensation needs a rethink if companies are to attract and retain talent.
- 5.10 principles of organization designThese fundamental guidelines, drawn from experience, can help you reshape your organization to fit your business strategy. See also “A guide to organization design.”
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