Strategy & Leadership
The four building blocks of transformation
How to lead the disruption of your own enterprise.
Issue 93, Winter 2018
Cover story
In this issue
InnovationGMOWhat the top innovators get right
With careful attention to six key areas, companies can make the most of their R&D investment and outpace the competition.
Business LiteratureBest Business Books 2018
In the 18th edition of strategy+business's Best Business Books section, our writers identify the three most compelling reads in seven genres. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.
Strategy & LeadershipGMOLeading a Bionic Transformation
Three new kinds of capital give companies a new source of leverage and power.
Leading Ideas
TechnologyWhy is it so hard to trust a blockchain?
A new PwC survey identifies the barriers to blockchain adoption, and how companies can overcome them.
Marketing, Media & SalesGutenberg’s Revenge
Why books are the only form of physical media whose sales are growing.
Thought LeadersGetting Beyond Greenwashing
IESE professor Pascual Berrone on why companies need to rethink their approach to sustainability.
HealthcareThe M&A Activity Transforming Healthcare
How deals are shaping the $450 billion industry that manages prescriptions in the United States.
Auto, Airlines & TransportThe power of price points
Customer segmentation is not just a revenue tool, but also a way to achieve excellence in execution.
Essays
Organizations & PeopleUsing neuroscience to make feedback work and feel better
Research shows that using feedback is how organisms — and organizations — stay alive. Here’s how leaders can make the most of the anxiety-producing process.
Strategy & LeadershipThe four X factors of exceptional leaders
Understanding what differentiates a great leader from a good leader will help companies make the right choices for the top jobs.
Best Business Books 2018
Business LiteratureInnovation
Technology Emerging. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.
Business LiteratureLeadership
Engagement Announcements. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.
Business LiteratureEconomics
Value-Added History. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.
Business LiteratureMarketing
Marketing Is Dead! Long Live Marketing! See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.
Business LiteratureManagement
Revising the Managerial Playbook. See also Top Shelf Picks: Best Business Books 2018.
The Thought Leader Interview
Simplicity, Synergy, and Scale
Natarajan Chandrasekaran, chair of Tata Sons, sets a strategic course for the 21st century.
Recent Research
s+b BlogsWhat happens when the salary-secrecy taboo is broken?
Employees who know what their bosses earn work harder, but the opposite is true if their colleague’s paycheck is bigger.
Trending articles
- 1.The power of feelings at workBy aligning the pursuit of business objectives with the meeting of human needs, companies can tap into powerful emotional forces in their current cultural situations.
- 2.You can’t benchmark cultureYour company’s ideal behavioral strengths are unique, and shouldn’t be borrowed or copied — not even from a high-performance enterprise.
- 3.The case for change: New world. New skills.
Preparing the workforce of the future will require billions of dollars. But the cost of inaction will be even higher.
- 4.Connecting the dots in an uncertain worldBusiness professor Christian Busch makes the case that serendipity is a skill, resulting from a mindset that allows you to see and act on opportunities in seemingly unrelated facts or events.
- 5.Empathy: The glue we need to fix a fractured worldStanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explains that whether we are dealing with business, politics, or personal matters, it’s possible — and advantageous — to train ourselves to be more empathic.
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