What You Read: The 10 Most Popular s+b Articles of 2016
Among all the articles we’ve published over the last year, here are the ones that drew the most attention.
10 Principles of Organizational Culture
by Jon Katzenbach, Carolin Oelschlegel, and James Thomas
Companies can tap their natural advantages when they focus on changing a few important behaviors, enlist informal leaders, and harness the power of employees’ emotions.
10 Principles of Strategic Leadership
by Jessica Leitch, David Lancefield, and Mark Dawson
How to develop and retain leaders who can guide your organization through times of fundamental change.
A Strategist’s Guide to Blockchain
by John Plansky, Tim O’Donnell, and Kimberly Richards
The distributed ledger technology that started with bitcoin is a crowdsourced system for all types of verification. Could it replace notary publics, manual vote recounts, and the way banks manage transactions?
Creating a Strategy That Works
by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi
The most farsighted enterprises have mastered five unconventional practices for building and using distinctive capabilities.
A Strategist’s Guide to Industry 4.0
by Reinhard Geissbauer, Jesper Vedsø, and Stefan Schrauf
Global businesses are about to integrate their operations into a seamless digital whole, and thereby change the world.
Tom Peters Wants You to Read
by Ted Kinni
The legendary management guru believes burying your nose in a book can be the most effective strategy for succeeding in business.
These Five Behaviors Can Create an Innovation Culture
by Rob Shelton
Breakthroughs happen when organizations are set up to support them.
Siemens CEO Joe Kaeser on the Next Industrial Revolution
by Daniel Gross
The manufacturing chief describes how an industrial powerhouse founded in the 19th century is using software, sensors, and savvy to create a digital manufacturer that can thrive in the 21st century.
10 Principles of Customer Strategy
by Thomas Ripsam and Louis Bouquet
It’s no longer enough to target your chosen customers. To stay ahead, you need to create distinctive value and experiences for them.
Why Leaders Who Listen Achieve Breakthroughs
by Elizabeth Doty
True two-way conversation can break the cycle of ineffective communication.