By John Sutherland
You may know about leadership but can you lead? One you learn from a book or a course, the other through repeated...
By Jim Carlsson
The Internet of Things will mean a better-connected world, with huge possibilities for positive change – and big opportunities for cyber-criminals. Jim...
Setting business strategy used to be as simple as defining what the organization wanted to achieve and then laying out the steps to get...
By Peter Lorange and Jimmi Rembiszewski
New consumers demand a new breed of innovations in the products and services they are using. Below, Peter Lorange...
By P. Spiller, N. Reinecke, D. Ungerman & H. Teixeira
In this article, the authors argue that procurement must be transformed to meet the challenges...
Leadership
Landing in a New Executive Position: Keys for Taking Charge
Guido Stein Martínez
Are Leaders Fair? On the Need to Understand Fairness Management ...
By S. C. Mukhopadhyay and N. K. Suryadevara
The term “Internet of Things” (IoT) is used to describe embedded devices (things) with Internet connectivity, allowing...
By Thérèse F. Tierney
As urban populations continue to expand worldwide, natural disasters are precipitating increased challenges to public health, welfare, and safety. Informal methods,...
By Daniel Goleman
Directing attention where it needs to go is a primal task of leadership. Below, Daniel Goleman considers how leadership hinges on capturing...
By John Bates
Is your firm stuck in the Customer Service Dark Ages? Or have you entered the Age of Customer Experience Management?...
By Dr. Richard Shrapnel
Many owners and families have discovered the pitfalls and potholes of business succession. Below, Dr. Richard Shrapnel explores the success strategies...
By Adam J. Bock and Gerry George
Business model innovation(BMI) is risky, but when companies do it with agility, they thrive. This article looks at...
By Karin Bursa
Supply chains are overflowing with data, and even the most advanced organizations struggle to keep up with the ever-accelerating flow of information....
By Sherilyn Casiano
Information management is not the most fashionable of subjects. Yet as Sherilyn Casiano puts forseth in her article, it is the...
By Guido Stein
Few concepts have received such widespread attention over the last two decades as that of leadership. Below, Guido Stein discusses the complicated...
By Andrés Hatum
The global ageing population and the new generation of young professionals entering the market are changing the shape of the workplace. Companies...
By Adina Poenaru, Paul Baines, and Hugh Wilson
Segmentation is central to marketing strategy but implementing it is fraught with challenges. In this article, Paul...
By Stefan Thomke and Jason Randal
Why do certain product and service experiences seem to have that undeniable “wow” factor, while others disappoint customers? Perhaps...
By Vadim Grigorian and Francine Espinoza Petersen
In luxury brand management, experiences are essential. However, most of what we know about designing customer experiences originates...
By Cathy Johnson, Hitachi Consulting There are different types of supply chain risk, and nowadays, these can be very easily exposed due to the power ...
By Alison Maitland and Peter Thomson
The transformation of work in the digital, global era is gathering pace, with demonstrable benefits for business, people and...
By Andrew Kakabadse
Boards can prove easy targets for their critics. Below, Andrew Kakabadse discusses how to make boards work, and argues that directors should...
By Mª Julia Prats
How do you go from one store in 2006 to 44 (and 28 concessions) in six countries today? Clever experimentation to...
By David Sandin
David Sandin, product manager at Clavister looks at the implications of the Heartbleed bug and the use of open-source code libraries in...
Feature
A new program for women executives combines business acumen with leadership development and career reflection. It’s an approach designed to strengthen the key skills...
By Sime Curkovic & Thomas Scannell
The decision to manage supply chain risks constitutes a major undertaking for most firms. In this study, Sime Curkovic...
By Sean Culey
Africa is at a tipping point. It is poised for growth, but the question is whether this growth will be based on...
By N. K. Suryadevara and S. C. Mukhopadhyay
Internet of Things (IoT) is all about the ability to sense things, understand and act according to...
By Richard Ball
The city of Exeter is proactively developing its credentials as a true exponent of “smart specialisation”, one of the pillars of the...
Innovation
The Magic of Innovation
Stefan Thomke and Jason Randal
Agile Business Model Innovation
Adam J. Bock and Gerry George
Technology
Open Heartbleed Surgery – Securing Against Further...
By Peter Lorange, Jagdish N. Sheth and Howard Thomas
The traditional models of many business schools are being questioned given their serious...
By Donald A. Marchand and Joe Peppard
Negative stereotypes regarding IT departments abound: they are slow, ineffective, dull. But the reality is very different. As...
By Sherilyn Casiano
In the conversation about succession planning, most of the discussion revolves around the future continuity of the business. Very little is said...
By John Vestberg
While 4G and LTE networks deliver unprecedented bandwith and performance, they lack the inherent security of previous-generation networks. Below, John Vestberg, CEO...
By Eric Greenberg and Alexander Kates
In an increasingly digital age, organizations are being rapidly educated about the importance and scale of digital channels, and...
By Wolfgang Messner
Despite clear business-growth objectives, managers often have to make decisions on projects with uncertain outcomes, which can result in failed initiatives, missed...
