The Cyberwar Hoax
Among the many definitions of war, cyberwar often (not always) fails to meet two of the most basic aspects of how we understand war; war must be lethal and political.
Among the many definitions of war, cyberwar often (not always) fails to meet two of the most basic aspects of how we understand war; war must be lethal and political.
Rana Florida | Posted 05.24.2012
Insights about business can be gleaned from almost any good book -- whether it's a memoir by a professional athlete or a page-turning account of the ups and downs of a frenetic political campaign.
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.22.2012
Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. While it may be heresy to say this, recent evidence suggests that it's time to question these methods.
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 05.22.2012
Have you ever been in a situation where everyone seemingly agrees on a particular strategy, but somehow it never happens?
James M. Lynch | Posted 05.17.2012
You know we will all die, and hopefully have some sort of ceremony where loved ones and others get to say goodbye to us. But that inevitable death can make a big difference in the way we live our life today.
Richard Dare | Posted 05.07.2012
Like everyone else in the business world, we nonprofits need money to operate, folks, and lots of it. Let's focus on some steps nonprofits might take to follow their siblings in the for-profit sector toward a brighter financial future.
Karen Leland | Posted 05.07.2012
While off-site strategy and planning sessions are often considered the purview of Fortune 500 companies, small businesses can benefit tremendously from a focused foray out of the office.
Jeff DeGraff | Posted 05.02.2012
All innovation starts as fiction before it moves across the aisle and becomes nonfiction. We do, in fact, believe it when we see it. That's what makes the world's fairs and exhibitions so compelling.
Myk Likhov | Posted 04.04.2012
I spent an outsized portion of last week on a unique experience. It was a four-day Maniacal Business Attack (MBA) orchestrated by COMMON for the W...
Carol Roth | Posted 05.22.2012
If mobile engagement is going to work, you have to move past the form of the tool to get into the nitty-gritty of its function and relevance to your business and your customer.
Soren Petersen | Posted 05.20.2012
Maintaining an open perspective while staying focused on a goal can cause any aspiring design star to run in circles, wasting much of their valuable time and energy. Can a couple of hours spent composing an Inspirational Design Brief significantly improve their performance?
Rebecca Shambaugh | Posted 05.09.2012
The issue is not that women aren't strategic thinkers. The problem is that they sometimes don't come across that way. And in business, as in life, perception is reality.
Coeli Carr | Posted 05.06.2012
Just about every business or money transaction you're involved with is a bit like these musical elimination rounds. You need to stay focused enough to emerge the better player.
Eric Sapp | Posted 05.01.2012
By making contraception only about women's health, we're telling voters contraception decisions are not about parents, not about men, and not about families.
Adele Scheele | Posted 04.11.2012
For many of us, coping with meetings is more stressful than doing the actual work -- it often feels like not much is accomplished.
Zbigniew Brzezinski | Posted 03.31.2012
The world is now interactive and interdependent. It is also, for the first time, a world in which the problems of human survival have begun to overshadow more traditional international conflicts.
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 03.12.2012
Every organization has a certain kind of music; making it harmonious is at least partly up to you. What are your ideas about harmonizing the rhythms of your organization?
Caroline Dowd-Higgins | Posted 03.06.2012
I'm letting you off the hook for New Year career resolutions and I give you permission to take small and purposeful steps towards a career that will bring you happiness.
Joshua S. Goldstein | Posted 01.16.2012
Strategically, the United States has nothing to gain from clumsy moves to "contain" China. It has everything to gain from a cooperative partnership with the rising power and economic success that is China today.
Wendy N. Powell | Posted 01.04.2012
We all make mistakes on the job, and occasionally the boss steps in to correct our performance with discipline or a performance improvement plan. It's how you recover from adversity that sets you aside from the rest.
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 01.04.2012
Whenever you change something, it's impossible to eliminate all of the unintended consequences. But the more you can anticipate the possibilities, and be ready to deal with them, the greater your chances of success.
Ron Ashkenas | Posted 12.27.2011
while managers love to engineer reorganizations, most managers (and their people) hate to be reorganized. So before you pull the lever, it will be helpful to ask yourself two questions.
James M. Lynch | Posted 11.26.2011
If you don't have people in your life that you regularly feel encouraged, empowered and inspired by, then it's time to "hire up." Seek out friends that will engage, challenge and inspire you on a regular basis.
Glenn Llopis | Posted 11.22.2011
Diversity management is the key to growth in today's fiercely competitive global marketplace. No longer can America's corporations make excuses about their lack of cultural intelligence.
Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 10.18.2011
Analogies are used widely for justification or advocacy or to assist in processing difficult information. The problem arises when policy makers select 'bad' analogies.
Franz-Stefan Gady | Posted 05.29.2012