You wouldn’t expect to be able to predict the overall strategic direction of most companies by studying their executive training facilities. But ever since the 1950s, General Electric Company has ...

Since the mid-1990s, the source of competitive advantage has been shifting. Leading companies used to be diverse conglomerates that based their competitive strategy on assets, positions, and economies ...

I had the feeling,” said Pierre Wack, “of hunting in a pack of wolves, being the eyes of the pack, and sending signals back to the rest. Now if you see something serious, and the pack doesn’t notice ...

Working with researchers from the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI), my team at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University (NPLI) interviewed leaders from nine ...

Working closely with the human capital director, he set about developing a “market shaper” culture—an organization perceived as driving the evolution of the sector—to stimulate more innovation and ...

During the 1990s, no company was more identified with best practice in managing change than General Electric, and few outsiders were more identified with GE’s success than Noel M. Tichy. Between 1985 ...

Costs can mount quickly when the chief executive officer of a large company is fired or departs suddenly without an obvious internal replacement. The typical seven-figure severance package and ...

IKEA's founder, Ingvar Kamprad, who died January 27 at the age of 91, leaves behind a legacy that extends beyond his business. His business in itself would be enough: a global chain of some 379 stores ...

Entrepreneur Richard Branson, chairman of the Virgin Group, is known for building creative, motivated teams. He insists on “fun” as a key element of any new enterprise. When I mentioned this to a ...

Finding and developing good ideas is what corporate innovation strategy is all about. That’s why the concept referred to as open innovation has dominated so many discussions about research and ...

Trying to get a sense of the prevalence of bullying in the workplace—the adult version of the playground—is difficult. But researchers agree that bullying is an understudied and widespread problem; ...

There’s an idea in Dick and Emily Axelrod’s new book, Let’s Stop Meeting Like This: Tools to Save Time and Get More Done (Berrett-Koehler, 2014), that’s sure to raise the eyebrows of managers around ...