Gary Hamel, Jossey-Bass, February 2012. In with autonomy and liberty, out with bureaucracy and control. Gary Hamel, management guru, is adamant that in an increasingly uncertain environment, what matters most is reinventing the way you manage. This approach is light years away from the theories of the 20th century that called for command & control.Read more…

One result of the “infobesity” that characterizes today’s business environment is that it is more and more difficult—yet critical—to get people’s attention. According to Dan Roam, the solution to this communication challenge is to illustrate words with pictures! Even if you hate to draw, visual thinking can enable you to communicate more efficiently and convincingly.Read more…

What do 3M’s Post-its, Google’s Gmail, and Sony’s PlayStation have in common? None of them were produced according to plan. They were all born in flexible organizations that encourage individual initiative. When it comes to seizing and developing new opportunities, such an entrepreneurial spirit is key, and this is doubly true when times are tough.Read more…

“The ideas are there, all around us, just waiting to be identified and turned into innovations,” explains Andy Boynton and Bill Fischer, co-authors of The Idea Hunter (Jossey-Bass 2011). Innovation is not the fruit of genius but of constant attention to cultivating curiosity…and humility. The trick is to learn how to find them, and itRead more…

Creative leadership: a key to help confront the complexity of the world. How can leaders reinvent themselves continuously to achieve inspired leadership? Infosys, the why of a rapid development Haphazard leadership was not behind the rapid development of Infosys. With the motto of “leaders transform the current reality into future reality,” nothing is left upRead more…

What if emerging countries weren’t just a source of cheap labor or new markets for developed countries? We look at the prospects of “polycentric innovation.” Innovation is no longer a prerogative of the West. All sorts of popular assumptions are falling to the wayside and history is being written elsewhere. Navi Radjou discusses the emergenceRead more…