What We Can Learn From Richard Branson’s Near-Death Experience
Richard Branson really does have nine lives. Earlier this week, the lauded Virgin Group founder was thrown from his bicycle and onto the road, sustaining injuries to his cheek, knee,…
5 Technologies That Are About to Transform the World
With the year we’ve all had so far, it’s pretty easy to be pessimistic about the future. Between our sometimes farcical presidential race, racial tensions, terrorism, the loss of several…
Innovation Lessons from the Six Rules of Urban Planning
Anyone who has enjoyed a long walk through the pleasant streets of Greenwich Village in New York may have Jane Jacobs to thank. Among the most brilliant thinkers in…
7 Science-Backed Habits of Creative Genuises
Even if you don’t think you’re the “creative type,” don’t assume you can ignore this skillset, or that you can’t become creative too. 60% of CEOs polled by IBM agreed…
Palmisano: Benefits and challenges of a platform-based business model
A platform-based business model — an approach that is characterized by a cloud-based common support system — is essential for competing in a global economy. That was the message from…
The Importance of Continuing Education for Digital Leaders
Whether you’re a newly minted MBA or an experienced leader, you’re always honing your skills and navigating change. And technology is one discipline in which you really can’t afford to…
What Makes a Country Innovative?
Innovation-led growth is no longer the prerogative of high-income countries alone. Middle-income countries are catching up fast, but they still need some crucial ingredients to compete. There is a common…
4 Ways Chief Data Officers Can Win Stakeholder Support
The role of a chief data officer increasingly makes its way into companies across the globe. But even as their ranks grow, CDOs often face resistance from colleagues who…
Hidden IT Security Risk: Privileged User Access
A Ponemon report finds the security threats around privileged user access and the resulting insider threat risks appear to be growing. Here’s what IT should be keeping an eye on.…
Microsoft, Red Hat Look To Steal VMware Customers
On the eve of VMworld 2016, VMware’s annual user group conference, Microsoft and Red Hat would like to wean some of the company’s customers to their offerings. (Click image for…
Should More Developers Set Strategy a C-Suite?
By Aaron Skonnard It wasn’t really prolonged ago that a surest trail to CEO was an MBA and a decade or some-more of operative in sales or finance. That’s still…
How To Crush Your Goals
For many of us, 2016 began with a promise–a promise that this year we will accomplish that which has eluded us. Often it’s the everyday things that prove most difficult–managing…
There Is A Major Downside To Having A Mobile Workforce
Mobile employees in the Middle East might be putting their companies at risk and exposing them to potential cyberattacks by overriding security policies and sharing data with mobile devices, a…
4 Things Productive Entrepreneurs Do Every Day
Time management is a huge challenge for entrepreneurs. You have many plates spinning at once, and prioritizing and handling it all can be daunting to say the least. These four…
How Not To Create A Toxic Culture, By Ex-Amazon Employees
Yikes. That’s really all there is to say, at first, about the FACE, or Former and Current Employees, of Amazon. The site appears to have popped up in the aftermath of the expose…
What makes a country innovative?
Each year INSEAD team up with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and Cornell University to produce an innovation league table for the countries of the world. It’s designed…
Why You Should Pick Exactly 6 Things to Accomplish Today
Why You Should Pick Exactly 6 Things to Accomplish Today This old-fashioned system to plowing through your to-do list is still relevant in today’s multitasking, distracted world. Some…
Key Innovation Issues for the Time Ahead – Part 2
In addition to the still highly topical issues, outlined in part 1, I’d like to raise another four points which I personally foresee key for innovation management in the time to come – making no…
11 Ways IT Professionals Can Make Sense of IoT Data
IoT devices are entering the workplace in all shapes and sizes, from workers wearing smartwatches to industrial sensors such as soil monitors. The data pouring in may be so…
To Foster Online Trust, Build a Community
In 2006, when three business school classmates in France told people they were launching a ride-sharing service, the reaction they heard most was, “No way this will work.… People are…