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Going Beyond Budgeting

BCG - Sep 13, 2021

Going Beyond Budgeting

CFOs say it’s finally time to slay the three-headed corporate budgeting monster.

By Sebastian Stange, Bjarte Bogsnes, and Hardik Sheth
Pursuing Business Purpose for a More Sustainable World

B The Change - Medium ($) - Sep 14, 2021

Pursuing Business Purpose for a More Sustainable World

How Companies Can Lead with a Long-Term Mindset

By Network for Business Sustainability
Collaboration Overload Is Sinking Productivity

HBR.org ($) - Sep 7, 2021

Collaboration Overload Is Sinking Productivity

Many people have had the experience of being asked to do something and knowing with every fiber of their being that they should say no, but in a nano-second convince themselves why. …more

By Rob Cross, Mike Benson, Jack Kostal, and RJ Milnor
The Problem With Certainty

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Sep 15, 2021

The Problem With Certainty

One of the events that will be remembered from the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games is U.S. gymnast Simone Biles’ decision to withdraw from several competitions — and then return to the stage. …more

By Morela Hernandez
An Experiment in Applied Foresight: Building Inclusive Futures with a Global Community of Innovators

Ellen Hlozan - Medium ($) - Sep 17, 2021

An Experiment in Applied Foresight: Building Inclusive Futures with a Global Community of Innovators

The following article details a research experiment developed over the last year and a half within Autodesk Research. More specifically, we’ll walk you through a project exploring how to engage a global. …more

By Ellen Hlozan
Why it finally may be time to hire a Chief Leadership Officer

Fast Company ($) - Sep 28, 2021

Why it finally may be time to hire a Chief Leadership Officer

This former Apple exec makes the case for a new C-suite post that would prevent toxic workplaces and help employees feel empowered.

By Paul Donaher
This time it’s personal: Shaping the ‘new possible’ through employee experience

McKinsey & Company - Sep 30, 2021

This time it’s personal: Shaping the ‘new possible’ through employee experience

In an era of workplace upheaval, companies that create tailored, authentic experiences strengthen employee purpose, ignite energy, and elevate organization-wide performance.

By Jonathan Emmett, Asmus Komm, Stefan Moritz, and Friederike Schultz
Executives, Let Stakeholders Drive Your Strategy

HBR.org ($) - Sep 21, 2021

Executives, Let Stakeholders Drive Your Strategy

The traditional process of making strategy is about managers finding a way to align a company’s capabilities with its opportunities and environment. That works well enough when environments are relatively stable, but. …more

By Graham Kenny
How Xiaomi Redefined What It Means to Be a Platform

HBR.org ($) - Sep 9, 2021

How Xiaomi Redefined What It Means to Be a Platform

Traditional platform businesses generally fall into one of two categories: Ecosystems, such as Apple’s App Store, which offer limited resources to a wide array of independently-run firms; and Corporate Venture Capital (CVC). …more

By Tony W. Tong, Yanting Guo, and Liang Chen
Strengthen Your Work Culture With This One Technique

Lauren Segedin, PhD - Medium ($) - Sep 14, 2021

Strengthen Your Work Culture With This One Technique

When we cultivate the skill of mindful listening, we can become more effective at our job while also improving relationships with colleagues, partners, and clients.

By Lauren Segedin, PhD
What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation

Harvard Business Review ($) - Sep 1, 2021

What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation

Many people believe that the process for achieving breakthrough innovations is chaotic, random, and unmanageable. But that view is flawed, the authors argue.

By Noubar Afeyan and Gary P. Pisano
Five ways to avoid the pitfalls of binary decisions

strategy+business ($) - Aug 23, 2021

Five ways to avoid the pitfalls of binary decisions

Before you decide, check how the question is framed to ensure you have all the information you need and have considered all your options.

By Eric J. McNulty
The CEO of UPS on Taking the Reins Amid Surging Pandemic Demand

Harvard Business Review ($) - Sep 1, 2021

The CEO of UPS on Taking the Reins Amid Surging Pandemic Demand

When the author agreed to accept the top job at UPS, the global shipping service, in late winter of 2019, she expected to steer the company toward a brighter future. She had. …more

By Carol B. Tomé
Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Is a VR Meetaverse

Wired ($) - Aug 19, 2021

Horizon Workrooms: Facebook’s Metaverse Is a VR Meetaverse

The company’s new virtual reality app brings Oculus users into the “infinite office.” Cool.

By Peter Rubin

California Management Review ($) - Jul 22, 2021

Agility as the Discovery of Slowness

How can companies avoid the agility acceleration trap and align their level of agility with environmental complexity to include reflection and slowness?

By Christiane Prange
A new role for business leaders: Moral integrator

strategy+business ($) - Aug 16, 2021

A new role for business leaders: Moral integrator

With stakeholders and shareholders vying for attention, CEOs need to develop a new kind of ethical leadership to build trust in society and deliver results.

By Liz Sweigart
Strategy as a Way of Life

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Aug 12, 2021

Strategy as a Way of Life

Businesses must root strategy in moral purpose to thrive in a complex, rapidly changing world.

By Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi
From Node to Link

Network Communities - Medium ($) - Aug 8, 2021

From Node to Link

Networks, Workspace, and Remote Working

By Joshua Emig
The Digital Twin Opportunity

MIT Sloan Management Review ($) - Aug 11, 2021

The Digital Twin Opportunity

Developments in enabling technology are opening up more use cases for virtual models of real-world objects.

By Pushkar P. Apte and Costas J. Spanos
Managing project portfolios to unlock trapped capital

McKinsey & Company - Aug 3, 2021

Managing project portfolios to unlock trapped capital

The COVID-19 pandemic has led many businesses to try to minimize short-term capital outlay; considerable capital can be unlocked by rethinking the way project risk is recognized and funded.

By Katy Bartlett, Steffen Fuchs, Mark Kuvshinikov, Peter Trueman, Simon Webb, and Dick Westney

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