Leadership

United States The World's Number One Innovator?

The Global Innovation Index, a ranking of 130 countries released yesterday, calls the US the world's number one innovator. The index was created by Soumitra Dutta, a professor at French business school INSEAD, along with New Delhi ... GO»

Wipe Out Organizational Viruses to Speed Change Efforts

   Today’s topic is viruses.  Not the kind from which I am currently suffering, with my stuffy head and sluggishness, too uncomfortable and enfeebled to follow through on all my ambitious plans for work and play with anything ... GO»

Discontent Leads to Success

Thirty years ago, a man named Arthur Keiser embarked on a research study that never truly ended. While working at a state university, he saw a gap between what traditional universities were offering students and what students really ... GO»

The Leading Edge - Obamavision needs an eye exam: Part 1 - Education*

President-elect Obama has stated his intention to stimulate the economy by creating jobs improving education, transportation infrastructure, and health care. I heartily agree with those areas to focus upon, but the vision of each ... GO»

Leaders Include Variety in Ideas and People

Real leaders seek to avoid groupthink, a common trap that reduces innovation and good decision making because group members agree with each other, no matter what. GO»

The Death of 'Cruel Arrogance'?

Arrogance will never die of course, but hopefully the last few months have set it back a pinch. The Wall Street Journal had a remarkable piece this past weekend on the banking boom and bust of Iceland. An entire economy - currency ... GO»

Asian Designers Are Schooling American Architects--Here's How

Renowned Asian designers now helm two of the U.S.'s traditionally Eurocentric architecture schools. Here's what they're teaching the new generation of American architects. GO»

Steve Jobs: I Am Ill, But It's Not Serious

Steve Jobs has just taken a very unusual step to quash the flurry of Internet rumors surrounding his health, many of which were prompted by his decision not to make the traditional Apple keynote speech at MacWorld this year. In a ... GO»

Leadership During Economic Turmoil: Q&A With Ram Charan

With top executives heavily criticized for their hand in the economic downturn, those still in leaderships positions are now charged with saving their companies. They even have to come out of this recession much stronger and more ... GO»

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Evangelical Environmentalist Richard Cizik Forced Out Of The NAE

“It looked like Tony Soprano had whacked one of his own. People asked me, 'Rich, do you still have a job?'” When I profiled Richard Cizik two years ago, that's how he described the growing tension between him and the National Association of Evangelicals. GO»

The 12 Most Creative Minds Of 2008

Culled from the pages of Fast Company magazine, this year's top creative minds take risks, spur ideas, and represent a masterful force driving nearly every facet of business forward. Meet the 12 most creative minds of 2008. GO»

How 2009 Will Spur The Rebirth Of Cyber Squatting

Call it the end of the dot-com world. Next year ICANN, the non-profit that oversees domain name and IP address registration, will start taking applications for new domain name suffixes, creating the potential for billions of new ... GO»

Innovative Giving: A Collection of Charitable Choices

‘Tis the season to be jolly – and generous. But with tightened budgets and less spare time on your hands, doing good unto others may prove particularly difficult this year. To ease any pangs of conscience you may have, Fast ... GO»

Apple Hasn't Copyrighted OS X Says Psystar

The Psystar saga has rumbled on for while now, but the latest move proves how bizarre the head-to-head with Apple has become. Psystar's lawyers are now claiming that Apple has not properly registered a copyright claim on OS X, meaning ... GO»

Innovative Giving: Tyson Foods For Hunger Relief

Tyson Foods donated 100 pounds of food for every comment left in response to its blog posts about hunger. The last entry to our six part series, Innovative Giving. GO»

Has Google Become "Teh Evil"?

Google is losing consumer confidence. It recently dropped below the top 20 of companies that consumers feel do the best job at safeguarding personal information. The Ponemon Institute and TRUSTe recently released its annual report ... GO»

Crowdsourcing Innovation: Q&A with Dwayne Spradlin of InnoCentive

Can open innovation revolutionize doing good? In this Q&A, InnoCentive president and CEO Dwayne Spradlin explains why crowdsourcing is becoming a powerful tool for doing good. GO»

Mark Anderson's 10 Predictions For 2009

Strategic News Service forecaster Mark Anderson delivers his predictions for 2009 -- his predictions from last year were 96% correct. GO»

The Obama Way: From Transactional to Transformational

Management is about doing what can be seen and executing it well; Leadership is about envisioning what can’t be seen that spontaneously enrolls people to make it happen. - Ivan Rosenberg, CEO, Frontier Associates When America ... GO»

Leading Ideas: Show Up and Deliver Your Best Everyday

In a recent conversation with a client, she mentioned that she and her team were in a "wait-and-see" mindset as it pertained to budgets and projects for next year. Given the current market, I could understand where she was coming ... GO»