Viewing Data as a Liquid Asset
Can data assets be used as currency for financial transactions?
Breakthrough Innovation
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Developing Strategy
How Useful Is the Theory of Disruptive Innovation?
How well does Clayton M. Christensen’s theory describe what actually transpires in business?
Andrew A. King and Baljir Baatartogtokh
Climate Change
To Conserve Water for Agriculture, a Solution from the Desert
For farmers, maintaining adequate water for their crops is a key challenge in a changing climate.
Naty Barak (Netafim), interviewed by Nina Kruschwitz
Climate Change
The Risks and Responsibilities of Tech Innovation
New tech can create new hazards for users — and for companies. Here’s how to limit the risk.
Christine Bader
Innovation Strategy
What It Takes to Be a Serial Innovator
An intriguing new book discusses the traits of serial innovators at established companies.
Martha E. Mangelsdorf
Innovation Strategy
Why Giving Employees Paid, Unstructured Time Pays Off
Research in creativity shows that giving employees unstructured time — on company time — is a concrete way to reward innovative activity.
Deb Gallagher
Climate Change
How Sustainability Fuels Design Innovation
Steven D. Eppinger, interviewed by Michael S. Hopkins
Innovation Strategy
The Kind of Innovation to Pursue Now
How should companies think about innovation during an economic downturn?
Innovation Strategy
An Inside View of IBM’s ‘Innovation Jam’
Osvald M. Bjelland and Robert Chapman Wood
Innovation Strategy
Implementing a Learning Plan to Counter Project Uncertainty
Project managers need a systematic, disciplined framework for turning uncertainty into useful learning.
Mark P. Rice, Gina Colarelli O’Connor and Ronald Pierantozzi
Innovation Strategy
What Was Obvious No Longer Is
Recent Supreme Court rulings have changed IP protections.
William Barrett
Innovation Strategy
Breakthroughs and the ‘Long Tail’ of Innovation
To understand how breakthroughs in creativity occur, managers must understand how most collaborations work.
Lee Fleming
Organizational Behavior
What Creates Energy in Organizations?
Is energy truly related to performance or learning in organizations? And how is it created?