Rotman
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Should You Build, Borrow or Buy?
Companies that become viable in the long run are the ones that build the ability to have a portfolio of build/borrow/buy activities
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Harnessing the Power of Surprise for Business Breakthroughs
we’re wired to appreciate positive surprises. our brains are set up to appreciate the way they challenge assumptions while adding value to things we care about
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The Downsides of Deliberative Decision Making
Chenbo Zhong belives that when we over-emphasize reason and deliberation, we might start to ignore our emotional reactions
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Design for Adaptive Innovation: Strategizing at Speed
Successful market innovation in the 21st century requires more than just a new product, offering, or business model
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Managing the Unexpected
If you think crises, by their very nature, just arrive at your doorstep without warning, you’re not going to be looking out for any clues
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Power and Choice: Their Dynamic Interplay in Quenching the Thirst for Personal Control
If power or choice is taken away, providing the other source of personal control might buffer individuals from a negative reaction
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How Organizations Can Benefit from Flextime
Flextime is associated with an increase in job satisfaction, a decrease in absenteeism, and an increase in productivity
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The Benefits of Embracing Conflict and Integration
If a paradoxical frame is not activated, the employee is likely to focus on only one dimension and not the other, missing the opportunity to achieve both
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Blind Spots and How to Work at Them
Douglas Stone, the Boston-based consultant and ‘difficult conversations’ expert talks about blind spots (the bad news: we all have them) and the best way to give and receive feedback
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How to Become a Reflective Leader
The former chairman of Goldman Sachs describes how to become a more reflective leader
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The Future of Working Life
Lynda Gratton, The London Business School professor and top 50 management thinker describes the possible ups and downs of the future of work