More specifically, they needed to learn how to approach problems from many perspectives and to combine various approaches to find innovative solutions.”. Business and business schools are supposed to be all about applying hard, that is, quantitative, analytical approaches to management.  At B-School? This is easier said than done.  MORE >>

Analytics Higher Education Innovation Online learning Technology WCETOne of our Sage Road Solutions LLC clients, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, is holding its biannual meeting at the BYU Hawaii campus on the island of Oahu this week. Having spent the past several days in Denver. MORE >>

For the last decade I have examined and applied social network analysis in and across organizations, for example in large professional firms , technology purchase decision-making , high-performance personal networks , and other applications. There is probably no better tool to identify both strengths and areas for intervention in innovation. MORE >>

Not surprisingly, there are lots of discussions underway on the implications of this major transition to all aspects of the industry, from the technology and education requirements to the future roles of the corporate IT functions and the CIO position. We developed many innovative web-based services or e-services. I just don't know.  MORE >>

Starting about a decade ago with the rise of Web 2.0 , we have seen the explosive growth of social media technologies, - e.g., blogs, wikis and podcasts, - as well as platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube with hundreds of millions of users.  What is the primary responsibility of a business?  Customer value is different.  MORE >>