The column addresses a fundamental question that those studying innovation have been wrestling with for years:  “Are big companies the best catalysts of innovation, or are small ones better?” There is little question that small, entrepreneurial start-ups are almost always the ones that bring to market highly disruptive innovations.  MORE >>

You cannot answer lots of the questions people will have, both inside and outside the organization.  . The answers to these questions and the ensuing actions you take are likely to be critical to the future of the business. There was no question that new, innovative business models were being created around the Internet.  MORE >>

Both present and future leaders expect the business environment to grow significantly more complex over time.  This is one of the main conclusions of two recent studies conducted by IBM, the 2010 Global CEO Study , and the companion student study, Inheriting a Complex World.  Are self-regulated free markets always the best answer ?  MORE >>

was asked to provide some initial recommendations for that initiative, in the form of responses to five questions. In its 2010 Speech from the Throne , the Government of Ontario, Canada announced its intention to create an Ontario Online Institute (OOI) to support online learning in the province as part of the Open Ontario Plan. HRSDC. MORE >>

Our social systems are not designed to cope with complexity. Social and transformational architecture encompasses complexity and emergent change.” Critical thinking is not just thinking more deeply but also asking difficult and discomfiting questions. complexity WirearchyHierarchy kills all learning. MORE >>