People tend to behave in a way informed by the recent past. They miss longer-term changes. Many businesses may miss investment opportunities in Africa because they continue to expect economic disaster on that continent while economies in the OECD are more vigorous. But the relative vigor of the two... [read more...]

Could you be a better boss than you are now? Almost certainly. Not only does everyone have room for improvement, research has shown that leaders typically have false beliefs about their own performance and how they relate to those who work for them. In this article adapted from his forthcoming book... [read more...]

The Wachowski brothers may have you convinced that the Matrix is a prison for your mind. Predating the movie is this remarkable paper by Brynjolfsson, Renshaw, and van Alstyne that compellingly argues that another Matrix – the Matrix of Change – can act as a powerful tool for redesigning and implementing... [read more...]

More precisely stated, the title of Murray’s article would be: The end of (much of) bureaucratic management. The bureaucratic corporation was a remarkable development that enabled organized economic activity on an unprecedented scale. Back in 1937 in “The Nature of the Firm”, British economist Ronald... [read more...]

The Arts and Sciences Unite to Innovate the Future and Make the World a Better Place! Fri/Sat/Sun. October 15, 16, 17, West Palm Beach, Florida Three exciting days at the worlds fair' of the not too distant future--innovators, inventors, producers, directors, the worlds of science and the arts... [read more...]