February 10, 2007

The value of networks as "worknets"

Still in The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007, an article on the buiness value of social networks, by Christopher MeyerNetworks lend themselves to at least five basic tasks. They can scan the horizon, as the Global Business Network does,...



Large companies innovate more

Stil in The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007 an article reporting on a systematic study of innovation in relation with the size of an organization, here a city:We did indeed find that cities manifest power-law scaling similar to the...



Collaborative leadership

In The HBR List: Breakthrough Ideas for 2007 Duncan J. Watts argues against the overstated importance of charismatic leaders to induce change. Very interesting article that shows that the ability to influence others is after all far less important than...