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Are CEOs Really Necessary Anymore?

Strategy Driven

As futurist Ray Kurzweil observed in 2005, in the near future, machine intelligence is going to exceed human intelligence. CEO’s Role- Wisdom and Innovation. The second is to lead innovation. He has been instrumental in developing enterprise operating systems for EOS Worldwide, Accenture, and The Balanced Scorecard Institute.

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Reflecting on David Garvin’s Imprint on Management

Harvard Business Review

Kaplan’s balanced scorecard or Clayton Christensen’s disruptive innovation. Garvin stresses the importance of rigorous experiments (years before experimentation became the rallying cry for a new generation of innovators); thoughtful problem definition; and smart, well-designed metrics.