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Hybrid Business Models Look Ugly, but They Work

Harvard Business Review

However, what few people realized was that Microsoft leveraged an old but often overlooked tool that has remarkable power to manage such transitions. Over the centuries, firms have used hybrids to manage periods of difficult transition.

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The Future of You

Harvard Business Review

Economic and technological changes are reshaping the nature of work. Having a great job does not guarantee your career success; your competence no longer depends on what you know; and being an affluent consumer matters less than becoming a sought-after product. Change-agents are hard to find, hard to manage, and hard to retain.