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Rising to the Challenge Before Us – LEADING FORWARD

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

The challenges we face too often inure us to the technological, scientific and communication wonders before us. Technology cannot not save us from ourselves. I resonated profoundly with the Open Letter by Howard Schultz, CEO of Starbucks, where he talks about the importance of being indivisible. About Irene Becker.

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Retain Your Top Performers

Marshall Goldsmith

Innovative high-technology corporations are currently paying employees large bonuses to recruit top talent. The “intellectual capital” brought in by high-knowledge employees will be a major, if not the primary, competitive advantage. The rise in the influence of the knowledge worker. .

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CEOs Need Hard Data on Customer Loyalty

Harvard Business Review

Three-quarters of the world's CEOs say more emphasis should be placed on measuring the value of non-financial assets such as intellectual capital and customer relationships. But let's give our financial colleagues credit for acknowledging the fundamental imbalance that the CEOs are referring to.

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Why Leaders Are Still So Hesitant to Invest in New Business Models

Harvard Business Review

As technology continues to change and challenge even the most successful incumbent organizations in every industry, the cost of inertia is growing. According to Ocean Tomo, a consulting firm focused on intellectual capital, physical assets (plant, property, and equipment) made up more than 80% of the market value of the S&P 500 in 1975.

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How to Navigate a Digital Transformation

Harvard Business Review

Manufacturers invest most of their capital into physical assets, while high-tech firms invest in R&D to create new intellectual capital. But all assets are not created equal, especially as the technological landscape changes. There’s no question why legacy organizations are tackling digital transformation now.

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You Don’t Need to Be a Silicon Valley Startup to Have a Network-Based Strategy

Harvard Business Review

” Publicly, CEOs talk about digital transformation, but privately, they wonder if their efforts will be enough. Sponsored by DXC Technology. Intellectual capital. For most companies intellectual property is something that sits on their balance sheet. ” the response was “You don’t.”

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Bureaucracy Must Die

Harvard Business Review

When a company misses the future, the fault invariably lies with a small cadre of seasoned executives who failed to write off their depreciating intellectual capital. Bureaucracy is the technology of control. If they are unwilling to adapt and learn, the entire organization stalls. He was right.