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What If You Could Learn Design from Apple?

Harvard Business Review

The best ones are permeable membranes that transfer knowledge from the outside in: Steve Jobs recruited the Dean of Yale’s Business School to run Apple University, while Jeff Weiner recruited business coach and thought leader Fred Kofman to lead leadership development for LinkedIn. Ritz Carlton and Zappos follow a similar model.

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Throwing Out Insiders Won't Fix Corporate Boards

Harvard Business Review

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that chief financial officers are getting chucked off their companies' boards right and left as part of the push for more independent directors. Yet the anti-insider movement rolls on unchecked.