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The Building Blocks of Successful Corporate IT

Harvard Business Review

But massive disruptions in business models, technology, and the work force have been throwing up massive new challenges for CIOs and other technology leaders. Consequently, CIOs and business leaders with a technology focus face more cacophony and challenge than ever before. Organizational DNA. See accompanying chart.)

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Sprints Are the Secret to Getting More Done

Harvard Business Review

The idea is to fast-forward a project, so you can see what the end result might look like and how the market will react. It’s also a popular construct in agile project management. For podcast startup Gimlet Media , an abstract question — “Should we become a technology company?”

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The New New International Economic Order

Harvard Business Review

There is a much more important change in the global distribution of power underway, and the play for leadership of the World Bank signals that emerging markets will be increasingly bold in asserting their views about the management of the global economy. In short, the age of Post-Western globalization is upon us.

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What's Wrong With America's Innovation Policies

Harvard Business Review

To those of us who believe the future of the country depends on its innovative capabilities, this was hugely positive. China's brilliant "Fast Follower" innovation policy is generating the biggest transfer of technology in history. He used the word "innovate" more times in his State of the Union than any other U.S.