CEO Blog
DECEMBER 28, 2017
This time I am wondering what the mice were supposed to be cooking and if it burned on since "Not a creature was stirring - not even a mouse" Kidnapped by Robert Lewis Stephenson. The gist - people are inspired by leaders who think of others and the good of the organization - not themselves. Twas the Night Before Christmas.
The Horizons Tracker
FEBRUARY 22, 2022
While the metaverse sprang to public attention with the renaming of Facebook earlier this year, the phrase was coined back in 1996 in Neal Stephenson’s book Snow Crash, in which the science fiction author described an immersive version of the internet that was accessed via virtual reality. It’s a market that is already worth $3.1
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Harvard Business Review
MAY 4, 2012
It was inspired by comments from author Neal Stephenson, who espoused the latter view in a Q&A at MIT. So I wrote a piece juxtaposing the Stephenson/Cowen view with the work of MIT's Erik Brynjolfsson, who has been amassing evidence that a digitization-fueled economic revolution is in fact beginning to happen. And why not?
Harvard Business Review
JULY 11, 2014
Getting a foot in the door, the first hurdle in closing a deal, requires identifying the right champion within the target organization. In fact, champions rarely have significant power in the organization—but they know who does and their expertise is usually respected. The decision maker at AT&T was CEO Randall Stephenson.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 7, 2016
” That’s a great question (and one that many fine minds are trying to figure out), but for those of us running large organizations in today’s digital economy, it’s the wrong one. It’s not about learning a set of skills and then being “prepared” for life. To atrophy is to lose in the market.
Harvard Business Review
JULY 10, 2017
Chair and senior partner at PwC and one of the organizers of the coalition, explains , what galvanized the group was widespread recognition that “we are living in a world of complex divisions and tensions that can have a significant impact on our work environment” — and they need to be openly addressed. But as Tim Ryan, U.S.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 18, 2018
Randall Stephenson, then CEO of AT&T, famously said , “I told people you weren’t betting on a device. To make it to the top of an organization requires not only talent, but also extreme self-belief and confidence. You were betting on Steve Jobs.” To study it more closely, we examined 1,921 U.S.
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