Category Archives: leadership

How to Manage Virtual Teams from MIT SMR

A recent MIT Sloan Management Review has published a research article on How to Manage Virtual Teams (registration is required). The research highlights the fact that virtual teams, despite their challenges, can deliver significant performance and outperform their colocated counterparts. The article … Continue reading

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Intrapreneurs: Navigate the corporate maze for innovation

How do you innovate within an established corporation? That is the dilemma of intrapreneurs. A company, regardless of its size, can become complacent, stalling innovation. This often happens after their first success, when all hands turn to process management for … Continue reading

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From idea to business concept blueprint in five steps

“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” –Buddha We all have ideas… They come out of nowhere: in the shower, while driving, over coffee, reading newspapers… … Continue reading

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Insights… Change and the Change Cycle

Change is a journey. It is multi-dimensional. Following the uncertainty principle, it seeds its own story of successes and failures. Many have written on the topic of change and change management. Perhaps, Franklin Covey summarizes the best. Knowledge is the … Continue reading

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Innovation and Profitability

Note: This is a repost from my www.kitetail.com site.  The profitability equation is quite simple: when a firm’s revenue from selling its product or service is greater than the cost of offering it, then it is concluded that the firm … Continue reading

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