In Aberrant Capitalism, Steve Denning and I ask why perceptions of and opinions about capitalism have eroded to the point that some young people are willing to say they would choose socialism in its …
A nation founded on entrepreneurship.
The American economy and society, deeply rooted in entrepreneurship, reflect a deliberate creation by the nation's founders and early leaders. This entrepreneurial ethos, a pathway for personal …
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Economic Life After The Corporation.
Corporations are a major protagonist in the capitalist system. We think of them as the source of the goods and services we accumulate and combine to power our businesses, furnish our homes, enable our …
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Customers don’t have problems to solve. They have imagined futures that are better than today.
One view of how businesses succeed is that they solve the problems that people need solving. That’s the “jobs to be done” school of thought, popularized by Clayton Christensen and embraced by many …
There’s no place for management any more. What will replace it?
The Drucker Forum has put out a call to management scholars, executives and consultants to “reframe management”. The existing management model that dominates today’s business …
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Value Geeks
What is The Geek Way? Andy McAfee has just released a book with that title, in which he writes about the organizational culture of modern business firms who have achieved extraordinary results in a …