What businesses can learn from terrorists

A terrorist cell acts autonomously, with little communication. It acts according to a strong intrinsically motivated belief system, with a clearly defined objective – terror and disruption. It matters not how the objective is achieved, only that the objective is achieved. Knowledge is shared and innovation encouraged. What has this got to do with business? […]

Improving the knowledge stream

As the world changes, and all our knowledge goes online, with insurmountable intellect and nonsense available to all in equal measure, the way we interact with this knowledge must change if we are to derive the maximum benefit from it. New roles and behaviors must emerge to enable us to adapt to this evolving resource […]