The Empire Strikes Back: Counterrevolutionary Strategies for Industry Leaders. When revolutions succeed, it's usually because the incumbents are incompetent, not because the insurgents are skillful. That's as true in business as it is in politics. But there are five proven strategies that can help you defend your hard-won position

Six IT Decisions Your IT People Shouldn't Make. It's a common refrain among senior executives: "1 don't understand information technology well enough to manage it, but my IT people don't really understand the business problems I face. "Solving the conundrum is a matter of choosing the right targets-taking the lead in a small number of critical strategy and execution challenges but getting out of the way when it comes to more routine aspects of IT management

The World Bank's Innovation Market. An international organization that many suspected was too stodgy to inspire dramatic, grassroots innovation has successfully created a market for low-cost, low-risk antipoverty ideas. Could the same model work at your company?