The Weird Rules of Creativity. To most experienced executives, managing creativity doesn't look at all like rational management. The practices go beyond counterintuitive; they seem downright strange. And here's what's really weird: Many companies and teams are using these practices with great results.

We don't need another hero. Caped crusaders need not apply to take on the majority of difficult human problems in business. Learn the four secrets of how quiet leaders, working far from the limelight, achieve miracles of compromise for their own good and the good of their companies.

Tool Kit. Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion. Companies routinely exaggerate the attractiveness of foreign markets, and this practice can lead to expensive mistakes. The problem is that the standard tools of analysis fail to factor in the effects of distance on opportunity-not only geographic distance but also cultural, political, and economic distance