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Organizational Structure
A Noble Purpose Alone Won’t Transform Your Company
Leadership behaviors that build trust, purpose, and energy bolster collaboration and engagement.
Rob Cross, Amy Edmondson, and Wendy Murphy

Analytics & Performance
Collaborate Smarter, Not Harder
Through analytics, companies can reduce the costs of collaboration — and reap its rewards.
Rob Cross, Thomas H. Davenport, and Peter Gray*

Digital Business
Four Profiles of Successful Digital Executives
There are four distinct types of chief digital officers who successfully lead digital transition.
Fabian Reck and Alexander Fliaster

Digital Business
Shift From Corporate Training to Continuous Learning
Mentoring groups elevate certain leaders and help organizations learn continuously, according to Everwise Corp.’s president, Colin Schiller.
Colin Schiller (Everwise Corp.), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane

Organizational Structure
The Four Ways to Manage Digital Talent and Why Two of Them Don’t Work
With digital skills in short supply, companies must rethink the ways they engage with key talent.
Kristine Dery and Ina Sebastian

Innovation Strategy
How to Catalyze Innovation in Your Organization
Executives can foster innovation by understanding and tapping the power of employee networks.
Michael Arena, Rob Cross, Jonathan Sims, and Mary Uhl-Bien

Innovation Strategy
Developing Innovative Solutions Through Internal Crowdsourcing
If managed well, internal crowdsourcing initiatives can open up a rich source of innovation.
Arvind Malhotra, Ann Majchrzak, Lâle Kesebi, and Sean Looram

Analytics & Performance
Is Your Company Ready for HR Analytics?
HR analytics is the next big change in human resources management.
Bart Baesens, Sophie De Winne, and Luc Sels

Analytics & Performance
What Email Reveals About Your Organization
Email archive data presents patterns that managers can use to improve organizational performance.
Peter A. Gloor

Collaboration & Networks
The Unexpected Payoffs of Employee “Eavesdropping”
An experiment in social networks shows that key knowledge can be transferred without employees realizing it.
Paul Leonardi (University of California, Santa Barbara), interviewed by David Kiron

Collaboration & Networks
Designing Effective Knowledge Networks
In today’s interconnected world, networks for sharing knowledge are increasingly important.
By Katrina Pugh and Laurence Prusak

Organizational Structure
The 2013 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s award goes to the authors of “Creating Employee Networks That Deliver Open Innovation.”
By MIT Sloan Management Review

Collaboration & Networks
GE’s Colab Brings Good Things to the Company
GE’s internal social network, GE Colab, is connecting up the firm’s 115,000 employees around the globe.
Ron Utterbeck (GE), interviewed by Robert Berkman

Collaboration & Networks
How Social Tools Can Help Your Company Avoid Strategic Failure
Author and consultant Nilofer Merchant tells companies there’s more to social than “social media.”
Nilofer Merchant, interviewed by Robert Berkman


Collaboration & Networks
Building a Well-Networked Organization
Margaret Schweer, Dimitris Assimakopoulos, Rob Cross and Robert J. Thomas


Open Innovation
Creating Employee Networks That Deliver Open Innovation
The key to open innovation? Ensuring outside ideas reach the people best equipped to exploit them.
Eoin Whelan, Salvatore Parise, Jasper de Valk and Rick Aalbers

Project Management
Why Project Networks Beat Project Teams
Project networks provide the expertise to handle complex, knowledge-intensive team projects.