Knowledge@Wharton

a bi-weekly resource offering the latest business insights, information and research from a variety of sources; focused on knowledge as a source of competitive advantage

Field Guide for Change

You’ve come up with a radical plan that will transform the way your company does business. The next step: execute. But how? By reading, ripping, and leveraging Fast Company’s startup manual for leading change.

E-Transformation

the fast track to becoming an e-business; it’s no longer a question of Whether, but How–and the best Web models are emerging

Do You Have the Will to Lead?

Philosopher Peter Koestenbaum discusses some interesting concepts: reckoning with freedom, leadership as two vectors – competence and authenticity, ability to manage polarity, etc.

9 Ways to Win on the Web

An article with a calculator tool to compare your company’s costs with average industry costs

The 50 Best Management Saves

In business and in history, there’s nothing quite like the thrill of the “save.” Our favorite 50 celebrate those who have turned adversity into triumph

Bill Gates’ New Rules

Microsoft’s Chairman predicts only mangers who master the digital universe will gain competitive advantage

The 5 Most Common Lies in Business

There are as many lies in business as there are people in business. Here are nominees for the five most common lies.

8 Principles for Learning

How learning takes place in organizations

Dee Hock on Organizations

Founder of the Chaordic Alliance talks about organizations.

Dee Hock on Management

Founder of the Chaordic Alliance talks about management.

Are You on Digital Time?

George Stalk Jr. updates his classic position that time is a competitive weapon

He Teaches People to Learn

Paul Cicero believes that if you can demonstrate direct connections between learning and company performance, you will increase everyone’s appetite to learn.

The 9 Faces of Leadership

FedEx uses these criteria to identify potential leaders

Ideas.com

Context Integration is a fast-growing company with lots of bright ideas — and a Web-based knowledge network to test, track, capture, and share those ideas.

How to Manage Creative People: The Case of Industrial Light and Magic

George Lucas’ Industrial Light and Magic is the nations premier special effects shop with credits that include “Star Wars.” Part of its phenomenal growth and success stems from the innovative management of its employees — most of whom don’t even know they’re being managed.