Leadership in a Complex Environment

excerpts from Chapter 10 of the book, ‘Shaping the Adaptive Organization: Landscapes, Learning and Leadership in Volatile Times’ offers 10 activities that leaders of organizations can emphasize to help shape a coherent environment that can handle constant and significant change and thereby achieve breakthroughs.

Break It Up

The era of making things yourself is over. The web is going to create dramatic new efficiencies for manufacturers and their supply chain partners.

CIO.com Outsourcing Research Center

Offers links to most of the top outsourcing consultants, vendors and online resources, as well as an archive of outsourcing articles that have appeared in CIO Magazine and a discussion forum.

CIO.com E-Business Research Center

Examines the current state and future directions of conducting commerce on the Net; offers articles and other resources catalogued by subjects: Overview; B2B; Case Studies; Customer Service; E-Banking, Billing & Payment Systems; EDI; Industry Associations; Legal & Government; Marketing & Sales; Retailing; ROI & Management; Security & Infrastructure; also provides a listing of events and vendors

Trading Places

Business-to-business marketplaces are bringing buyers and sellers together on the Internet, and all the parties involved are reaping the benefits. Here’s what you need to know.

Everything You Know About E-Business is Wrong

article talks about six characteristics Frank Gens, senior VP at IDC, says successful companies will share.