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	February 11, 2004

LEADING-EDGE BUSINESS IDEAS A few interesting articles on innovation, knowledge and the future of business - worth a read: Distributed Social Software, by Eric Gradman via Seb Paquet at Many 2 Many: A grad student surveys the current generation of social software and agrees with me that it needs to be simpler, less centralized and more personal. Life in 2010 - Home and Work, by Patrick Dixon: A futurist who sees that new technologies are going to be smaller, more portable, more specialized, easier-to-use and more personal. Some excellent thinking here. Weblogs and Journalism (jump to pg 59 of this pdf), features 18 articles by bloggers and journalists, that I've mentioned before, but are worth a second read because of their broader implications for the use of weblogs and other personal content management and personal publishing apps in business. WL Gore & Associates, per this case study by Cyndy Payne of the Foundation for Enterprise Development, is not only one of the world's most innovative companies (they invented waterproof, breathable, Gore-Tex fabric and a whole bunch of high-tech materials you've probably never heard of), but also are a prime example of a true partnership of equals (what they call a Non-Hierarchical Corporation and what I've called a New Collaborative Enterprise). 11:41:39 AM  trackback []  comment []

TOP 50 MANAGEMENT THINKERS A website called Thinkers 50 has released its annual list of the 50 most important living management thinkers. The site has detailed bios of those that made the list. Site visitors can nominate anyone of their choice, and a panel of five business writers then votes on the extent to which each nominee meets the following criteria: 1. ORIGINALITY OF IDEAS 2. PRACTICALITY OF IDEAS 3. ORAL PRESENTATION STYLE 4. WRITTEN COMMUNICATION PROFICIENCY 5. LOYALTY OF FOLLOWERS 6. BUSINESS SENSE (PRACTICE WHAT THEY PREACH) 7. INTERNATIONAL OUTLOOK 8. RIGOR OF RESEARCH 9. IMPACT OF IDEAS 10. GURU FACTOR Here's the list. I've had the pleasure of meeting a dozen of these people, and reading the work of all but a handful of them. I think it's a good, objective list (though I'd have added Herman Daly, Steve Denning and a few others who are conspicuously missing): 1      Peter DRUCKER 2      Michael PORTER 3      Tom PETERS 4      Gary HAMEL 5      Charles HANDY 6      Philip KOTLER 7      Henry MINTZBERG 8      Jack WELCH 9      Rosabeth MOSS KANTER 10      Jim COLLINS 11      Sumantra GHOSHAL 12      CK PRAHALAD 13      Warren BENNIS 14      Peter SENGE 15      Robert KAPLAN & David NORTON 16      Stephen COVEY 17      Edgar H SCHEIN 18      Chris ARGYRIS 19      Kenichi OHMAE 20      Bill GATES 21      Kjell NORDSTROM & Jonas RIDDERSTRALE 22      Clayton CHRISTENSEN 23      John KOTTER 24      Nicholas NEGROPONTE 25      Jim CHAMPY 26      Andy GROVE 27      Scott ADAMS 28      Richard PASCALE 29      Daniel GOLEMAN 30      Naomi KLEIN 31      Chan KIM & Renee MAUBORGNE 32      Don TAPSCOTT 33      Michael DELL 34      Richard BRANSON 35      Edward DE BONO 36      Ricardo SEMLER 37      Thomas A. STEWART 38      Geoffrey MOORE 39      Jeff BEZOS 40      Paul KRUGMAN 41      Lynda GRATTON 42      Alan GREENSPAN 43      Manfred KETS DE VRIES 44      Robert WATERMAN 45      Watts WACKER 46      Patrick DIXON 47      Geert HOFSTEDE 48      DON PEPPERS 49      Stan DAVIS 50      Fons TROMPENAARS The ones I've italicized above have been the subject of at least one How to Save the World post in the past year. As soon as Google catches up spidering my streamlined blog pages, you'll even be able to use the search bar in the upper right sidebar to find the articles in question. 9:58:34 AM  trackback []  comment []

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