Senior Lecturer at MIT's Sloan School of Management, and Emeritus Professor of Innovation Management at IMD. Previously, Executive President and Dean of CEIBS (the China-European International Business School) in Shanghai (1997-1999). Co-author of "Reinventing Giants," "The Idea Hunter" and "Virtuoso Teams."
Danica Purg: Changing The Managerial Mindset Of A Region
Following the end of Soviet influence, management in the former bloc economies needed a total leadership mindset change. Danica Purg took on this challenge and succeeded.
Frank Gehry On Leadership: More User-Engagement, More Complexity, More Options
Both buildings and organizations should strive to enoble their inhabitants. Gehry’s buildings had inspirational impact. They offer organizational and leadership lessons
Self-Renewing Organizations As Innovations
Organizations are the vehicles we use for delivering new ideas into the market. Self-renewal is one way of ensuring that such activities retain their relevance.
Silicon Valley’s Leadership Lessons
Silicon Valley is increasingly the preferred alternative source of leadership lessons for both business and government organizations. Why is that. and what can we learn?
In The AI Era, Old Ideas Can Be As Good As New
AI can be a powerful addition to our innovation approaches. Harnessing AI to identify old or overlooked ideas to address today's needs can spark our innovation process.




