How Organizational Structure Contributes to Organizational Tangles
Wall Street Journal reporter Kara Swisher interviewed Carol Bartz, CEO of Yahoo, at the recent All Things Digital Conference. I was struck by Bartz’s assertions that organizational structure has limited Yahoo’s ability to innovate. Bartz’s comments validated findings from my own research. I was interested in uncovering the organizational enablers that contribute to the unwinding [...]
A Realistic Approach to Decision Making That Avoids Tangles
Jason Zweig, author of the Wall Street Journal’s Intelligent Investor, writes that “smart people trying to do good, honest work on behalf of others” may have been responsible for the financial crisis. Zweig’s article masterfully lays out some of the challenges that investment committees, boards of directors, and state boards of trustees can face in [...]
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