Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, wants to see more women in the corner office. Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook, has turned herself into an evangelist for women. Sandberg, who regularly ranks on various lists of the most powerful women in the world, believes that there is no such thing […]
Giving Credit Where it is Due: A Key Innovation Incentive
John Lennon and Paul McCartney wrote almost 180 songs together between 1962 and 1969, most of them recorded by the Beatles. One of them, ‘Yesterday’, has been recorded by more artists than any other song according to the Guinness Book of World Records. Imagine if Lennon was given full credit for all of those songs […]
Kickstarters: China’s Innovation Incubators
China’s incubators set entrepreneurial spirit in motion. Stephen Bell has high hopes for Chinese student entrepreneurs. The American venture capitalist invests in seed-stage start-ups across China, betting that the next Mark Zuckerberg will emerge from the world’s second-largest economy. Bell’s Beijing-based venture-capital firm Trilogy VC runs the ChinaStars incubator program at the country’s top universities. […]
Promoting Innovation in Society
How do you kickstart innovation? Here are some pointers Beyond the law of supply and demand, one of the few things that most economists and policymakers agree on is that innovation is a very good thing. Most authorities acknowledge that the tremendous gains in lifespan and living standards made over the past 300 years have […]
The Thinker Interview: Jeffrey Pfeffer on Human Sustainability
Organization behavior expert and Stanford Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer on the poor state of human sustainability in organizations In a career spanning more than four decades, there is one thing that Jeffrey Pfeffer has never done—mince words and sugarcoat advice. Pfeffer, the Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Stanford Graduate […]
Back To School: In-house Universities boost Management Talent
Chinese companies ramp up training by setting up in-house universities to retain talent A couple of students sit outside a state-of-the-art training facility enjoying their break over a cup of coffee in a chic café resembling a luxury version of Starbucks. Soon they will go back inside and sit behind their desks in modern classrooms, […]
Download the March 2013 issue of CKGSB Magazine: Tapping homegrown innovation
You are invited to download the March issue of CKGSB Magazine. You’ll enjoy articles and interviews like: COVER STORY: Innovation: Incubators tap homegrown innovation in China. With close similarities to incubators in Silicon Valley and an arsenal of China-specific tactics for start-up success, Chinese incubators are moving beyond the traditional role of incubators. They are creating […]
The High Growth Conundrum: Building the Right Culture
In a high-growth environment, building the right culture is tougher than you think. The third article in our series on hypergrowth will show you how to go about building your company’s culture when everything is moving at a dizzying pace. For the other articles in this series, click here A lot of things must […]
The High-Growth Conundrum: Q&A with the ‘Growth Guy’, Verne Harnish
All over China, leaders of fast-growing companies are asking themselves: how can we grow as fast as we need to without destroying our company? It’s a question Verne Harnish has been answering for years. Harnish is the CEO of Gazelles, a Virginia-headquartered executive education and coaching firm focused on advising fast-growing companies that hosts seminars […]
The High Growth Conundrum: Winning the War for Talent
Editor’s Note: Even as the global economy slows down, some Chinese companies are grappling with a new reality: hypergrowth. Dizzying growth rates might sound like good news in today’s world, but they create their own set of challenges. In a new series titled The High Growth Conundrum, CKGSB Knowledge will walk you through the different challenges associated with hypergrowth […]
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