Noel Tichy, who ran GE’s Leadership Development Center, is currently director of the Global Leadership Program at the University of Michigan’s Business School. His teaching model posits that CEO’s must be intimately involved in teaching their teams’ leaders. The basic premise is that...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide advice on how organizations can facilitate a culture of sustainable innovation from a cooperative advantage perspective. Design/methodology/approach This paper is written for practitioners and academics focused on sustainable innovation. It...

Purpose – As documents, and the whole information and communication environment, become increasingly digital, it is natural to assume that physical location becomes of less importance. The aim of this paper is to highlight two newly published books, which remind us that this idea should be...

Purpose – To draw management and scholarly attention to two missing capabilities in a knowledge management program: segmentation capability and destruction capability. Design/methodology/approach – An opinion paper based on consulting and research experiences of the authors. Findings –...

Purpose – Artistry has been suggested by many authors to be a characteristic of exemplary practitioners in any discipline; however, few have defined artistry, or described how it might be employed and developed. The purpose of this paper is to explain the role of artistry in practice and how it...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to show that more than ever than ever, businesses need to understand the nature of different concepts of knowledge and methods for producing them. Design/methodology/approach – Utilizing the philosophy of inquiry, the extreme importance and relevance of...

Purpose – Knowledge assets are a critical basis of competition, but knowledge management (KM) often fails to deliver in effectively growing the value of these assets. This paper aims to lay out four shifts required to make knowledge management more effective. Design/methodology/approach –...

Purpose – To provide managers, researchers, and consultants with practical insights on using Communities of Practice to support innovation in organizations. Design/methodology/approach – The research design is based on a four‐year longitudinal case study of five Communities of Practice...

Purpose – The paper aims to address regulators, enforcers and the academy, presenting reflections on some research‐driven innovative approaches, strategies and tools in the fight against financial and economic crime, with reference to some instances of concrete application deriving from the...

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to reflect on the development of knowledge management so as to argue whether knowledge management (KM) is a multidisciplinary field. Design/methodology/approach – To set the scene by reviewing and synthesizing the scholarly works and published...