Category: Leadership

In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.

Bradd C. Hayes is the active editor of this blog.

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Profiles in Leadership: Tim Cook

Character and Values Matter   In today’s global environment character and values matter, especially when you lead one of the world’s largest companies. Tim Cook (@tim_cook), CEO of Apple, is setting an

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Does Kindness Pay?

Stephen Grellet, a famous Quaker missionary, wrote, “I expect to pass through this world but once; any good thing therefore that I can do, or any kindness that I can show to

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Ethically Speaking

Do ethics matter in business? The obvious (and correct) answer is: “Of course they do.” A good follow-up question, then, is: “What are ethics?” An article in the journal Issues in Ethics,

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The End of Management

In a provocative article in the Wall Street Journal, Alan Murray, argues that methods that have served corporate America well for the past hundred years are quickly becoming obsolete [“The End of

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Leadership and Development

In a recent op-ed piece, New York Times‘ columnist Nicholas Kristof asked the question, “Why is Africa poor?” [“Young Superheroes in a Hut,” 10 April 2010]. He admits that the answer to

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