INTERESTING ARTICLES 2007
Recommended by Ph.D. Susanne Justesen,
INNOVERSITY COPENHAGEN
Nov 2007: Recruiting for
diversity (MIT Sloan Mgt Review)
In this article by Fernández-Aráoz he wonders why recruting still remains one of the weakest of all key organizational processes, when we know that recruiting and retaining the best employees is key to survival in most industries. Only relatively few companies poactively master their people decisions so they can hire, develop and deploy the best talent on a worldwide basis. In this article you can learn how and what these organisations master their diversity of talent.
In this article by Fernández-Aráoz he wonders why recruting still remains one of the weakest of all key organizational processes, when we know that recruiting and retaining the best employees is key to survival in most industries. Only relatively few companies poactively master their people decisions so they can hire, develop and deploy the best talent on a worldwide basis. In this article you can learn how and what these organisations master their diversity of talent.
Nov 2007: Strategic innovation for a world of diversity
Innovation seems to be mostly departing from and targeting the developed world, but this articles attempts to open our eyes to the diversity and the opportunities in the developing countries. The researchers Anderson & Markides discuss practical examples of innovation taking place in the Philippines, in India, Brazil, and in China, and describe how innovation is also about adapting existing products to customers with fewer resources or different cultural backgrounds.
Summer 2007: The principles of distributed innovation
Distributed innovation is about accessing the knowledge diversity outside the boundaries of an organization. The article by Lakhani & Panetta provides a discussion of three different approaches to distributed innovation which brilliantly builds on the famous quote by Bill Joy (Sun Microsystems) stating that: "No matter who you are, most of the smartest people work for someone else".
May 2007: Getting Unusual Suspects to Solve R&D Puzzles
In this article by Jeppesen & Lakhani in Harvard Business Review they describe their fasinating research about what can be achieved by broadcasting technical problems to a broader network of problem solvers from varied fields. Jeppesen & Lakhani analyzed problems broadcasted from 2001-2004 and found that on average each issue received attention from more than 200 people.