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L.J. Bourgeois III

Bourgeois is an expert in business strategy, its implementation, mergers and acquisitions, and post-merger integration. He has consulted more than 100 public and private corporations, nonprofits and governments across the globe.

Give It a Rest, Part 2: Productivity Lessons From Olympians and Google

There are no shortages of linkages between overwork and both workplace and personal problems. But on-the-job pressure to produce more, and more quickly, may leave people feeling unable to take the time for breaks, either vacations or workday breaks.

How to Use Collaborative Creativity to Solve Problems and Innovate

Darden Professor Jeanne Liedtka offers a framework for how to use the collaborative creativity to solve problems and create business opportunities.

Give It a Rest, Part 1: How to Reduce Fatigue and Raise Productivity

By all appearances, resting seems unproductive. But it turns out that resting may be one of the most productive things we do in any given day.

Optimizing Innovation in the Age of Digital Technologies: Put People Before Machines

How are digital technologies changing the business landscape? Are new business models disrupting our industry? How can we innovate faster and better? These are questions with which business leaders have wrestled since the world has gone digital. And rightly so.

5 Reasons Your Next Job Is Agile

Agile is a way of thinking that leads to outcomes like interdisciplinary collaboration and an ability to effectively respond to change, and its principles are relevant to innovative firms everywhere.

Alex Cowan

Cowan is an expert in digital innovation, agile and lean methodologies, and entrepreneurship.

Advice From the Trenches: How to Lead Multicultural Teams

Multicultural teams are rightly extolled for their creative and world-wise solutions. But they also come with a unique set of challenges.

Surviving the Digital Age: 4 Corporate Transformations

The convergence of artificial intelligence, increased global mobile connectivity, the Internet of Things, heightened computing power, virtual and augmented reality, and nanotechnology will produce a data tsunami that will require most organizations to transform how they do business.

C-Suite Insights With Scott Beardsley: Infosys Founder Narayana Murthy

What is entrepreneurship all about? Converting an idea into jobs and wealth? Deferred gratification? Trust in a team and value system?