The Contribution Revolution: Letting Volunteers Build Your Business

Intuit’s cofounder challenges traditional companies to follow the lead of internet superstars—and of innovative peers such as Honda, Procter and Gamble, and Hyatt—in tapping the contributions of countless people beyond their organizations.

Cook, Scott. Harvard Business Review (2008). Articles>Management>Content Management>Wikis

Constant Transformation Is the New Normal

There's no challenge that taxes leadership more than driving true transformation. Three pithy bullet points clearly aren't enough to crack the transformation code. But hopefully they help transformation-oriented executives — in and out of the magazine industry — to begin to move in the right direction.

Anthony, Scott. Harvard Business Review (2009). Articles>Management>Publishing

How to Talk About What You Most Dread 

We often avoid conversations that make us feel vulnerable. Things that touch us deeply, our fears, our self-image, our future. But here's the thing: not talking about them is what actually makes us vulnerable. Once we confront the underlying issues — say them out loud, ask about them, explore them — we feel, and become, much stronger, much less vulnerable. And then we can take powerful action.

Bregman, Peter. Harvard Business Review (2009). Articles>Business Communication>Workplace