Interesting things we have found this week about building 21st Century business.

 

ORGANISATIONS   

Becoming an institution that organises around individuals – this is a movement we see gathering momentum.

The Great Transformation by Richard Straub is the lead article opening this week’s Drucker Forum.

 

INNOVATION

Moving from skunk works to continuous innovation to create a whole-company innovation culture.

Peter Thiel on monopoly, technology and politics. One of the videos worth watching from the Web Summit last week.

An in-depth piece on Larry Page’s new mission to achieve big moonshot ideas.

 

INSPIRING COMPANIES

How the founders of 37signals are pushing for new rules in business.

An overview of Virgin’s strategic trial-and-error process since 1968.

FT’s list of 25 Silicon Valley companies to watch.

 

FROM THE ARCHIVE

Social Software doesn’t really matter if you do not also address underlying process issues (2010).

Bonus link: Abhay Adhikari, who is co-hosting our Digital Identity workshop, has shared a handy reading list on social media, learning and a responsive future focus.