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The 21st-Century Team Member Is a Leader of One: Themselves

Bill Fox advocates for leaders to transform internally in a way that enables them to shape the future rather than just respond to events. He describes six areas of growth that are key to transformation: forward thinking, self leadership, inner awareness and intuition, inner-leader journey, listening and dialogue, and understanding how the mind works. Fox stresses that insight for new leadership resides not in the “other”; rather, it is accessible to everyone. By enhancing our ability to look and listen within, we shape our world from the inside out.
March 18, 2022 | Authored By: Bill Fox

Setting Goals -- A Need or a Fad?

One day Alice came to a fork in the road and saw a Cheshire cat on a tree. "Which road do I take?" she asked the cat. "Where do you want to go?" asked the cat. "I don't know," Alice answered.
April 15, 2015 | Authored By: Arvind Katageri

LabScrum: A Case Study for Agility in Academic Research Labs

This article takes agility out of its normal domain of product development into the world of research, where its use is not at all obvious. They outline the cultural blockers, note the obvious mismatches to ordinary agility, and describe how they adapted both the ceremonies of traditional agility and their own culture to form an effective final mixture.
June 25, 2019 | Authored By: Lisa May, Tamara Runyon

Preparing for a Management Role

"The talented employee may join a company because of its charismatic leaders, its generous benefits, and its world-class training programs, but how long that employee stays and how productive
March 12, 2002 | Authored By: Esther Derby

Board Leader Character & Effective Governance

Karen Fryday-Field and Marlene Janzen Le Ber acknowledge systemic challenges impacting governance and highlight the influence of board culture on interactions and decisions, emphasizing the role of implicit rules, values, and past stories. They propose redefining effective governance through collective board character. The article adapts the Ivey Leader Character Framework (ILCF) from the individual to the board level and presents a case study involving a breakdown in communication and trust that underscores the transformative power of board leader character.
January 29, 2024 | Authored By: Karen FrydayField, Marlene Janzen Le Ber

Blockchain in Smart City Administration: A Look at OrgBook

Magesh Kasthuri discusses how city administration can use blockchain. He provides various insights into decentralized architecture, including its technology benefits and security implementation. The article highlights a need for self-healing and auto-scaling services within a smart city architecture, which can be achieved by a blockchain network based on HyperLedger Fabric in a cloud environment. Blockchain can make cities more efficient and more resilient and adds greater transparency and security to a city’s digital processes. Applying DLT technologies in smart cities is an opportunity to reshape many aspects of how cities are organized and managed in order to better serve their citizens.
January 7, 2020 | Authored By: Magesh Kasthuri

If It Weren't for People, Being a Leader Would Be Great! A Three-Part Process to Help IT Managers Connect

There has been much written about the challenges associated with leading inside an IT organization. Books talk about the need to understand the mind of the highly technical employee. IT magazines have recently touted the "new" style of CIO that is shaping the organization within successful companies across the world. Despite the attention, many companies find they lack effective leadership among their midlevel and frontline managers. Our authors have differing views about what makes a good leader, but there is one common thread. The success of an IT organization is directly affected by the kind of leader you are -- and the kind of leaders you develop. As you read through these articles, I'm sure you will find many insights that apply to you or your team leaders. (Not a member? Download your complimentary copy here.)
February 28, 2010 | Authored By: Pamela Hager

Remixing the Music Industry with DAOs

Diego Alvarez, Pietro Cortellini, and Emily Munchak invite readers to look at DAOs through the lens of the music industry. The authors investigated three DAOs: Audius, BitSong, and MODA DAO, which aim to disrupt their market. The study differentiates between DAOs driven primarily by economic incentives from those focused on social incentives and highlights five dimensions that characterize all DAOs: purpose, community, technology, tokens, and governance. The study focuses on DAOs from the music industry, but the authors offer generalized insights for other industries.
November 9, 2022 | Authored By: Diego Alvarez, Pietro Cortellini, Emily Munchak
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