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Digital transformation is not about technology--it's about change. In the rapidly changing digital economy, you can't succeed by merely tweaking management practices that led to past success. And yet, while many leaders and managers recognize the threat from digital--and the potential opportunity--they lack a common language and compelling framework to help them assess it and…

Can an orthodox Christian creed and ritual be combined with a liberal church administration and a tolerant civic acceptance of not-so-orthodox views and practices? This question—perennial among Catholics for the past two centuries and the goal of the Anglican quest for a via media—finds an affirmative answer in Zdenek V. David's history of the Utraquist…

How did a relatively unknown priest from Argentina rise so quickly from obscurity to one of the top leaders of the twenty-first century? The answer lies in his humility, as well as the simple principles that have sprung from it. In the years since his election to the highest position in the Catholic Church, Pope…

The use of electronic commerce in international trade is growing by leaps and bounds. No one can dispute the need for a system of rules to guide countries as well as private commercial parties through the many new developments and issues that arise. The United Nations Convention on the Use of Electronic Communications in International…

A menudo, una idea puede parecer excesivamente radical o incluso descabellada pero, con frecuencia, es justo lo que su empresa necesita. En una época de competencia feroz y profundas recesiones, las empresas no pueden permitirse seguir haciendo las cosas como han hecho hasta ahora. Pero ¿cómo considerar nuevas propuestas cuando existe tanta presión por conseguir…

Con un lenguaje claro y directo, el nuevo ensayo de José Carlos Ruiz aboga por un pensamiento elegante como fármaco para los síntomas de la hipermodernidad. La elegancia, en su etimología, está emparentada con la elección ( eligĕre), de tal manera que una persona elegante, entre otras cosas, es aquella que sabe elegir. El pensamiento…

La tecnología actual tiene pocas limitaciones. Hasta ahora hemos construido ecosistemas empresariales en los que el incentivo para desarrollar cualquier cosa nos ha llevado a progresar de manera rapidísima, a crear un escenario que multiplica por mucho el dinamismo innovador de cualquier tiempo pasado, y a acelerar el bienestar y el nivel de desarrollo de…

Actualmente vivimos una crisis de liderazgo. Aunque nuestro mundo ha cambiado drásticamente, nuestra manera de liderar no lo ha hecho. La mayoría de las organizaciones, los equipos, las escuelas y las familias siguen funcionando con un modelo de «Mandar y controlar», basado en estructuras jerárquicas y la conformidad de las personas. No obstante, debido a…

Learn how to maximize your potential in minimal time with this compact how-to book derived from No Limits by #1 New York Times bestselling author John Maxwell. Many of us hold ourselves back because we firmly believe our abilities are finite. But what if our supposed limitations are just an illusion? In The Power of…

Reflections on the rapidly changing formulations of public space in the age of digital media, vast ecological crises, and civic uprisings. “Public space” is a potent and contentious topic among artists, architects, and cultural producers. Public Space? Lost and Found considers the role of aesthetic practices within the construction, identification, and critique of shared territories,…