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Christopher
Bartlett is the Daewoo Chair of Business Administration
at Harvard Business School where he also serves as Chairman of the
School’s General Management Area. He is the author or coauthor of
five books, including (coauthored with Sumantra Ghoshal) The
Individualized Corporation: A Fundamentally New Approach to Management.
(Harperbusiness, 1997), and Managing
Across Borders: The Transnational Solution (HBS Press, 2nd
ed 1998). In addition to his academic responsibilities, he maintains
ongoing relationships with several major corporations, serving both
as a board member and as a consultant/management advisor.
Laurie Bassi,
Saba's Director of Research, is by training an economist but as
her comments suggest, it might be unwise to introduce her that way
to civilized people. Send email with your reactions or questions
to lbassi@saba.com.
Jay Cross
is CEO of Internet
Time Group, a think tank and consultancy that helps organizations
make elearning decisions. He has pioneered new approaches to technology-assisted
learning since the Stone Age. (At least it feels like it. “Since
the early seventies” is closer to reality.) Creative despite degrees
from both Princeton and Harvard, he lives in the hills of Berkeley,
California, with his tennis-playing wife, 17-year old geek son,
and two miniature longhaired dachshunds. You can reach him at jaycross@internettime.com.
Thomas O. Davenport
is a principal in the San Francisco office of Towers
Perrin, a worldwide consulting firm. He provides counsel on
human capital strategy, organization effectiveness, and business
strategy to Fortune 500 clients in the service and manufacturing
industries, and in the public sector. Although his work is diverse,
his practice centers on a single theme—helping companies improve
business performance through their management of people. Davenport
holds a B. A. degree in English (Phi Beta Kappa), a Master of Journalism
degree, and an M.B.A. He is the author of Human
Capital: What It Is And Why People Invest It (Jossey-Bass, 1999).
Write him at davenpt@towers.com.
Michael L. Dertouzos
has been heading the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Laboratory
for Computer Science for more than 25 years. He
is author of numerous articles and books including The
Unfinished Revolution: Human-Centered Computers and What They Can
Do for Us, What
Will Be: How the New World of Information Will Change Our Lives
and co-author of Made
in America: Regaining the Productive Edge. A visionary
noted for infusing idealism with realism, Dertouzos has spent much
of his career studying and forecasting technological shifts and
their impact on society, and leading his lab to make these shifts
a reality. Learn more about him at http://www.lcs.mit.edu.
Cheryl Emory is a contributing
editor for LiNE Zine and principal consultant for Performance Designs
in Richmond, Virginia. In addition to writing and consulting, Emory
stays busy helping two daughters get through their teenage years,
advocating for persons with special needs, supporting local theatre,
and spending time with her husband. She can be reached directly
at cheryl@linezine.com.
David
Finegold is an Associate Research Professor at the Center for Effective Organizations.
He is the author or editor of many articles and books on topics
ranging from the changing employment relationship and international
comparisons of skill development to corporate governance and high-skill
ecosystems. These include: The
German Skills Machine: Sustaining Comparative Advantage in a Global
Economy (2000), Are Skills the Answer? (1999), and forthcoming
books called, Net-Enabled: Designing Organizations for the Internet
Economy and Corporate Boards: Adding Value at the Top, from Jossey
Bass in 2001. Contact him directly at dfinegold@marshall.usc.edu.
Michael
Gelb is an internationally recognized
pioneer, speaker, and organizational consultant in the fields of
creative thinking, accelerated learning, and innovative leadership.
A passionate student of the Renaissance and the nature of genius,
Gelb is the author of How
to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
which has been translated into 18 languages and has appeared on
the Washington Post, Amazon.com and NY Times best-seller lists.
A retired professional juggler Gelb once performed with the Rolling
Stones and Bob Dylan. Learn more about him at www.michaelgelb.com.
Sumantra
Ghoshal holds the Robert P. Bauman Chair in Strategic Leadership
at the London Business School. With
Doctoral degrees in Management from both MIT and Harvard, Professor
Ghoshal has also taught at the Sloan School of Management, MIT and
INSEAD. Named by ‘The Economist’ as one of the "EuroGurus"
in management, he has published a number of books, including (coauthored
with Chris Bartlett) The
Individualized Corporation: A Fundamentally New Approach to Management
(Harperbusiness, 1997), and Managing
Across Borders: The Transnational Solution (HBS Press, 2nd
ed 1998), over 35 articles and numerous award-winning case studies.
He is well known for his original research and teaching on strategic
and organizational aspects of managing large, global companies.
Susan
Greenbaum takes great pride in telling people what she does
for a living: “I am a singer-songwriter.” She believes in communicating
as clearly as she can with people, and her songs reflect the need
to express herself. Sometimes she tells her own stories, sometimes
she tells others' stories, but she’s always striving for honesty,
beauty, and love in the music she provides. Learn more at www.susangreenbaum.com.
Verne C. Harnish
is the founder of Young Entrepreneurs Organization (YEO) and creator
and chairman of the MIT/Inc./YEO “Birthing
of Giants” executive program. He is also the founder and CEO
of Gazelles, Inc., a corporate
education company for fast-growth, mid-size firms. Contact him at
vharnish@gazelles.com.
Katherine Holt
is a global business coach who nurtures passion, courage, and insight
to help executives make personal changes and engage others in dialogue
about revolutionary goals. She links strategy and OD consultants
to support clients seeking innovation and processes for involving
their whole system in change. Her company, Peakinsight
LLC, helps clients leverage personal capabilities and global
resources to transform their organizations and achieve superior
results. Please send your comments and questions to katherine@peakinsight.com.
Yves Lermusiaux
is President and founder of the Internet recruiting intelligence
consultancy, iLogos Research,
which is the independent research and consulting division of Recruitsoft. He is a widely
sought after public speaker, consultant, and industry analyst on
the topic of online recruiting, and has been quoted in Fortune,
The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, The Standard and
Time magazine. Lermusiaux is also the author of many reports
and articles analyzing the Internet and its impact on human capital
management. Contact him at yves@ilogos.com.
Jessica
Lipnack is CEO and co-founder of virtualteams,
a Boston-based software company that builds collaborative work environments.
A leading expert on virtual teams, she has worked with companies
around the world to improve their collaborative capabilities. With
industry expert Jeffrey Stamps, she is co-author of six books on
this topic, including Virtual Teams: People
Working Across Boundaries With Technology (John Wiley &
Sons, 2000), from which this article is adapted. Reach her online
at jlipnack@virtualteams.com.
Howard
Rheingold is a writer, consultant, and all around hell-raiser.
He’s author of The
Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electronic Frontier (reissued
January 2000), Tools
for Thought: The History and Future of Mind-Expanding Technology
(reissued April 2000), They
Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words
& Phrases (reissued August 2000) and Virtual
Reality (1993). Visit him at www.rheingold.com.
Dr.
Jeannine Sandstrom, CEO and founder of CoachWorks International, Inc.
is an internationally known Executive Leader Coach. For over 20
years, clients have recognized her as a valued resource in accelerating
their leadership development and organizational effectiveness. Her
mission as a “possibility generator” is to unlock the leader potential
so that they make a positive difference in the lives of others while
creating organizations with sustained vitality. You can reach her
directly at Jeannine@coachworks.com
Kellee
K. Sikes From her St. Louis office, Kellee Sikes splits her
time between contributing editor work for LiNE Zine and managing
Pioneer Technologies.
She’s also writing a book on Project Management across the
Enterprise and consulting for companies across the world. You can
reach her at kellee@linezine.com.
Dr.
Lee Smith, Executive Leader Coach, is President of CoachWorks International, Inc.
headquartered in Dallas, Texas. She is considered a pioneer in the
coaching profession and her primary work is in the area of equipping
leaders for high levels of performance, both today and in the future.
Smith’s mission is to serve as a partner with leaders who want to
transform their leadership abilities to Legacy Leadership and bridge
the gap between professional achievement and personal significance.
Reach her at lsmith@coachworks.com.
Jerry
Southwick has been a cartoonist, illustrator, and web designer
for 10 years. As sole proprietor of Swimming
Aardvark, he has done cartoons for Levi Strauss, AirTouch, Xerox,
Fourelle Systems, Cartoon Network among many others. He wants to
be a children's book author when he grows up. Email him at jer@s-aardvark.com.
Debra
Young has over 20 years experience in
staffing, recruiting, and human resource management. She has a significant
record of accomplishment recruiting in high-growth industries, managing
entire staffing processes, lowering cost-per-hire and strategic
planning for long-term staffing needs. Clients include major corporations
and technology start-ups: Cisco Systems, ProBusiness, Zhone Technologies,
PeopleSoft, Oracle, and Automatic Data Processing (ADP). Contact
her directly at djyoung@ix.netcom.com.
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