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August 23, 2013 The Rise of the Megacorporation By HBR IdeaCast Richard Adelstein, professor of economics at Wesleyan University and author of "The Rise of Planning in Industrial America, 1864-1914."

Execution Closing the Chasm Between Strategy and Execution by Doug Sundheim How the best strategists and executors think. IT management IT Governance is Killing Innovation by Andrew Horne and Brian Foster Traditional project-centric approaches to IT are outdated. Gender Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic The real gender issue isn't a lack of qualified women, but a surplus of unqualified men. Leading teams Groups Grow Disappointed with Extroverts Over Time by Andrew O'Connell To maintain status, extroverts must contribute at especially high levels over time.

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