Jerry Wind

Barry Libert

Megan Beck

Yoram Wind

Megan Fenley

Prologue: Digital networks are eating the world -- Part I. The promise: the value is in the network -- Networks have big advantages -- To be a network leader, you need to think and act differently -- Part II. The 10 principles: Creating network value -- Principle 1. Technology: from physical to digital -- Principle 2. Assets: from tangible to intangible -- Principle 3. Strategy: from operator to allocator -- Principle 4. Leadership: from commander to co-creator -- Principle 5. Customers: from customer to contributor -- Principle 6. Revenues: from transaction to subscription -- Principle 7. Employees: from employee to partner -- Principle 8. Measurement: from accounting to big data -- Principle 9. Boards: from governance to representation -- Principle 10. Mindset: from closed to open -- Part III. The pivot: implementing network value -- Pinpoint: identify your starting point -- Inventory: take stock of what you have and what you need -- Visualize: create your new network business model -- Operate: invest and realize your network business -- Track: measure your progress and performance with big data -- Epilogue: May the power of the network be with you

How to Survive and Grow in the Age of Digital Business Models

The Network Imperative

Digital networks are changing all the rules of business. New, scalable, digitally networked business models, like those of Amazon, Google, Uber, and Airbnb, are affecting growth, scale, and profit potential for companies in every industry. But this seismic shift isn’t unique to digital start-ups and tech superstars. Digital transformation is affecting every business sector, and as investor capital, top talent, and customers shift toward network-centric organizations, the performance gap between early and late adopters is widening. So the question isn’t whether your organization needs to change, but when and how much. The Network Imperative is a call to action for managers and executives to embrace network-based business models. The benefits are indisputable: companies that leverage digital platforms to co-create and share value with networks of employees, customers, and suppliers are fast outpacing the market. These companies, or network orchestrators, grow faster, scale with lower marginal cost, and generate the highest revenue multipliers. Supported by research that covers fifteen hundred companies, authors Barry Libert, Megan Beck, and Jerry Wind guide leaders and investors through the ten principles that all organizations can use to grow and profit regardless of their industry. They also share a five-step process for pivoting an organization toward a more scalable and profitable business model. The Network Imperative, brimming with compelling case studies and actionable advice, provides managers with what they really need: new tools and frameworks to generate unprecedented value in a rapidly changing age.

Noam Lemelshtrich Latar

Ornat Lev-er

A pioneering survey of leading and emerging global artists, curators and art practitioners on the question: can art aid in conflict resolution and therefore reduce global tensions and human suffering? Throughout the centuries, art has documented the atrocities of wars, participated in propaganda campaigns, and served as an advocate for peace and social justice around the world. The aim of this project is to explore how art can assist in creating dialogue and bridges across cultures and opposing groups. Over 100 leading and emerging architects, artists, curators, choreographers, composers, and directors of art institutions around the globe explore the potentially constructive role of the arts in conflict resolution. A summarizing chapter maps out the diverse positions and examines the variety of themes and approaches that were brought up.

100 Perspectives

Can Art Aid in Resolving Conflicts?

Nitin Rakesh

The coronavirus pandemic is the kind of unpredictable, global catastrophe of staggering proportions that comes along not just every few years but perhaps once in a hundred years. What started out as health crisis, has quickly developed into an economic crisis spurring social unrest across the world. And yet, despite the widespread distress, the picture is more complex than it may seem. For some companies, the crisis has and continues to, provide opportunities for new growth. This urgent and timely book by a visionary business practitioner, Nitin Rakesh, CEO, Mphasis and an award-winning academician, Jerry Wind, Lauder Professor Emeritus, Wharton bridges the worlds of industry and academia to bring you the knowledge that can help your business thrive in the new world. The book defines 8 key principles that form a highly adaptive framework, that gives businesses the tools to adapt and succeed in a new reality. When Nitin Rakesh and Jerry Wind started collaborating on the book prior to the 2020 pandemic, these 8 principles were concepts on the best ways to navigate disruption that needed further exploration. However, today, having incubated the ideas for a period and encountering the unprecedented crisis, this book is a game changer for the business community. Any business, large or small, can customize and implement a winning strategy by using the eight principles and tools clearly outlined here to seek out opportunities for long-term value creation in a post-pandemic world.

Jerry Wind

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