It is not just corporate training that is important but rather rich participation with partners who are at the edge. Ask: how do you learn as much from a partner as you learn from creating something yourself? How does distributed collaboration around the world become a critical strategy for survival? What are the most effective ways to convert your existing global supplier networks into new nodes of innovation?
– Finding New Sources of Strategic Advantage by John Hagel and John Seely Brown in HBS Working Knowledge, May 2005
– Cook Report (PDF): A Review of Supernova and The Only Sustainable Edge by JSB & John Hagel
– From push to pull: The next frontier of innovationMcKinsey Quarterly
– The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization by John Hagel and John Seely Brown, Harvard Business School Press, May 2, 2005
– Don’t Resist Offshoring, Exploit It Financial Timesby John Hagel and JSB
– see also: the Edgeperspectives site and the EdgePerspectives Blog