from Deloitte University Press: by John Hagel III, John Seely Brown , Tamara Samoylova & Duleesha Kulasooriya The forces of the Big Shift are driving both fragmentation and consolidation, fundamentally changing the nature of the relationships among businesses. Companies large and small have to be thoughtful about where they position themselves to be sustainable. learn

Mentors and Mentoring – What Say You? In preparing this editorial, I took a cursory look at some current and past definitions of Mentors and the Mentoring process, many among them: “Mentoring is a process for the informal transmission of knowledge, social capital, and the psychosocial support perceived by the recipient as relevant to work,

Deloitte Management’s Center For The Edges’ John Hagel and John Seely Brown discuss the impact and opportunities of the future of the business and technology landscape A must-view!  

This is the prepared text of the Stanford University commencement address by Steve Jobs on June 12, 2005 read this great speech here  

from Ted Talks: At his June 2005 famous Stanford University commencement speech, Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, urges us to pursue our dreams and see the opportunities in life’s setbacks — including death itself. You could easily view this great presentation one over and over.  

a University of Victoria analysis: Change And Transition detailed Toolkit This provides leaders with the process for managing Change and Transition in an organization, and the human side of change read the whitepaper here