Written by one of the nation's best-known technology consultants, this book presents a set of management and technology tools to help manage an organization's shared knowledge and cultivate its intellectual assets. Drawing on interviews with 350 companies from across the economic spectrum, Corporate Instinct offers a detailed road map for developing your own corporate instinct and a comprehensive context for understanding how and why this sixth sense offers enduring competitive advantage. Filled with insights on revamping a corporation's culture, structure and core competencies for the 21st century, this book offers a blueprint for a business which focuses on innovation, not administration.

Table of Contents

AWAKENING CORPORATE INSTINCT. Corporate Instinct and the Knowing Enterprise. Hooking into the Knowledge Chain. Learning to Forget. The Eight Attitudes of Instinct. Achieving Dynamic Stability. MANAGING CORPORATE INSTINCT. The Velocity of Knowledge. The Anatomy of Corporate Instinct. The Achilles' Heel of Corporate Instinct. Technology Tools of Instinct. LIVING WITH CORPORATE INSTINCT. The Economics of Instinct. Leadership in the Knowing Enterprise. The Imperative to Create Instinct. Appendices. Index.