At the heart of modern economic systems lies a deeply ingrained, yet often unquestioned assumption: that competition is virtuous and essential for progress. But beneath this carefully constructed ...

"I Have a Strategy No You Don't — The Illustrated Guide to Strategy" by Howell J. Malham, Jr. (Jossey-Bass, $22.95). Strategy remains one of the most misused and misunderstood words in business.

The Jobs-to-be-Done Pyramid™ is a new model for product strategy, mapping customer motivation across domains of function, emotion, and identity. People don’t just buy products to perform tasks ...

But as we stand on the precipice of ecological and moral collapse, it becomes painfully clear that this version of “development” may be a dangerous illusion.The article invited readers to reconsider ...