Introduction

The science of business best practices never stands still. State-of-the-art management and leadership techniques are continually evolving. Think about it: the way organizations are run now is radically different from the way they were run just 10 years ago. Technology has clearly played a huge part in this, but the biggest driver of change in the way organizations are run is the ceaseless quest for improvement: to manage more efficiently and effectively to better achieve business results.

Improvements come from bright ideas. There is nothing quite as practical as a great idea. The ideas that inspire and influence business practitioners often have their origins in the ideas and work of the thinkers celebrated in the Thinkers50.

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