Harvard Business IdeaCast (formerly HBR IdeaCast)

Featured Guest: Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of consulting firm Robert H. Schaffer & Associates and author of the December 2007 Harvard Business Review article "Simplicity-Minded Management." Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

iPhone or iPhony? Harvard Business Onlineâs Steve Singer talks with Joe Pine, co-author of the upcoming book Authenticity: What Consumers Really Want, about Appleâs recent iPhone decisions.   Â Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

Rapid Transformation: Harvard Business Digital's Paul Michelman talks with Stanford University's Behnam Tabrizi, author of Rapid Transformation: A 90-Day Plan for Fast and Effective Change. Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

The Point of the Deal: Harvardbusiness.org's Paul Michelman talks with Danny Ertel, co-author of The Point of the Deal: How to Negotiate When Yes Is Not Enough. Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

Featured Guest: Gill Corkindale, executive coach and author of the "Letter from London" blog on HarvardBusiness.org. Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

Featured Guest: Bill Taylor, co-author of "Mavericks at Work" and writer of the "Game Changer" blog at Harvardbusiness.org. Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

Everything Is Miscellaneous: David Weinberger, a fellow at Harvard Law Schoolâs Berkman Center for the Internet & Society, discusses his new book, Everything Is Miscellaneous: The Power of the New Digital Disorder, with Harvard Business Onlineâs Steve Singer.   HBR in Brief: And in our HBR in Brief segment: Cracking the Code of Change.   Â Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

Six Rules for Effective Forecasting: Harvard Business Review's Cathy Olofson talks with veteran Silicon Valley-based forecaster Paul Saffo about his article in the July-August 2007 issue of Harvard Business Review entitled "Six Rules for Effective Forecasting." HBR in Brief: And in our HBR in Brief segment, Managing Change: The Art of Balancing. Copyright 2007 Harvard Business School Publishing

Saving the Internet: This week, HBR Senior Editor Lew McCreary sits down with Jonathan Zittrain to discuss his Harvard Business Review article, âSaving the Internet,â a precursor to his forthcoming book, The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It. There are many advantages to the Internetâs open design, says Zittrain, but along with them come flaws. These flaws, he says, will need to be fixed before people give up on the Internet altogether.   HBR in Brief: And, in our HBR in Brief ...more

The New Rules of Power: Harvard Business Online's Steve Singer interviews Alan Murray, author of the recently published Revolt in the Boardroom: The New Rules of Power in Corporate America. According to Murray, previously all-powerful CEOs must now earn the support of their boards, unions, NGOs, and the public, at times campaigning like politicians just to keep their jobs. HBR in Brief: And, in our HBR in Brief segment, How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight. Copyright 2007 Harvard Busines...more