Survival of the Smartest: Managing Information for Rapid Action and World-Class Performance

HAIM MENDELSON, PhD, is the James Irwin Miller Professor of Information Systems at the Stanford Business School, leader of the technology, organizations, and markets area at the Stanford Computer Industry Project, codirector of the Stanford Executive Program on Strategic Uses of Information Technology, and a consultant to leading high-tech firms and financial institutions.

JOHANNES ZIEGLER, PhD, is the cofounder of Synesis Management Consulting. Synesis helps senior executives in leading high-tech companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Cisco, 3Com, and Intuit, to measure and improve their Organizational IQs. Before founding Synesis, Dr. Ziegler was a consultant with McKinsey & Company.