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December 13, 2006

The Rise Of Globally Adaptive Organizations

The World Isn't Flat Till Global Firms Are Networked, Risk-Agile, And Socially Adept

This is the third document in the "Balancing Risks And Rewards In A Global Tech Economy" series.

by Navi Radjou

with Ellen Daley, Michael Rasmussen, Heidi Lo


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Fortune 500 CEOs' capitalistic vision of a flat world ruled by super-efficient corporations without boundaries fails to heed growing geopolitical and sociocultural risks that have begun to roll back their global expansion efforts. To minimize global risk exposure while capturing opportunities worldwide, innovative CEOs will transform their monolithic firms into globally adaptive organizations (GAOs) by instilling flexibility, efficiency, altruism, and openness into their globally networked talent, processes, and partnerships. When this is done correctly, these socially responsible GAOs will enjoy far superior financial performance and corporate sustainability relative to their peers. Paradoxically, although these economic benefits are evident, it will be fear more than greed that will instigate the flattening and integration of the world.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemNoneconomic Factors Threaten To Stall Firms' Global Expansion

itemMNCs Must Transform Their Organizations To Win In A Chaotic World

recommendations

itemCEOs: Mandate Corporate Officers To Redesign Your Firm As A GAO

WHAT IT MEANS

itemFear, More Than Greed, Will Flatten The World

Forrester interviewed senior execs and strategists at Accenture, Best Buy, Computer Sciences Corporation, HP, IBM, Information Technology Association of America (ITAA), Lenovo, Neoris, RCM Capital Management, Siemens, VeriSign, and Wipro and spoke with Manjeet Kripalani, Edward R. Murrow Press Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations; Dr. Mahender Singh, head of the Supply Chain 2020 Project at MIT; Dr. Harold Salzman at the Urban Institute; and Jennifer Blanke, Senior Economist at the World Economic Forum.

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