What Should Leaders Do to Lead?
It is a common belief that leaders have almost total control over their organizations and that indeed they should have this control. Authors Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert Sutton disagree and list four things that will make an effective leader. [Details]

Power Can Make Us Behave Badly
When people have power they may stop trying to control themselves and forget that there are social consequences to their actions, says researcher Deborah Gruenfeld. [Details]

Powering Autos with French-fry Grease
The use of "biofuels" made from things like wood chips or recycled fast food oil, could end the United States’ dependence on petroleum within five years, argues Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla. [Details]

Ethical Issues from Today’s Lie Detector Technology
Recent advances in neuroscience could bring lie detectors into the courtroom. But Stanford law Professor Hank Greely worries about ethical issues of these new devices he believes bear an eerie resemblance to scientific mind reading. [Details]

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What Keeps Southwest Airlines Aloft? Thirty years ago, the experts said cutting the cost of airline tickets was a bad idea. Today Herb Kelleher’s bad idea has made Southwest Airlines one of the strongest in the business. [Details] Video File, 50:04 minutes Chinese Customers Will Set Market Standards The sheer size of China means its consumers will replace Americans as the customers who set product standards in the future says Arun Sarin, CEO of Vodafone. [Details] Video File, 56:38 minutes A Crystal Ball is Good Business Spot a trend, work backward from where you think the market is going, and hire only the best, Richard Fairbank, the CEO of Capital One, advises would-be entrepreneurs. [Details] MORE STORIES Educating the Poorest Students [Details] Subscribe to StanfordKnowledgebase QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? Contact us at stanfordknowledgebase@gsb.stanford.edu 518 Memorial Way Stanford, CA 94305 650.723.3157

In Search of Blogs Jackson Library pinpoints two search engines that rate blogs for their content and popularity: Technorati [Details] Blogpulse [Details] Women Executives and Career Paths Jackson Library has compiled a selection of articles on women’s career paths to the board room. Some target women who “step out and then step back into the corporate world. [Details] Total Nonsense If doctors practiced medicine the way many companies practice management, there would be far more sick and dead patients, and many more doctors would be in jail, argue Stanford Graduate School of Business faculty members Jeffrey Pfeffer and Robert I. Sutton in their new book Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths and Total Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-Based Management (Harvard Business School Press, 2006) Video File, 16:32 minutes OTHER GSB RESOURCES Stanford Business magazine [Details] 2006 Executive Education Programs [Details] Stanford Social Innovation Review [Details]