B-school Innovation professor (MIT, IMD, CEIBS, UNC-CH, Clarkson), Brooklyn-born, engineer, long-time China veteran, T50 HoF, Grandfather of 5, 🇺🇸 🇨🇭 https://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3ls5bxlfpik2uSilicon Valley has become an alternative source of leadership and organization ideas for mature, successful, market-leading incumbent firms in search of renewed vitality. Join @jimpulcrano.bsky.social to relect on his >25 years of first-hand SV experience: https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2025/06/21/silicon-valleys-leadership-lessons/21 Jun 2025 19:28 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls5bxlfpik2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3lmzp3l45qk2e"Large models should not be viewed primarily as intelligent agents but as a new kind of cultural and social technology, allowing humans to take advantage of information other humans have accumulated." via @delong.social https://www.programmablemutter.com/p/on-feral-library-card-catalogs-or?r=1h4sd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false17 Apr 2025 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmzp3l45qk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3lmxl7svdoc2v"If your large language model reminds you of a brain, it’s because you’re projecting—not because it’s thinking." ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, & Co.: They Are Not Brains, They Are Kernel-Smoother Functions https://open.substack.com/pub/braddelong/p/chatgpt-claude-gemini-and-co-they?r=1h4sd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false16 Apr 2025 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmxl7svdoc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3lloxaqufd22wYou don’t build for the future by losing your academics. I am proud to be associated with IMD! https://giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/actions/redeem/ac358438-47dc-4088-9a41-95a2f02322ef31 Mar 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lloxaqufd22whttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3leu3enibw22t“How many people in your life are talking about beauty and respect for tradition these days?” https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/26/opinion/wine-sober-october.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare via @NYTOpinion03 Jan 2025 17:08 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3leu3enibw22thttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3ld7gexbdwc23This is a profoundly different way to think about leaders & leadership: leaders as creators of chaos; leaders who are able to learn from chaotic experiences & grow as a result; leadership as a contact sport; and one that is inherently personal. https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/12/13/leading-for-the-future-disorder-trauma-growth/13 Dec 2024 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7gexbdwc23https://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3lc76343iac2gZombie ideas may have worked in the past, but their continued utility in the future is questionable. Yet, they never disappear, just like the living dead; and, we all know that nothing good is going to come from hanging out with the living dead! https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/11/26/beware-of-zombie-ideas-old-ideas-that-haunt-decision-making/30 Nov 2024 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc76343iac2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3layqnjqyxk2mZombie ideas that never die, are everywhere, haunting our decision processes. Beware these frustrators of future progress. They may be familiar but they could also be well beyond their expiration date. ⁦‪@GDruckerForum‬⁩ https://www.linkedin.com/posts/bill-fischer-b89b971b_imdimpact-druckerforum-peterdrucker-activity-7263216924795322370-m0rW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios15 Nov 2024 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3layqnjqyxk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3l7gdrgifuo2s“Democracy Dies in Darkness”: @washingtonpost & Jeff Bezos have chosen darkness; I choose to cancel my subscription https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/25/washington-post-endorsement-president/26 Oct 2024 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7gdrgifuo2shttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kwwghkbqzw2aCulture eats Strategy for breakfast! The demise of Beautycounter provides vivid testament to the continued wisdom of this adage, and why so many private equity acquisitions fail to pay off. via @NYTimes https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/10/business/beautycounter-carlyle-gregg-renfrew.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share10 Jul 2024 11:39 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kwwghkbqzw2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kvt5e72wo32k“Biden may be old. But Trump is crazy and, alas, is is not amusingly crazy; he is dangerously crazy.” @martinwolf @FT The folly of the pro-Trump plutocrats on.ft.com/3zjajtv https://on.ft.com/3zjajtv26 Jun 2024 10:53 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvt5e72wo32khttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kvmfsxjjzr2hAmerica’s Innovation Readiness is Not Ready https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/06/23/americas-innovation-readiness-is-not-ready/23 Jun 2024 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kvmfsxjjzr2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3ku4dyho3xj22“A thousand bankers can bring me a thousand deals . . . there is very little differentiation. It’s the people who can challenge me on how I think about the world who are unique.” Dan Schulman, former PayPal CEO #Lazard via @FT on.ft.com/3yOLvJx https://on.ft.com/3yOLvJx04 Jun 2024 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ku4dyho3xj22https://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3ktsblxhfs62uWe are witnessing a Canvas Revolution, where questions > answers, and where a design-attitude > decision attitude. What I am learning is that the cultural implications of business models are so much more important to Leadership than we have been teaching. https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/05/31/the-canvas-revolution/?sh=32d49dfc733e31 May 2024 15:46 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3ktsblxhfs62uhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kormiufflg2bHow the Atlantic Went From Broke to Profitable in Three Years. A new #businessmodel: high-profile writers -> higher quality journalism, offering fewer stories free & no longer discounting subscriptions, raising prices for annual subscriptions .. & it is working!28 Mar 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kormiufflg2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3knegvtps272i Oscar night, tonight, is a big night for Virtuoso Teams. We have two contenders, Oppenheimer and Bernstein, in contention for well-deserved awards. More than simply entertainment, these are stories of teams and leadership coming together to outperform in innovation.10 Mar 2024 19:13 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3knegvtps272ihttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3knefy57kps2lThe IMD_MIT Driving Strategic Innovation program starts in just one month… a lifetime in our fast-moving world. Join us, with ⁦‪@AlexOsterwalder‬⁩ ⁦‪@JimPulcrano‬⁩ ⁦‪@HowardHYu‬⁩ Duncan Simester ⁦‪@clockspd‬⁩ for all things innovation https://www.imd.org/innovation/dsi/driving-strategic-innovation/10 Mar 2024 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3knefy57kps2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kmyhededxk2gThinking about how current change could change your life? Join Abhijit Bhaduri & myself, Wednesday, March 8, discussing Career 3.0, and what it means for you and your orgaization.06 Mar 2024 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kmyhededxk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3klpamtvtse2eEdward R. Murrow and the invention of broadcast journalism is a disruption/transformation story that still speaks to our times. Leadership at its best, from within an otherwise bureaucratic organization! @Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/02/18/revolution-in-news-broadcasting-invention-and-leadership/18 Feb 2024 15:29 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3klpamtvtse2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3klftv6umw32qCelebrating athletic wins & carrying guns wherever we want: one is protected by the constitution, and other isn’t. What does that tell us about our societal values? https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/02/14/us/kansas-city-parade-shooting?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb14 Feb 2024 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3klftv6umw32qhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kl2xxpdm2c2w“It’s up to the parents if they don’t want their child to read a book, It shouldn’t be up to politicians.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/02/10/florida-book-ban-duval-schools/10 Feb 2024 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kl2xxpdm2c2whttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kkthnutjzb2x“Extraordinary though Musk’s achievements have been, a board must be more than a fan club.” #FT on.ft.com/3OA0YSL07 Feb 2024 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkthnutjzb2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kkpckx42g32hBloomberg, today, asks the question: “Can AI Unlock the Secrets of the Ancient World? lnkd.in/gyDDF54t Another world we are gaining insights into, from these same ancient scrolls, is the future of AI-enhanced work: wix.to/J53pzdt Read the original article, free of paywalls. https://wix.to/J53pzdt05 Feb 2024 22:39 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkpckx42g32hhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kkcbs35mc225Leadership in the waning period of an industry’s generational S-curve can be perilous. Smartphones could be facing this soon. What can we learn from this event? https://www.forbes.com/sites/billfischer/2024/01/31/leading-into-the-end-of-an-era-smartphones/?sh=8d89d4f48c8931 Jan 2024 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kkcbs35mc225https://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kh663k2tyb2fCreativity and Chaos, two concepts so different, but so frequently paired together, were discussed in a panel at the @druckerforum on organizations & leadership need to be reinvented if our flirtations with chaos are to reliably lead to new ideas: lnkd.in/eH5XB_ZX22 Dec 2023 22:48 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kh663k2tyb2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/billfischer1.bsky.social/post/3kgokzeifcg2s“We still have very unique interdisciplinary thinking. We have unique interdisciplinary data. And we have the youngest and most daring minds.” “If we [academic AI] lose that centre of gravity, then the other centre of gravity is driven by capitalism” [&, worse, politicians] Fei-Fei Li https://on.ft.com/3RIeQMJ16 Dec 2023 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:fcrupbuwc4m33b62novaugwy/app.bsky.feed.post/3kgokzeifcg2s