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Reports  |  26 November 2018
Blockchain and the Chief Human Resources Officer

This white paper explores how blockchain will enable organizations to find the right skills and talent at the right time for the right price. That capability will be critical to project management and strategy delivery.


Reports  |  20 November 2018
Reinventing Healthcare on the Blockchain – Toward a New Era in Precision Medicine

This white paper explores a new model of healthcare delivery that works for both medical professionals, the patients they serve, and the regulators providing oversight. In this model, patients co-create and own their data, have full access...


Reports  |  5 November 2018
Blockchain, the Emerging Platform for Manufacturing 4.0

This white paper explores how distributed ledgers will serve as open platforms for strategy delivery in the fourth industrial revolution.


Reports  |  5 November 2018
Distributed Connectivity – The Blockchain-enabled Future of Telecommunications

This white paper explores the breadth of blockchain’s impact on the telecommunications industry. The author presents a framework for evaluating use cases, actionable ideas for blockchain implementation, the risks and limitations of...


Reports  |  31 October 2018
Brightline People Manifesto

Report: People form the link between strategy design and delivery; they turn ideas into reality; they are the strategy in motion. Success requires a deep understanding of the fundamental complexity of this trickiest element: OUR PEOPLE.


Reports  |  23 October 2018
Blockchain and the CMO – The Next Era of Marketing

Chief Marketing Officers can show clear returns on marketing investments and leverage new models of customer acquisition and retention. The author explains how CMOs are unlocking new areas of value creation while protecting brand...


Reports  |  17 October 2018
Blockchain and The Global CIO – How Distributed Ledger Technology Will Transform Enterprise Architecture and the CIO Role

This white paper explores the blockchain’s impact on enterprise IT architecture and the role of the Chief Information Officer, and how the convergence of emerging technologies will help catalyze distributed 'business models based on...


Reports  |  9 October 2018
Blockchain Takes Off – How Distributed Ledger Technology Will Transform Airlines

This white paper, brought to you by the Brightline Initiative and the Blockchain Research Institute, explores the unlimited potential of blockchain as a strategic technology to improve the airline business.


Reports  |  15 June 2018
Amazing Ideas in Business from TED2018

Report: TED 2018 – The Age of Amazement – In business, so much can spark amazement — a great idea that suggests a new market, a product or service that becomes a part of people’s lives, a plan that has an entirely different effect...

By: TED
Topics: Innovation

Reports  |  28 March 2018
Harvard Business Review: The Gap Between Strategy and Execution

This HBR Insight Center collection, sponsored by Brightline, cuts through the jargon and hand-waving and gives executives clear, actionable advice on how to close the gap between strategy and execution. A total of 24 relevant articles were...


Reports  |  21 December 2017
Bright Ideas in Business from TEDWomen

The goal of this TED Women 2017, held in New Orleans, was to surface bold ideas from women and those who support them. Because the Brightline Initiative is dedicated to helping leaders from all types of organizations turn their strategic...


Reports  |  27 October 2017
Bright Ideas in Business from TEDGlobal

Report: TEDGlobal 2017 was a celebration of those out there doing something, whether starting a company or initiative, challenging conventional wisdom or stirring up a new movement. The Brightline Initiative was on hand, taking notes on...

By: TED
Topics: Innovation

Reports  |  20 October 2017
Appendix: Closing the Gap: Designing and Delivering a Strategy that Works

Report: This appendix is a complimentary resource to the Special Report “Closing the Gap: Designing and Delivering a Strategy that Works”, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), and supported by the Brightline Initiative.


Reports  |  3 October 2017
Closing the Gap: Designing and Delivering a Strategy that Works

To understand why many organizations fail to bridge the gap between strategy design and delivery, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) undertook a global multi-sector survey of 500 senior executives from companies with annual revenues of...


Reports  |  22 September 2017
Brightline 10 Guiding Principles

Brightline's set of guiding principles to help leaders shrink the costly and wasteful gap between strategy design and delivery. These principles are for us both a moral rule and a basic truth.