Business Network Transformation (BNT)

Source: http://www.aim.com.au/DisplayStory.asp?ID=729.

Jeff Word is Vice President Product Strategy at SAP

Word is a true disciple. He believes that BNT is an inevitable force happening to every company on the planet - large, medium or small - in every industry.

"It really is a global phenomenon that has evolved. Everybody feels it, although they feel it a little bit differently depending on where they are in the network," he says.

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Word says, first, the ability of a leader to actually create a vision and a strategy that the employees can connect with, and buy into, is critical.

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When it comes to leadership Word believes it can be taught to someone who's very willing to learn, but it tends to be taught passively.

"Part of it is that people learn how to be leaders by example but, again, if you have a good leader in place, they will invest time and energy in building leaders around them.