Business schools want to know more about their applicants. Some elite M.B.A. programs have cut the number of required essays for admission, while others have trimmed requirements for recommendation letters.

The European ruling that suggests companies and individuals can opt to have the right to be forgotten, in other words have certain things removed from public view in Google searches, is relevant to entrepreneurs and IT professionals  alike. For an incoming generation, Google and search are the same word. If something vanishes from Google, it's gone

Too much distance has opened up between theory and practice.

These leaders know how to guide an organization to the promised land. Here's what they have to say...