Dean Ernest J. Wilson III discussed what attributes executives need to succeed in a recent article for the Harvard Business Review.

Dean Ernest J. Wilson shared the history and implications of Third Space thinking with Fortune Magazine in a recent op-ed .

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Companies spend millions of dollars and plenty of time with the goal of getting possible customers to “raise their hands,” to show interest in learning more or starting a relationship with their brand. One of the elements that I can attribute much of any academic and professional successes I’ve enjoyed is having a penchant for raising my own hand when it comes to my career path. It’s amazing how an action so simple can prove so powerful.

One company that has gone out of its way to locate, hire and nurture people with Third Space traits and inject them into an environment where they can make a difference is IBM. Like all big companies, IBM has many “hardskilled,” linear-thinking experts in operations, but relatively few people who exhibit the broader Third Space core competencies.

Annenberg Forum 2014 took place Friday, November 7, 2014 at Wallis Annenberg Hall on USC’s University Park campus.

This invitation-only convening about the Third Space featured high-level executives from the business, non-profit, government, and higher education sectors.

Progress continues on our groundbreaking Third Space initiative, and I am pleased to announce that we’ll delve more deeply this Fall, at the first-ever Annenberg Forum. This conclave will unite thought leaders from business, digital media, academia and the communication field in the debut exploration of the Third Space. For those of you not yet familiar with what the Third Space is, please...