At last month's auto show in Detroit, Mercedes-Benz showed a vehicle called "Vision-B, " a small but tall five-door cross between a small station wagon, a small minivan and a small SUV.

FORBES: Little Luxuries

The premise: a company must proactively shape and maintain three pillars of sustainable growth that I call B-B-N: Brains (vision and strategy), Bones (organizational architecture) and Nerves (culture) of the business.

FORBES: The Other Duty of Corporate Governance