Culture
Inspiring Employee Creativity
In a thought-powered world, leaders must look beyond planning and execution and inspire ingenuity.
Managing Technology
Latest
Business Models
The Silicon Valley Caravan: What Sets the Tech Upstarts Apart?
Silicon Valley success is based on four core business principles and a willingness to stay flexible.
AI & Machine Learning
Four Management Lessons From Self-Driving Cars
The novelty of self-driving cars overshadows the real promise of AI: augmentation of human skills.
AI & Machine Learning
But Will the Algorithms Have Empathy?
How soon will smart machines start looking out for our health?
Culture
In the Hotel Industry, Digital Has Made Itself Right at Home
Moving to a digital business model altered Marriott’s culture in unexpected ways.
AI & Machine Learning
How Big Data Is Empowering AI and Machine Learning at Scale
The synergism of Big Data and artificial intelligence holds amazing promise for business.
Collaboration
The Need for Culture Neutrality
As firms work with increasingly diverse arrays of people, they need to adopt leadership standards that cross geographies.
Disruption
The Best Response to Digital Disruption
Companies with bold strategies in response to digitization will come out as winners.
Leading Change
Digital Maturity, Not Digital Transformation
Viewing digital transformation as a maturation process may help companies limit their growing pains.
AI & Machine Learning
How Far Will Robots Go?
Automation brings with it questions about what to do about worker displacement.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Choosing Scope Over Focus
New digital technologies are changing the rules of competition by expanding the boundaries of what a company can handle and introducing new sources of advantage.
Innovation Strategy
Seeing Beyond the Blockchain Hype
The transformative potential of blockchain is real, but so are the challenges to its implementation.
AI & Machine Learning
The Jobs That Artificial Intelligence Will Create
Instead of eliminating human workers, AI may create new jobs requiring updated skills and training.
AI & Machine Learning
On the Road to AI, Don’t Ask “Are We There Yet?”
Businesses should understand that in the long run, the promise of AI is self-limiting.
Talent Management
How Digital Media Will Bring Out Our Best Selves in the Workplace
The best use of digital technology is assisting human workers to maximize innate capabilities.
MIT SMR and MIT Press Announce Book Publishing Partnership
MIT SMR and MIT Press join to launch new book series exploring the digital frontiers of management.
Developing Strategy
Why Can’t We Have More Than One Digital Strategy?
Readers asked why a digital strategy must focus on either customer engagement or digital solutions.
Financial Management & Risk
To Improve Cybersecurity, Think Like a Hacker
To combat cyberattacks, companies need to understand both hackers’ tactics and their mindsets.
Financial Management & Risk
What’s Your Data Worth?
Many organizations need to develop greater expertise at valuing their data assets.
Collaboration
The Customer-Inventor Revolution
The ways that consumer-users improve product through tinkering has evolved over the past decade.