Leading Change
Can We Escape the Technology Trap?
Oxford economist Carl Frey says we must prepare for the inevitable pain of technological progress.
Technology Innovation
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Innovation Strategy
Disruption 2020: An Interview With Clayton M. Christensen
Christensen’s Theory of Disruptive Innovation offers insights in an age of big data and tech growth.
Clayton M. Christensen, interviewed by Karen Dillon
Diversity & Inclusion
The Best of This Week
Atlanta is a tech hub; more reasons women should be on corporate boards; updates from Davos 2020.
The MIT SMR Editors
Technology Innovation Strategy
How Leading Organizations Are Getting the Most Value From IT
The most challenging path for systems evolution is also the most rewarding.
Paul R. Daugherty, H. James Wilson, Bhaskar Ghosh, and Prashant Shukla
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
The changing role of CEO, designing AI systems customers won’t hate, and a lesson from Beethoven.
The MIT SMR Editors
Automation
How to Avoid All-or-Nothing Thinking in Your Tech Strategy
Three crucial steps can help companies overcome legacy approaches — without automating everything.
Max Simkoff
Developing Strategy
Preparing for the Risky World of Extended Reality
Six risks that business leaders can begin to strategize around now.
Laurence Morvan, Francis Hintermann, and Armen Ovanessoff
AI & Machine Learning
Closing the Innovation Achievement Gap
New research sheds light on key changes companies must make to become innovation leaders.
Bhaskar Ghosh
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Must-reads for managing in a digital age: tech giants on privacy, influencer marketing done right, climate change.
The MIT SMR editors
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Must-reads for managing in a digital age: hacking inequality at home, the AI jungle, and why you should kill your favorite meeting.
The MIT SMR editors
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
This week’s must-reads for managing in the digital age.
The MIT SMR editors
Global Strategy
Where China Is Leading the Mobility Revolution
China is taking the lead on developing new technology focused on mobility.
Heiko Rauscher
AI & Machine Learning
Learning to Love the AI Bubble
Unlike the housing bubble, the effects of a bursting AI bubble wouldn’t cause great harm.
Philipp Gerbert and Michael Spira
Business Models
How Digital Platforms Have Become Double-Edged Swords
The authors of The Business of Platforms outline the myths and pitfalls of platform strategy.
Michael A. Cusumano, Annabelle Gawer, and David B. Yoffie, interviewed by Allyson MacDonald
Technology Implementation
Will Blockchain Transform Emerging Markets?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines how blockchain and cryptocurrency might impact developing countries in the global economy.
AI & Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence Brings Out the Worst and the Best in Us
As AI develops better decision-making skills, leaders may feel threatened and push back.
Lisa Burrell
Technology Implementation
Five Categories to Focus Your KPIs
Research shows greater KPI transparency and clearer alignment are key to overall KPI effectiveness.
Michael Schrage
Technology Implementation
Is the Right Group Leading Your Digital Initiatives?
Companies shouldn’t bottle up digital transformation in any one function.
Gerald C. Kane
AI & Machine Learning
Get the Most Out of AI Today
A conversation with Airbnb’s Theresa Johnson highlights three tangible ways AI can help companies.
Sam Ransbotham
AI & Machine Learning
Global Competition With AI in Business: How China Differs
AI’s largest and most enduring contributions will be in non-technology sectors, and many of them will come from China.