MIT Sloan Management Review

Decision Making, Leadership and Organizational Studies

Why Outsiders Trump Insiders (And Why They Shouldn’t)

By Thomas C. Redman

January 9, 2009

Insiders often find their opinions carry very little weight. Even data from competitors can seem superior.

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From The Magazine

Fall 2009

Special Report: Sustainability

8 Reasons That Sustainability Will Change Management

Michael S. Hopkins

Transparency, accidental innovation, trust, collaboration — as sustainability affects how the world works, so will it affect how business works in the world.

Intelligence: Management

Debunking Management Myths

Martha E. Mangelsdorf

In this interview, Henry Mintzberg questions some of the conventional wisdom about managerial work.