Upheavals in technology and politics are a wake-up call: It’s time to reconsider our priorities.
Exploring the Digital Future of Management
Can AI-enabled automation replace your company’s entire labor force?
VR is being used for job training, but it also has the potential to reduce our need to commute.
Innovation-focused adopters of AI are positioning themselves for growth, which tends to stimulate jobs.
IT alignment can produce organizational inertia — unless it’s accompanied by the right culture.
Businesses can innovate and thrive by nurturing a “creator” mindset.
Machine learning is susceptible to unintended biases that require careful planning to avoid.
Virtually all human achievements have been made by groups of people, not lone individuals. As we incorporate smart technologies further into traditionally human processes, an even more powerful form of collaboration is emerging.
Digital transformation comes in many forms. New technologies are not only changing the services and products companies can provide, but also how companies provide them, and how they do business with one another. The three articles in this collection provide guidance on how companies can explore opportunities for growth, whether it be through new processes, products, or applications. (Registration required.)
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Apps that encourage users to share contact information expose companies to a huge security liability.
A zero-trust network, which hosts an organization’s services in the cloud, is the safest option.
Tough new EU data security laws mean that consumers’ data is about to become more valuable.
As digital disruption expands, many legacy businesses seek partnerships with tech companies to maintain competitiveness in the digital sphere. But instead of a centralized “hub” partnership, some companies find greater success through an adaptive ecosystem model, where partners develop significant projects or innovations together. This type of strategy requires imagination and flexibility.
Giving people time and resources to pursue innovation projects can produce extraordinary outcomes — but only if you match your “slack strategy” to employee type. The authors found that different types of employees respond in different ways to slack innovation programs; that different kinds of slack resources are better suited to certain types of employees than others; and that different kinds of slack innovation programs produce different kinds of innovation.
Companies used to spend years clarifying business requirements before they would even think of launching new software. Today, cheaper cloud-based apps mean that implementation decisions are made on the fly — and there’s no going back.
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The fundamental disruption introduced by AlphaZero’s hyperlearning in the chess world can teach business executives about AI.
Deploying AI is very different from implementing standard software — and human input is essential.
This MIT SMR webinar offers strategies for how to get the most out of AI’s potential.
As conversational commerce becomes embedded into company operations, it has the potential to bring supply chains closer to customers, employees, and senior management.
In response to increasing consumer demands for faster deliveries without added cost, more companies are implementing IT solutions that enable access to real-time sales data and inventory data across the whole enterprise. Real-time sales and inventory information, coupled with advanced analytics enables networks to accommodate fluctuations and changes in the business environment quickly, a quality the authors call distribution agility.
The Artificial Intelligence & Business Strategy initiative explores the growing use of artificial intelligence in the business landscape. The exploration looks specifically at how AI is affecting the development and execution of strategy in organizations.
Read our 2017 research report, Reshaping Business With Artificial Intelligence.
Explore perspectives on:
• AI’s role in corporate governance
• How humans and machines can work together
• AI’s real potential to change business
