Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy

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The Artificial Intelligence and 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.

The initiative researches and reports on how AI is spurring workforce change, data management, privacy, cross-entity collaboration, and generating new ethical challenges for business. It looks at new risks and threats in dependency, job loss, and security. And it seeks to help managers understand and act on the tremendous opportunity from the combination of human and machine intelligence.

Research and analysis for the initiative is in collaboration with and sponsored by Boston Consulting Group.

Featured Ideas

Artificial Intelligence, Global Technology Development

Global Competition With AI in Business: How China Differs

Philipp Gerbert et al.

AI’s largest and most enduring contributions will be in non-technology sectors, and many of them will come from China.

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AI and the ‘Augmentation’ Fallacy

Philipp Gerbert

The fundamental disruption introduced by AlphaZero’s hyperlearning in the chess world can teach business executives about AI.

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How Organizations Will Produce in an Autonomous Future

James Gips et al.

Can AI-enabled automation replace your company’s entire labor force?

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Get the Most Out of AI Today

Sam Ransbotham

A conversation with Airbnb’s Theresa Johnson highlights three tangible ways AI can help companies.

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The 2017 Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Report

Reshaping Business With Artificial Intelligence

September 6, 2017 | Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, Philipp Gerbert, and Martin Reeves

Disruption from artificial intelligence (AI) is here, but many company leaders aren’t sure what to expect from AI or how it fits into their business model. Yet with change coming at breakneck speed, the time to identify your company’s AI strategy is now. MIT Sloan Management Review has partnered with The Boston Consulting Group to provide baseline information on the strategies used by companies leading in AI, the prospects for its growth, and the steps executives need to take to develop a strategy for their business.

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How AI Can Amplify Human Competencies

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Ken Goldberg, interviewed by Frieda Klotz

The future of AI looks much like the present, with machines helping humans to do their jobs better, not replacing them.

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The Problem With AI Pilots

Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean

AI technology is not just an experiment.

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Humanizing Tech May Be the New Competitive Advantage

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Bala Iyer et al.

Technology leaders need to take a new approach to regain user trust.

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How Human-Computer ‘Superminds’ Are Redefining the Future of Work

Thomas W. Malone

As smart technologies embed deeper into human processes, a more powerful form of collaboration is emerging.

More AI and Business Strategy Insights

Global Competition With AI in Business: How China Differs

July 24, 2018 | Philipp Gerbert, Martin Reeves, Sam Ransbotham, David Kiron, and Michael Spira

Wait-and-See Could Be a Costly AI Strategy

June 15, 2018 | Jacques Bughin

Rethink AI Objectives

May 21, 2018 | Sam Ransbotham