Disruption
12 Essential Innovation Insights
We searched the MIT SMR archives to find 12 essential innovation insights.
Volume 59, Issue #1
Fall 2017 Issue
We focus on getting innovation right in this issue.
Developing Strategy
Harnessing the Secret Structure of Innovation
Innovation success is the result of a deliberate search using key information signals.
Martin Reeves, Thomas Fink, Ramiro Palma, and Johann Harnoss
Collaboration
Why Design Thinking in Business Needs a Rethink
Design thinking needs better alignment with the dynamics of established businesses.
Martin Kupp, Jamie Anderson, and Jörg Reckhenrich
Innovation Strategy
Creating Better Innovation Measurement Practices
Improving a company’s measurement of innovation requires a holistic view of its innovation process.
Anders Richtnér, Anna Brattström, Johan Frishammar, Jennie Björk, and Mats Magnusson
Ethics
The Trouble With Corporate Compliance Programs
Companies need a better understanding of how employees reach unethical decisions.
Todd Haugh
Leadership Skills
How to Become a Game-Changing Leader
To successfully lead big change initiatives, executives must master a wide range of leadership skills.
Doug Ready and Alan Mulally
Collaboration
Five Rules for Managing Large, Complex Projects
Research reveals five lessons that can help executives manage big, complex projects more effectively.
Andrew Davies, Mark Dodgson, David M. Gann, and Samuel C. MacAulay
Global Strategy
Leading to Become Obsolete
Haier CEO Zhang Ruimin is transforming a manufacturing giant into a platform for entrepreneurship.
Zhang Ruimin (Haier), interviewed by Paul Michelman
Executing Strategy
What CEOs Get Wrong About Vision and How to Get It Right
A vision commonly held throughout the organization must begin with the leader’s image of a credible, optimal future state.
Dan Ciampa
Global Strategy
Negotiating With Chinese Investors
Chinese companies are increasingly investing overseas — and bring a different negotiating style.
Li Ma, Jeanne Brett, Hao Wang, and Zhi-Xue Zhang
Leadership Skills
Helping Employees Improve Performance
The key for managers is less emphasis on how they rate employees and more on how they talk about performance improvement.
Reported by Bruce Posner
Leading Change
The 2017 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
Emilio J. Castilla’s article “Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace” wins the 2017 Beckhard Prize.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Digital Marketing
The Power of Product Recommendation Networks
Online product recommendation networks can spread demand from one product to another.
Gal Oestreicher-Singer, Arun Sundararajan, and Gerald C. Kane
When People Don’t Trust Algorithms
University of Chicago’s Berkeley Dietvorst explains why we can’t let go of human judgment — to our own detriment.
Berkeley J. Dietvorst, interviewed by Paul Michelman
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Unleashing the Potential of Supply Chain Analytics
To fully benefit from supply chain analytics, companies need to be able to act on insights quickly.
Melissa R. Bowers, Adam G. Petrie, and Mary C. Holcomb
Collaboration
Why Your Company Needs More Collaboration
Digitization demands an unprecedented focus on cooperation and collaboration.
David Kiron
Data & Data Culture
The Subtle Sources of Sampling Bias Hiding in Your Data
Large amounts of data don’t inherently remove sampling bias; in fact, they may make it worse.
Sam Ransbotham
AI & Machine Learning
The New Frontier of Price Optimization
Identifying the optimal prices for products was once a time-consuming process. That’s changing.
David Simchi-Levi
Leadership Skills
Will, Skill, and Velocity: Survival Skills for a Digital World
The future belongs to those who possess flexible talents, nerve, and personal speed.