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.
Collaboration
Why Design Thinking in Business Needs a Rethink
Design thinking needs better alignment with the dynamics of established businesses.
Innovation Strategy
Creating Better Innovation Measurement Practices
Improving a company’s measurement of innovation requires a holistic view of its innovation process.
Leadership Skills
How to Become a Game-Changing Leader
To successfully lead big change initiatives, executives must master a wide range of leadership skills.
AI & Machine Learning
The New Frontier of Price Optimization
Identifying the optimal prices for products was once a time-consuming process. That’s changing.
Global Strategy
Negotiating With Chinese Investors
Chinese companies are increasingly investing overseas — and bring a different negotiating style.
Ethics
The Trouble With Corporate Compliance Programs
Companies need a better understanding of how employees reach unethical decisions.
Collaboration
Why Your Company Needs More Collaboration
Digitization demands an unprecedented focus on cooperation and collaboration.
Collaboration
Five Rules for Managing Large, Complex Projects
Research reveals five lessons that can help executives manage big, complex projects more effectively.
Leading Change
The 2017 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
Emilio J. Castilla’s article “Achieving Meritocracy in the Workplace” wins the 2017 Beckhard Prize.
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.
Digital Marketing
The Power of Product Recommendation Networks
Online product recommendation networks can spread demand from one product to another.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Global Strategy
Leading to Become Obsolete
Haier CEO Zhang Ruimin is transforming a manufacturing giant into a platform for entrepreneurship.
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.
Developing Strategy
Harnessing the Secret Structure of Innovation
Innovation success is the result of a deliberate search using key information signals.