


Summer 2021 Issue
This issue’s special report offers tools and resources to help leaders address inequity in their organizations and in society.
Special Report: Tools for Change
From the Editor

Collaboration
Agents of Change
The pandemic has upended business. Let’s consider how managers should respond.
Elizabeth Heichler
Features


Skills & Learning
The Practices That Set Learning Organizations Apart
David G. Collings and John McMackin



Supply Chains & Logistics
Rethinking Industry’s Role in a National Emergency
ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang


Frontiers


Boards & Corporate Governance
How to Bring ESG Into the Quarterly Earnings Call
Brian Tomlinson et al.



Frontiers is an MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management.
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Diversity & Inclusion
Linking Good Intentions to Intentional Action
Businesses that pledged to support racial equity in 2020 must maintain their commitments to effecting change.
Enrica N. Ruggs and Derek R. Avery
Executive Briefings

Organizational Behavior
Our Guide to the Summer 2021 Issue
The Special Report in MIT SMR‘s Summer 2021 issue looks at how businesses can support a more inclusive workplace culture. Also in this issue: ways to communicate — and disagree — using candor and logic, business’s role in national emergencies, how volunteering helps workers’ skills, and changing the rules to suit turbulent times.