Volume 62, Issue #2
Winter 2021 Issue
Our special report will help managers understand why teams work well, why they don’t, and how to ensure collaboration that delivers the best results.
Special Report: Building Better Teams
From the Editor
Collaboration
Who’s on Your Team?
Last year’s challenges underscore that humans work best if they work as a team for a common purpose.
Elizabeth Heichler
Features
Technology Innovation Strategy
The Promise of Self-Sufficient Production
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld et al.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Accelerating Supply Chain Scenario Planning
Nitin Joglekar and Shardul Phadnis
Organizational Transformation
The New Elements of Digital Transformation
Didier Bonnet and George Westerman
Frontiers
Technology Implementation
Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World
Matt Beane and Erik Brynjolfsson
Frontiers is an MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management.
See more in FrontiersColumn
Diversity & Inclusion
Diversity in AI: The Invisible Men and Women
Protocols that are used to root out bias in AI tools can— and must — be turned on the industry itself.
Ayanna Howard and Charles Isbell
Executive Briefings
Collaboration
Our Guide to the Winter 2021 Issue
MIT SMR’s winter issue looks at why teams work (or don’t), plus innovation, supply chains, and data for AI.