Corporate Social Responsibility
Cooperative Advantage: Rethinking the Company’s Purpose
Companies can better support individual and community well-being through a people-centered approach to profitability.
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Developing Strategy
The Best of This Week
Accelerating strategy breakthroughs, transforming the supply chain, and contextualizing office space.
The MIT SMR Editors
Leading Change
The Age of Accelerating Strategy Breakthroughs
Companies that show the most agility and resilience in responding to the global pandemic pursue four main strategies.
John Romeo, Hanna Moukanas, and Greg Rung
Innovation Strategy
How Leaders Delude Themselves About Disruption: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
There are four common misconceptions that leaders often succumb to when thinking about disruptive innovation.
Scott D. Anthony, Michael Putz, and Paul Michelman
Developing Strategy
Why Company Culture Matters for Strategic Results
Good culture is critical for striking the balance between strategic alignment and organizational agility.
Donald Sull
AI & Machine Learning
The Perils of Applying AI Prediction to Complex Decisions
Artificial intelligence may look poised to tackle tricky business decisions — but it only works for certain sorts of problems.
Susan Athey, interviewed by Frieda Klotz
Performance Management
What Would Happen if Baseball Outlawed the Shift?
In baseball, analytics can help with defensive strategy—but using it may reduce fan engagement.
Ben Shields, Paul Michelman, and Jayson Stark
Climate Change
Critical Questions Live: Is It Up to Business to Save the Planet?
As government fails to act on climate change, experts debate whether business should take the lead.
Yossi Sheffi, Andrew Winston, and Paul Michelman
Climate Change
Is It up to Business to Save the Planet?
MIT SMR holds a live forum to debate the role of business in solving climate change.
Paul Michelman
Developing Strategy
Improving Your Bottom Line With Cybersecurity
Properly orchestrated, cybersecurity can reduce costs and increase revenue.
Matthew Doan
Developing Strategy
Buzzword Strategy Generator: Are You Developing Meaningful Strategies?
Is it solid strategy, or just buzzwords? Find out with our interactive strategy buzzword generator.
Collaboration
John Doerr on OKRs and Measuring What Matters
Setting ambitious goals is crucial for strategy execution and innovation.
John Doerr, interviewed by Donald Sull
Developing Strategy
With Goals, FAST Beats SMART
Traditional goal setting undermines the alignment, coordination, and agility needed to execute strategy.
Donald Sull and Charles Sull
Developing Strategy
How FAST Are Your Goals?
How good is your company at setting goals? Take our interactive quiz and find out.
Developing Strategy
Developing a Strategy for Execution
Developing strategy means maintaining a difficult balance between concrete guidance and flexibility.
Donald Sull and Paul Michelman
New Product Development
Implement First, Ask Questions Later (or Not at All)
Competitive speed and cheaper apps spell the end to requirements gathering and testing for new tech.
Stephen J. Andriole
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate ‘Purpose’ Is No Substitute for Good Governance
Any corporate purpose, however laudatory or noble that mission may be, must be accompanied by strong governance.
David Kiron and Gregory Unruh
Developing Strategy
When SMART Goals Are Not So Smart
Companies that rigidly adhere to traditional approaches to goal setting may be driving their business in the wrong direction.
Martin Reeves and Jack Fuller
Executing Strategy
No One Knows Your Strategy — Not Even Your Top Leaders
New research reveals the surprising reasons managers don’t know their company’s strategy.
Donald Sull, Charles Sull, and James Yoder
Developing Strategy
Six Steps to Communicating Strategic Priorities Effectively
Clear, concise strategic priorities backed by metrics have value in communicating with stakeholders.
Donald Sull, Stefano Turconi, and Charles Sull
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