Innovation Strategy
Mix Creativity With the Right Mindset to Serve Up Innovation
Research finds fear of failure could keep an innovator from launching a new creative endeavor after an early success.
Creativity
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Innovation Strategy
Mining Underground Innovation
Many R&D employees pursue underground side projects. Surfacing such innovations can reap benefits for their employers.
Jeroen P.J. de Jong, Max Mulhuijzen, and K. Venkatesh Prasad
Disruption
Could Psychedelics Open New Doors for Science and Business?
A new wave of clinical research on promising uses for psychedelic drugs points to potential opportunities for business.
Alyson Meister, Kaja Oppegaard, Eric Grotefeld, and Cyril Bouquet
Collaboration
Improve Creative Brainstorming With Constructive Criticism
New research upends the assumption that criticism always impedes creative brainstorming.
Jared R. Curhan
Diversity & Inclusion
Democratizing Data in Hollywood: Jumpcut’s Kartik Hosanagar
Kartik Hosanagar’s AI-powered startup aims to help new voices find their way into film and TV.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Corporate Social Responsibility
Social Intrapreneurship: Unleashing Social Innovation From Within
The next wave of social innovation is coming from employee-led initiatives.
Debbie Haski-Leventhal and Ante Glavas
Innovation Strategy
How Digital Inclusion Can Help Solve Grand Challenges
A global study of online hackathons offers best practices for designing virtual ideation sessions.
Tomoko Yokoi, Nikolaus Obwegeser, and Michela Beretta
Innovation Strategy
The Unconventional Innovator Who Created Wikipedia
Wikipedia’s creation required the determined efforts of an unconventional, original thinker.
Cyril Bouquet, Jean-Louis Barsoux, and Michael Wade
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.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Remote Work
Virtual Collaboration Won’t Be the Death of Creativity
Collaborating remotely can improve creativity in ways that many teams didn’t realize pre-pandemic.
Leigh Thompson
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Sparking creative cultures, three lessons for smart leaders, and better job interviewing.
The MIT SMR Editors
Innovation Strategy
Spark Team Creativity by Embracing Uncertainty
Foster a creative culture by embracing the curious, the uncertain, and the unknown.
Aithan Shapira
Innovation Strategy
How Vigilant Companies Gain an Edge in Turbulent Times
A systematic approach to identifying potential threats can help companies respond to disruption.
George S. Day and Paul J.H. Schoemaker
Leadership Skills
The Power of a Clear Leadership Narrative
To find your personal leadership narrative, figure out and share what great leadership means to you.
Douglas A. Ready
AI & Machine Learning
Let Your Mind Wander
A mental vacation is good for your powers of creativity.
Lisa Burrell
Collaboration
The Art of Balancing Autonomy and Control
Three strategies for setting the stage for innovation in your organization.
Hila Lifshitz-Assaf, Sarah Lebovitz, and Lior Zalmanson
Innovation Strategy
Lessons From the Maker Movement
Businesses can innovate and thrive by nurturing a “creator” mindset.
Simmi P. Singh
Disruption
Why Entrepreneurs Should Care Less About Disrupting and More About Creating
Featured excerpt from WTF? What’s the Future and Why It’s Up to Us by Tim O’Reilly.
Theodore Kinni
Developing Strategy
Which Rules Are Worth Breaking?
Disrupting the status quo is often valuable, but taken too far, it can lead to ethical crises.
R. Edward Freeman and Bidhan (Bobby) Parmar
Moving Beyond the Silicon Valley State of Mind
Featured excerpt from Sensemaking: The Power of the Humanities in the Age of the Algorithm.
Theodore Kinni
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