Culture
How to (Inadvertently) Sabotage Your Organization
Timeless shortcuts to inefficiency, courtesy of a pre-CIA field manual for destroying enemy organizations from the inside.
Human Behavior
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Managing Your Career
Hacking Inequality at Home
Apps can help working couples share household labor more equitably if they’re used the right way.
Jennifer Louise Petriglieri
AI & Machine Learning
AI Can Help Us Live More Deliberately
Cognitive speed bumps in AI design can prompt users to engage in reflective thought.
Julian Friedland
Developing Strategy
A Structured Approach to Strategic Decisions
A rigorous process for navigating strategic decisions can mitigate errors and improve judgment.
Daniel Kahneman, Dan Lovallo, and Olivier Sibony
Leadership Skills
Leadership Lessons From Your Inner Child
Leaders can blend the bold thinking and actions of childhood while maintaining responsibility to the bottom line.
Douglas A. Ready
AI & Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence Brings Out the Worst and the Best in Us
As AI develops better decision-making skills, leaders may feel threatened and push back.
Lisa Burrell
Innovation Strategy
The Truth About Behavioral Change
The true story behind Twitter’s success belies the conventional wisdom of social networks.
Damon Centola
Leadership Skills
Why People Believe in Their Leaders — or Not
Credibility hinges on perceptions of competence and trustworthiness, drawn from specific behaviors.
Daniel Han Ming Chng, Tae-Yeol Kim, Brad Gilbreath, and Lynne Andersson
Culture
Gender Discrimination Still Exists — Now What?
Providing language to use in day-to-day encounters with prejudice can help combat gender bias.
Morela Hernandez
Culture
The Impossibility of Focusing on Two Things at Once
Brains are not hardwired to focus simultaneously on day-to-day activities and long-term objectives.
Morela Hernandez
Digital Marketing
Pass the Word: Peer Influence Has Big Impact on Online Market Dynamics
A study of cryptocurrency markets dissects the role of peer influence in online purchasing decisions.
Alex “Sandy” Pentland
Culture
Rationalizing Yourself Out of a Promotion
Some women who feel like they won’t “fit” a job description will talk themselves out of wanting it.
Morela Hernandez
AI & Machine Learning
Could AI Be the Cure for Workplace Gender Inequality?
Artificial intelligence is beginning to replace many of the workplace roles that men dominate.
Megan Beck and Barry Libert
Technology Implementation
Are AI Learning Scenarios Unpredictable Enough?
Humans know how AI works, but AI hasn’t learned about human unpredictability — and that’s a problem.
Sam Ransbotham
Collaboration
Putting an End to Leaders’ Self-Serving Behavior
Organizations need decision makers with central (and internalized) moral identities.
Morela Hernandez
Digital Marketing
Who Gets Caught in Online Echo Chambers?
Online personalization algorithms are leading many content viewers to narrower choices.
Sagit Bar-Gill and Neil Gandal
Collaboration
The Upside of Being a Woman Among ‘Bros’
In certain circumstances, managers are more responsive to suggestions from the opposite gender.
Morela Hernandez
AI & Machine Learning
The 10 Most Popular New MIT SMR Articles
In the first half of 2017, these MIT SMR articles attracted the most readers.
Martha E. Mangelsdorf
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.
Berkeley J. Dietvorst, interviewed by Paul Michelman
Leadership Skills
The Missing Piece in Employee Development
Companies want managers to help employees develop and improve — but many managers don’t know how.