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.
Human Behavior
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Organizational Behavior
Putting an End to Leaders’ Self-Serving Behavior
Organizations need decision makers with central (and internalized) moral identities.
Morela Hernandez
Digital Business
Who Gets Caught in Online Echo Chambers?
Online personalization algorithms are leading many content viewers to narrower choices.
Sagit Bar-Gill and Neil Gandal
Managing Your Career
The Upside of Being a Woman Among ‘Bros’
In certain circumstances, managers are more responsive to suggestions from the opposite gender.
Morela Hernandez
Leadership Skills
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.
Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur
Leadership Skills
The Need for Culture Neutrality
As firms work with increasingly diverse arrays of people, they need to adopt leadership standards that cross geographies.
Amit S. Mukherjee
Talent Management
Why Sleep Is a Strategic Resource
Simple as it sounds, regular sleep is the best antidote for a fatigued or stressed-out workforce.
Christopher M. Barnes and Gretchen Spreitzer
Management Innovation
The Dandelion Principle: Redesigning Work for the Innovation Economy
People who are “different,” behaviorally or neurologically, can add significant value to companies.
Robert D. Austin and Thorkil Sonne
Analytics & Strategy
The Pitfalls of Using Online and Social Data in Big Data Analysis
Social media platforms offer a biased representation of the data based on societal factors.
Renee Boucher Ferguson
Social Marketing
Is Viral Marketing a Myth?
New research suggests the term “viral” marketing does not describe well what happens in the market.
Michael Fitzgerald
Managing Your Career
Clay Christensen Asks: How Will You Measure Your Life?
“Our careers provide the most very tangible, immediate achievement,” says the Harvard Business School professor. But they’re only a piece of the life puzzle.
Leslie Brokaw
Innovation Strategy
Why Innovations Are Arguments
Too many executives confuse what an innovation is with what an innovation would do for them if they had one.
Randall S. Wright
Leadership Skills
How to Become a Better Leader
To grow as an executive, you need to recognize and manage your strongest tendencies.
Ginka Toegel and Jean-Louis Barsoux
