Executing Strategy
The Critical Difference Between Complex and Complicated
When you manage complex problems as if they’re complicated, you’re setting your company up to fail.
Human Psychology
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Innovation Strategy
Leadership Development’s Epic Fail
Most leadership development programs focus on competencies but fail to view leaders as individuals.
Eric J. McNulty
Leadership Skills
The Most Underrated Skill in Management
Articulating what problem you’re trying to solve is an important (and underrated) management skill.
Nelson P. Repenning, Don Kieffer, and Todd Astor
Collaboration
The Smart Way to Respond to Negative Emotions at Work
Many executives try to ignore negative emotions in the workplace, but that tactic can be costly.
Christine M. Pearson
Financial Management & Risk
To Improve Cybersecurity, Think Like a Hacker
To combat cyberattacks, companies need to understand both hackers’ tactics and their mindsets.
José Esteves, Elisabete Ramalho, and Guillermo de Haro
Collaboration
Embracing a Strategic Paradox
If handled well, conflicting demands in a business can be sources of creativity and opportunity.
Toshiro Wakayama and Karen LaPierre
Leadership Skills
The Secret to Getting the Right Things Done
The ability to say “no” is key in effective time management, says executive coach Greg McKeown.
Nina Kruschwitz
Collaboration
Protect Your Project From Escalating Doubts
Projects can lose momentum if stakeholders grow skeptical. Here’s how to avert a ‘cycle of doubt.’
Karen A. Brown, Nancy Lea Hyer, and Richard Ettenson
Digital Marketing
Beyond Viral: Generating Sustainable Value From Social Media
Why hasn’t the proliferation of social media resulted in long-lasting social and business change?
Manuel Cebrian, Iyad Rahwan, and Alex “Sandy” Pentland
Organizational Behavior
An Easy Way to Encourage Employees to Follow Company Rules
People are more likely to follow rules if there’s more variety in the order in which they do tasks.
Martha E. Mangelsdorf
Culture
How to Be a Strategic Leader
Strategic leadership is key to long-term success and can be learned, says Stanford’s Jesper Sørensen.
Nina Kruschwitz
Leadership Skills
Please Go Away (and Spend More Time Somewhere Else)
When times are uncertain, it is more important than ever to break routine and see what’s happening for ourselves.
Paul Michelman
Platforms & Ecosystems
Monitoring Your Employees’ Every Emotion
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
Theodore Kinni
AI & Machine Learning
Predicting a Future Where the Future Is Routinely Predicted
AI’s value for managers lies in its ability to predict equipment failures and assess human emotions.
Andrew W. Moore
Collaboration
The 2016 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help,” by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Technology Innovation Strategy
Why Emojis May Be the Key to Employee Retention
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
Theodore Kinni
Leadership Skills
What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless
There’s no single formula for making work meaningful — but poor management is a universal obstacle.
Catherine Bailey and Adrian Madden
Developing Strategy
How Scenario Planning Influences Strategic Decisions
New research finds scenario-based decision making helps increase executives’ strategic flexibility.
Shardul Phadnis, Chris Caplice, and Yossi Sheffi
Managing Your Career
What Companies Should Learn About Social Media From American Politics
Companies looking to social media for guidance in decision making should be wary of the “filter bubble” effect.
Gerald C. Kane
The Rise of Visual Content Online
Images have taken on a broader role in representing brands, communicating value, and cultivating identity.