Executing Strategy
Navigating the Patent Minefield Through Consortia
Tech consortia help reduce patent risk, but managers must weigh the pros and cons for innovation.
Tech consortia help reduce patent risk, but managers must weigh the pros and cons for innovation.
Is the forestry industry ready for an industry-specific Internet of Things?
The blinders and focus that work well to optimize the details of a problem may prevent managers from seeing other options.
Companies from Apple to Unilever employ life-cycle assessment in their sustainability work and reap hidden benefits.
Chinese companies are reengineering new product development in ways that reduce lead times.
During a recent Exec Ed course, Big Data: Making Complex Things Simpler, MIT Sloan offered its first-ever virtual 4Dx course.
Managers need to keep up with what social media is becoming and how to use it.
Analytics researchers present their findings on the characteristics of “Analytical Innovators.”
Data-savvy organizations are using analytics to innovate — and to gain competitive advantage.
MIT’s Michael Schrage asks: “Who do you want your customers to become?”
Too many executives confuse what an innovation is with what an innovation would do for them if they had one.
Global design firm IDEO develops rich profiles of employee capabilities and shares them across the organization.
Innovation often comes from tweakers who take existing ideas and turn them into something better.
The single best question companies should ask themselves is what megatrends are coming around the corner.
What are the characteristics that can help guide companies through disruptive transitions?
Project leaders should frame projects the same way marketing managers frame branding efforts.
Project networks provide the expertise to handle complex, knowledge-intensive team projects.