Executing Strategy
Navigating the Patent Minefield Through Consortia
Tech consortia help reduce patent risk, but managers must weigh the pros and cons for innovation.
Innovation
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Data & Data Culture
Will the Internet of Trees Be the Next Game Changer?
Is the forestry industry ready for an industry-specific Internet of Things?
Eric Hansen and Scott Leavengood (Oregon State University), interviewed by Michael Fitzgerald
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Avoiding Analytical Myopia
The blinders and focus that work well to optimize the details of a problem may prevent managers from seeing other options.
Sam Ransbotham
Climate Change
Strategic Sustainability Uses of Life-Cycle Analysis
Companies from Apple to Unilever employ life-cycle assessment in their sustainability work and reap hidden benefits.
Gregory Unruh
Global Strategy
Accelerated Innovation: The New Challenge From China
Chinese companies are reengineering new product development in ways that reduce lead times.
Peter J. Williamson and Eden Yin
Educating Executives Online in Four Dimensions
During a recent Exec Ed course, Big Data: Making Complex Things Simpler, MIT Sloan offered its first-ever virtual 4Dx course.
Renee Boucher Ferguson
Collaboration
What Is Social Media, Anyway? (And Why Managers Should Care)
Managers need to keep up with what social media is becoming and how to use it.
Gerald C. Kane
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Lessons From Analytical Innovators
Analytics researchers present their findings on the characteristics of “Analytical Innovators.”
David Kiron, Pamela Prentice, and Renee Boucher Ferguson
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Innovating With Analytics
Data-savvy organizations are using analytics to innovate — and to gain competitive advantage.
David Kiron, Pamela Kirk Prentice and Renee Boucher Ferguson
Collaboration
“Collaborative Organization” Authors Win 2012 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
MIT Sloan Management Review
New Product Development
A Challenging Question for Innovators
MIT’s Michael Schrage asks: “Who do you want your customers to become?”
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
Talent Management
Employee Profiling That Works: How IDEO Uncovers Hidden Talent
Global design firm IDEO develops rich profiles of employee capabilities and shares them across the organization.
Leslie Brokaw
Innovation Strategy
Is There a Tweaker Driving Innovation On Your Team?
Innovation often comes from tweakers who take existing ideas and turn them into something better.
Leslie Brokaw
Developing Strategy
A Question Every Manager Should Ask (Hint: It Has to Do With Megatrends)
The single best question companies should ask themselves is what megatrends are coming around the corner.
Leslie Brokaw
Business Models
How to Innovate When Platforms Won’t Stop Moving
What are the characteristics that can help guide companies through disruptive transitions?
Michael A. Cusumano, interviewed by Michael S. Hopkins
Marketing Strategy
Why Every Project Needs a Brand (and How to Create One)
Project leaders should frame projects the same way marketing managers frame branding efforts.
Karen A. Brown, Richard Ettenson and Nancy Lea Hyer
Climate Change
Duke Energy’s Plan To Take Over Your Kitchen — and Take Down Your Energy Use
Jim Rogers (Duke Energy), interviewed by Michael S. Hopkins
Collaboration
Why Project Networks Beat Project Teams
Project networks provide the expertise to handle complex, knowledge-intensive team projects.