Disruption
Beware the Pitfalls of Agility
Agility can lead to negative outcomes if leaders don’t recognize the pitfalls in its processes.
Resource Management
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Brewing Up a Blockchain Solution for Supply Chain Transparency
Learn how EY helped Italian beer maker Birra Peroni use blockchain to meet sustainability goals.
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Developing Strategy
The Best of This Week
Accelerating strategy breakthroughs, transforming the supply chain, and contextualizing office space.
The MIT SMR Editors
Supply Chains & Logistics
Data, Not Digitalization, Transforms the Post-Pandemic Supply Chain
Digitalization can’t deliver agility or reliability unless you first determine data access, quality, and lineage.
Michael Schrage
Developing Strategy
Office Space — Sized Extra Large
The pandemic may bring sweeping changes to economic and workplace structures we take for granted.
Bruce Posner and Elizabeth Heichler
Innovation Strategy
If You Cut Employees Some Slack, Will They Innovate?
Giving people extra time and resources can boost innovation — but only if you match your “slack strategy” to employee type.
Yasser Rahrovani, Alain Pinsonneault, and Robert D. Austin
Collaboration
Fostering a Team-Oriented Culture at John Hancock
John Hancock’s chief marketing officer describes how the legacy company is organizing for digital.
Barbara Goose (John Hancock Financial Services Inc.), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane
Collaboration
Let Talent Drive Digital Maturity
Focused on internal networking and upskilling, the marketing organization at John Hancock is well-positioned to compete in a digital world.
Lindsay Sutton (John Hancock Financial Services Inc.), interviewed by Gerald C. Kane
Business Models
Building Scalable Business Models
Many successful companies today leverage business model scalability to achieve profitable growth.
Christian Nielsen and Morten Lund
Business Models
Competing With Ordinary Resources
Not every company needs to be built around a strong brand, exceptional talent or exclusive technology.
Frédéric Fréry, Xavier Lecocq and Vanessa Warnier
Leverage Points for Creating a Sustainable World
Innovation coupled with voluntary “limits to growth” are key to creating a more sustainable world.
Predictive Policing: Working the Odds to Prevent Future Crimes
Police in Santa Cruz, California, are using a computer program to predict where crimes might take place and using that information to deploy resources.
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