Talent Management
What an FTC Noncompete Ban Could Mean for Workers and Businesses
A Q&A with Evan Starr, who studies how noncompete agreements affect workers and businesses, on the FTC’s proposed ban.
U.S. Public Policy
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Developing Strategy
Every Company Needs a Political Strategy Today
Companies must be prepared to respond strategically to state and federal policies that conflict with stakeholder values.
Blair Levin and Larry Downes
Corporate Social Responsibility
The Importance of Corporate Political Responsibility
Engaging on political policy requires courage when it goes against industry dogma.
Andrew Winston, Elizabeth Doty, and Thomas Lyon
Climate Change
Companies Must Find the Courage to Back Up Statements on Climate Action
Companies are setting big goals on climate change. Why don’t more advocate for climate policies?
Andrew Winston and Paul Polman
Remote Work
The Best of This Week
Practical strategies for hybrid work, linking good intentions to intentional actions, and Daniel Kahneman on “noise.”
The MIT SMR Editors
Supply Chains & Logistics
Rethinking Industry’s Role in a National Emergency
The U.S.’s approach to its Strategic National Stockpile needs to be overhauled before the next pandemic. Here’s how.
ManMohan S. Sodhi and Christopher S. Tang
Diversity & Inclusion
Linking Good Intentions to Intentional Action
Businesses that pledged to support racial equity in 2020 must maintain their commitments to effecting change.
Enrica N. Ruggs and Derek R. Avery
Climate Change
Fossil Fuel Jobs Will Disappear, So Now What?
The U.S. should provide direct financial assistance to people losing oil, gas, and coal jobs.
Andrew Winston and Hunter Lovins
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Money in Politics Faces a Reckoning
The days of claiming to be apolitical while buying influence through donations to politicians should be over.
Andrew Winston
Leadership Skills
Leading in Government Demands the Stewardship of Public Trust
Maintaining public trust — a critical leadership responsibility — can be daunting when trust has suffered grievous harm.
Amy C. Edmondson, Andrew Marshall, and Sally Jewell
IT Governance & Leadership
How Should the Biden Administration Approach Tech Regulation? With Great Care.
The incoming U.S. president should resist overreaching and adopt a tempered approach to tech industry oversight.
Larry Downes
IT Governance & Leadership
Should the U.S. Government Slow Its Roll in Technology Regulation?
An expert on tech industry regulation argues that the Biden administration should step back and let innovation flourish.
Paul Michelman
Social Media
Inside the Hype Machine
MIT Sloan’s Sinan Aral discusses social media as a marketing tool that can have a positive impact — if used ethically.
Paul Michelman
Analytics & Business Intelligence
To Fight Pandemics, We Need Better Data
The U.S. needs professional management and leadership of its health data supply chain.
Thomas H. Davenport, A. Blanton Godfrey, and Thomas C. Redman
Developing Strategy
How Will U.S. Companies Respond to Regulation Rollbacks?
How will companies respond to Trump administration rollbacks of environmental regulations?
Supply Chains & Logistics
Will Restricted U.S. Immigration Drive Business Operations Abroad?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether restrictions on skilled immigration in the United States will cause business to shift operations overseas.
Climate Change
The Risks of Digital Democracy
Business needs to push back — hard — against cyberthreats to elections.
Gregory Unruh and David Kiron
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Why APIs Should Be Regulated
Data audits may be helpful in maintaining balance between data-rich and data-poor companies.
Bala Iyer and Kristen Getchell
Innovation Strategy
Innovation-Based Technology Standards Are Under Threat
When it comes to patent policies, the U.S. system is not broken — so lawmakers shouldn’t fix it.
David J. Kappos
AI & Machine Learning
How AI Will Define New Industries
The most valuable contributions of AI to the economy may be as an adjunct to advancing discoveries.
David Kiron and Gregory Unruh
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