Analytics & Business Intelligence
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The emerging frugal economy, ethical employee surveillance, and building organizational AI capabilities.
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Corporate Social Responsibility
The Rising Frugal Economy
Today’s leaders can reinvent our dysfunctional economy for increased financial, social, and ecological benefits.
Navi Radjou
Leading Change
What New Normal Should We Create?
The disruption triggered by the pandemic is rich with opportunities to fundamentally improve how we live.
Morela Hernandez
Financial Management & Risk
How to Reconcile Your Shareholders With Other Stakeholders
Identify which stakeholders will create long-term value for shareholders.
Paul Strebel, Didier Cossin, and Mahwesh Khan
Developing Strategy
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Pivoting in the pandemic, assessing supplier diversity initiatives, and creating a framework for discussing race.
The MIT SMR Editors
Supply Chains & Logistics
Maximizing the Benefits of B2B Supplier Diversification
Often dismissed as a “feel good” option, B2B supplier diversity initiatives can reap financial rewards.
Simha Mummalaneni and Jonathan Z. Zhang
Leading Change
Organizations Cannot Afford to Stay Silent on Racial Injustice
Leaders must prove their commitment to diversity by acting on the issue of racism and discrimination.
Enrica N. Ruggs and Derek R. Avery
Sustainability
COVID-19, Climate, and the Clean Economy: Gigatrends Changing the World
It’s time to rethink resilience, in the context of sustainability and the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew Winston and Paul Michelman
Organizational Behavior
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Supporting working parents, fighting Zoom fatigue, and redesigning work.
The MIT SMR Editors
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Responsibility in the Digital Era
It’s time to merge sustainability and digitization, too often treated as separate concerns.
Michael Wade
Corporate Social Responsibility
Leading With Your Head and Your Heart
CEOs who manage crises using intuition, logic, and emotion are the best role models.
Navi Radjou and Prasad Kaipa
Corporate Social Responsibility
A Crisis of Ethics in Technology Innovation
Executives face a new ethical paradigm as technology reshapes value chains across industries.
Max Wessel and Nicole Helmer
Leading Change
Building Effective Corporate Engagement on LGBTQ Rights
Companies that advocate for rights issues can improve performance and impact public opinion.
Debbie Haski-Leventhal and Daniel Korschun
Corporate Social Responsibility
A Manifesto for the Middle
We need a new story about what businesses and government can achieve.
R. Edward Freeman and Joseph Burton
AI & Machine Learning
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A human-AI workforce, today’s tech bubble, dealing with deregulation, a misplaced focus on metrics.
The MIT SMR Editors
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
How companies are making AI pay; tread cautiously in a transparent world; CIOs step up their game.
The MIT SMR Editors
Corporate Social Responsibility
Can We End the Crisis of Agency?
In the face of feeling powerless, doing small things can make a huge difference.
Paul Michelman
Analytics & Business Intelligence
What Does an AI Ethicist Do?
Tim O’Brien explains his role as Microsoft’s first full-time manager for AI policy and ethics.
Thomas H. Davenport
AI & Machine Learning
AI Can Help Us Live More Deliberately
Cognitive speed bumps in AI design can prompt users to engage in reflective thought.
Julian Friedland
Climate Change
Can Industry Self-Regulation Impact Climate Change?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether industry self-regulation can mitigate climate change.