AI & Machine Learning
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Climate Change
How Will Companies Respond to the Risk of Climate Change?
Our experts weigh in on whether corporations are now planning for the risks climate change poses.
Technology Innovation Strategy
How Leading Organizations Are Getting the Most Value From IT
The most challenging path for systems evolution is also the most rewarding.
Paul R. Daugherty, H. James Wilson, Bhaskar Ghosh, and Prashant Shukla
Analytics & Business Intelligence
The 360-Degree Approach to Digital Reinvention
IBM’s Mark Foster discusses what makes digital transformations succeed — and why it takes humanity.
Paul Michelman
AI & Machine Learning
The Best of This Week
Sparking creative cultures, three lessons for smart leaders, and better job interviewing.
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Business Models
Fighting the Gravity of Average Performance
Companies looking to become market leaders face two challenges: getting ahead — and staying there.
Martin Reeves, Kevin Whitaker, and Tom Deegan
AI & Machine Learning
Why the ‘Just Do Something’ Strategy for AI Won’t Work
AI strategy will only get big results if companies focus on what AI can do at scale.
Paul Michelman
Developing Strategy
How to Succeed Without Being the Smartest Person in the Room
Successful leaders establish missions, facilitate decision-making, and eliminate obstacles.
Jeanne Ross
Automation
How to Avoid All-or-Nothing Thinking in Your Tech Strategy
Three crucial steps can help companies overcome legacy approaches — without automating everything.
Max Simkoff
Developing Strategy
Preparing for the Risky World of Extended Reality
Six risks that business leaders can begin to strategize around now.
Laurence Morvan, Francis Hintermann, and Armen Ovanessoff
Boards & Corporate Governance
Don’t Set Your Next CEO Up to Fail
At the heart of many botched appointments is the lack of a clear mandate.
Thomas Keil and Marianna Zangrillo
Global Strategy
Why Multinationals Should Consider Geographic Complexity First
New research offers companies a framework for managing successful country portfolios.
Stephen A. Wilson and Megan Beck
Developing Strategy
The Five Bestselling MIT SMR Articles of 2019
Getting ahead of industry disruption, successful frameworks for strategic decision-making, and creating value through customer experience.
Ally MacDonald
Developing Strategy
Should Antitrust Intervene to Break Up Big Tech?
How should antitrust policy shape the future of Big Tech?
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Every Number Tells a Story
No matter how compelling it seems, data alone won’t win people over unless infused with a story.
Paul Michelman
Developing Strategy
Don’t Let Metrics Critics Undermine Your Business
The true underperformers in this digital disruption era are not measures but their managers.
Michael Schrage
Developing Strategy
How Will U.S. Companies Respond to Regulation Rollbacks?
How will companies respond to Trump administration rollbacks of environmental regulations?
Business Models
Winning With AI
Early AI winners align organizational and business strategies to build value and manage risk.
Sam Ransbotham, Shervin Khodabandeh, Ronny Fehling, Burt LaFountain, and David Kiron
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Why Analytics Don’t Always Pay Off in the Playoffs
Why do workable analytics-based strategies always seem to fail when the playoffs start?
Ben Shields and Paul Michelman
Customers
Digital Transformation Should Start With Customers
Major makeovers should benefit — and be noticed by — those who buy a company’s products and services.