Sustainability
Digitizing Products for Sustainability’s Sake
Digitization of physical products and production has become an emerging idea in sustainability.
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Climate Change
Can Industry Self-Regulation Impact Climate Change?
The MIT SMR Strategy Forum examines whether industry self-regulation can mitigate climate change.
Climate Change
Driving Sustainability-Oriented Innovation
Organizations can innovate to address environmental and social problems — but they need to build the right culture.
Thijs H.J. Geradts and Nancy M.P. Bocken
AI & Machine Learning
Using Artificial Intelligence to Promote Diversity
What if, instead of perpetuating harmful biases, AI helped us overcome them?
Paul R. Daugherty, H. James Wilson, and Rumman Chowdhury
Climate Change
Finding Good News for Human Rights After Khashoggi
Jamal Khashoggi’s murder demands moral courage and a principled response from business leaders.
N. Craig Smith and Markus Scholz
Climate Change
Is It up to Business to Save the Planet?
MIT SMR holds a live forum to debate the role of business in solving climate change.
Paul Michelman
Collaboration
Consider Culture When Implementing Agile Practices
Create harmony between agile and your team’s culture.
Balasubramaniam Ramesh, Lan Cao, Jongwoo Kim, Kannan Mohan, Tabitha L. James
Climate Change
Explaining the Business Case for Sustainability Again … and Again … and Again
The question “What’s the business case for sustainability?” has come roaring back in recent years.
Andrew Winston
Climate Change
The High Cost of the Actions We Don’t Take
The only way we can protect what we love is by actively pursuing a stable, just, and sustainable world.
Paul Michelman
Climate Change
Your Organization Is a Network of Conversations
Leaders should realize that companies are fundamentally linguistic entities.
Steve Zaffron and Gregory Unruh
Climate Change
Finding the Middle Ground in a Politically Polarized World
Corporate activism is often framed as “take a stand or be silent.” But other alternatives exist.
N. Craig Smith and Daniel Korschun
Climate Change
A Platform Greater Than Facebook
Upheavals in technology and politics are a wake-up call: It’s time to reconsider our priorities.
Paul Michelman
Climate Change
Blockchain and the Clean, Smart Grid
A blockchain platform for the energy sector could accelerate the transition to renewables.
Andrew Winston
Climate Change
Defining True Sustainability
Most companies have not yet come to terms with what it means to be truly sustainable.
Cory Searcy
Corporate Social Responsibility
Corporate ‘Purpose’ Is No Substitute for Good Governance
Any corporate purpose, however laudatory or noble that mission may be, must be accompanied by strong governance.
David Kiron and Gregory Unruh
Climate Change
The Right Way to Support the Sustainable Development Goals
A company’s support of the U.N.’s SDGs is not necessarily a proxy for doing good.
Robert G. Eccles and Lila Karbassi
Climate Change
How Long-Term Investors Influence Corporate Behavior
BlackRock’s CEO Larry Fink tells the corporate community to “contribute to society” or risk losing his company’s support.
Brian Tomlinson
Climate Change
The Risks of Digital Democracy
Business needs to push back — hard — against cyberthreats to elections.
Gregory Unruh and David Kiron
Sustainability
Supporting Sustainable Development Goals Is Easier Than You Might Think
The 2030 Sustainable Development Goals challenge companies to do well while doing good.
Costanza Consolandi and Robert G. Eccles
Boards & Corporate Governance
Why the Influence of Women on Boards Still Lags
The number of women on corporate boards has risen substantially over the past decade, but the growth rate is slowing. Why?