Executing Strategy
When Gradual Change Beats Radical Transformation
Evolutionary digital transformation may work better than radical change for some companies.
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Developing Strategy
Open Up Your Strategy
A more inclusive strategy-making process is needed when disruptions come from all directions.
Business Models
Critical Success Factors for Achieving ROI From AI Initiatives
Tom Davenport and Laks Srinivasan share findings from a recent Return on AI Institute study for which they interviewed more than 45 executives about their organizations’ uses of artificial intelligence.
Innovation Strategy
Adopt Open Strategy to Fuel Innovation
Kurt Matzler and Julia Hautz outline a framework leaders can adopt to spur innovation and compete against digital-first companies.
Disruption
Disruption as a Platform for Continuous Innovation
Gerald C. (Jerry) Kane, Rich Nanda, and Anh Phillips, authors of the book The Transformation Myth, outline the traits and principles essential for adapting to disruption, especially following the COVID-19 pandemic.
Culture
The Best of This Week
Transforming organizational culture, strategizing with soul, and harnessing the potential of digital twins.
Executing Strategy
Strategy as a Way of Life
Conventional ways of making strategy are inadequate amid uncertainty and complexity. Today, it requires moral purpose.
Organizational Transformation
Digital Transformation After the Pandemic
George Westerman outlines how companies can re-think their assumptions about operating in a digital world post-pandemic.
Developing Strategy
Why Good Arguments Make Better Strategy
Creating consistently great business strategies demands systematic constructive debate and logical rigor.
Leading Change
How to Reduce the Risk of Colliding Change Initiatives
New research points to consistency as a pivotal success factor when companies launch concurrent change initiatives.
Executing Strategy
How Would-Be Category Kings Become Commoners
“Category kings” make three common but avoidable mistakes that open the door to competitors.
AI & Machine Learning
Expanding AI’s Impact With Organizational Learning
Companies that change processes to facilitate organizational learning with AI realize the biggest business value.
Crisis Management
Responding to Crises With Speed and Agility
The pandemic has shown how both speed and agility can help drive global business during a crisis.
Executing Strategy
Making Better Decisions
In these three mini lessons, experts from MIT Sloan discuss how to use data and collaborative feedback to improve decision-making for your organization.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Driving Growth in Digital Ecosystems
Digital ecosystem growth depends on two partnering capabilities: digital readiness and curation.
Innovation Strategy
Innovation’s Uncertainty Factor
Three uncertainties confront any disruptive innovation: technology, ecosystem, and business model.
Developing Strategy
12 Essential Strategy Insights
We’ve collected 12 popular strategy articles to help leaders facing new challenges sharpen their strategic thinking.
Executing Strategy
Don’t Let Your Strategy Be Hijacked
Strategy hijacks — situations in which companies must adjust their strategies due to consumer backlash — can be predicted and avoided.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Create a Crisis Growth Plan: Start With Opportunity Marketplaces
Opportunity marketplaces sustain employment, reveal untapped worker capabilities, and motivate workers in new ways.
Innovation Strategy
Accelerating Innovation Through a Network of Ecosystems
Use a networked approach to manage distributed innovation across teams, units, and regions.