Innovation

To launch successful products that delight customers, companies need a new approach to data analytics.

How to boost innovation capacity and institutional pride, and addressing tech inequity and the ethics of automation.

Companies must think critically about how to address the issue of technology access and inequity throughout the COVID-19 crisis.

External innovation is a way to broaden your portfolio, not a substitute for internal innovation.

CEOs who manage crises using intuition, logic, and emotion are the best role models.

The world’s unbanked populations represent a compelling social need and a tremendous economic opportunity.

Swarm systems draw input from individuals and use algorithms to optimize system performance in real time.

Adjusting business strategies and plotting comebacks in the face of uncertainty.

Amid pandemic-driven market changes, opportunities await organizations that proactively adjust their business strategies.

Pharma’s existing model may be a liability in the race to develop drugs and vaccines to combat COVID-19.

Managing remote work, leading in a crisis, and governing successful digital initiatives.

Columbia’s Rita McGrath discusses how traditional businesses can compete with innovative upstarts.

Fueled by technology growth and dependence, digital pollution profoundly impacts society but can be difficult to detect.

The MIT SMR site is open to all through March 26 so readers can learn about crisis management.

The Future Today Institute’s Amy Webb discusses 11 ways disruption can sneak up on organizations.

Disruption detection and delusions, ethical implications of new technologies, and nudge engines.

This special issue looks at what it will take to innovate and compete over the next decade.

Clayton Christensen was more interested in getting to the right answer than in being right.

Executives face a new ethical paradigm as technology reshapes value chains across industries.

Think you’re aware of the forces that might disrupt your company? Your lens may be far too narrow.