Innovation

An expert on tech industry regulation argues that the Biden administration should step back and let innovation flourish.

Workforce ecosystems, machine discovery, human-machine collaboration, and the inventor of Wikipedia.

Wikipedia’s creation required the determined efforts of an unconventional, original thinker.

New technologies can help solve critical global problems in energy, medicine, and urban planning.

Innovating remotely, changing strategically, and piloting AI projects.

The most popular articles of 2020 gave companies and leaders insights on navigating disruption, uncertainty, and change.

There are differences between what constitutes a successful early AI pilot and success in other types of  IT ventures.

New research reveals steps that can help remote teams boost innovation and create customer value.

Crisis-driven innovation, self-sufficient production, and data to boost diversity.

The pandemic has demonstrated the potential of self-sufficient production. Is this the future?

The drive to develop new ideas and foster change during an emergency can be cultivated even without a crisis.

Learn how to navigate post-pandemic supply chains in this recent webinar with MIT professor Yossi Sheffi.

“Category kings” make three common but avoidable mistakes that open the door to competitors.

Porsche is accelerating innovation by emphasizing the need for collaboration between humans and AI technology.

Managers must seek and cultivate new skills in the IT workforce to create digital business value.

AI is a powerful tool for innovation when leaders communicate its benefits.

Rapid exploration and experimentation often outperform a more deliberative approach to problem-solving.

The Fall 2020 issue of MIT SMR offers leaders new strategies for an uncertain business environment.

The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed social norms. Although there will be enormous challenges ahead, these changes nonetheless offer business leaders an opportunity to create a future that’s different from — and better than — the prepandemic “business as usual.”

Developing truly innovative strategy requires workshopping your own company’s disruption.