Innovation Strategy

Sustaining innovation when a visionary founder steps down requires that all employees be given the license to innovate.

Front-line manufacturing workers contribute more valuable ideas after they’re briefly assigned to other company sites.

An innovation framework for COVID-19, circular business models, and the advantages of a diverse board.

A framework to help leaders understand how they weathered COVID-19 and to keep leveraging their new innovation skills.

Societies shaped by individualism may have an edge when it comes to growth through 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.

Innovating remotely, changing strategically, and piloting AI projects.

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

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

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.

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

Strategically guarding against panic, passivity, and impulsivity can help companies cope with uncertainty.

Strategizing for change, leading with agility, and developing AI strategy.

A fundamental source of confusion about change is the use of that single term — change — to refer to three distinct strategies.