Leading Change

Articulating an emotionally engaging higher purpose for their companies helps leaders drive innovation.

Megan Reitz shares insights on managing in an era of employee activism.

Data analysis reveals the top reasons behind the Great Resignation and actions managers can take to reduce attrition.

MIT SMR’s expert contributors weigh in on the skills and strategies managers should embrace in the year ahead.

Day Two of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of workplace culture, good jobs, and employee development.

Day One of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of employee activism, DEI best practices, and collaboration.

Driving culture change with organizational network analysis, responding strategically to cyberattacks, and building human rights strategies.

Use network analysis to identify barriers to cultural change and spread new organizational values in targeted ways.

Business-led coalitions for local prosperity are a growing phenomenon capturing the attention of CEOs.

Robert Chesnut, Airbnb’s first chief ethics officer, shares his experience shaping ethical technology policies.

The specific cultural factors that predict whether employees are happy (and will stay) aren’t what you might think.

This Strategy Guide shares insights on AI use for strategic advantage and positive societal impact.

Businesses that don’t understand the connection between business transformation and culture change risk obsolescence.

New value creation with strategic data assets, in-store shopping to build customer loyalty, and habits to enable enduring culture change.

Top MIT SMR article topics include work and strategy redesign, and developing leadership skills for the hybrid future.

Culture change starts with new actions, not with business leaders identifying or articulating a desired culture.

New research on retail profitability, the promise of platform-based business models, and retraining employees to meet revised strategic priorities.

Companies must retrain their employees to fill the roles most closely aligned with their revised strategic directions.

The pandemic has upended business. Let’s consider how managers should respond.

Knowing why racial equity initiatives provoke opposition can help you lead employees through change.