Operations
Skills & Learning A Paradox No More: Investing in Automation and People
Companies upskilling their workforce are less likely to be caught flat-footed by broad tech changes.
Michael B. Horn and C.J. Jackson
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Analytics & Business Intelligence
Machine Learning and Data Analytics in the Pandemic Era
Jeffrey D. Camm et al.
Technology Innovation Strategy
The Promise of Self-Sufficient Production
Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld et al.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Reshaping Supply Chains for a Post-Pandemic World
Yossi Sheffi and Paul Michelman
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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.
Bernadine J. Dykes et al.
IT Governance & Leadership
The Enterprise Systems That Companies Need to Create
Three strategies lead to technology transformations that create value and enable ongoing innovation.
David Waller and Paul Beswick
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Data Governance in the 21st-Century Organization
Executed well, good data governance can fuel digital innovation without compromising security.
Gregory Vial
Leading Change
Decentralizing Your Operating and Talent Models the Right Way
To operate their companies effectively worldwide, leaders need to rethink how work gets done, and where.
Alec Levenson
Technology Implementation
Working With Robots in a Post-Pandemic World
Despite advances in automation, good people and good techniques remain essential to manual work.
Matt Beane and Erik Brynjolfsson
Financial Management & Risk
Boosting Business Value by Reducing COVID-19 Transmission Risk
Risk mitigation is an important new priority for business operations during the pandemic.
Seth G. Benzell et al.
Supply Chains & Logistics
Data, Not Digitalization, Transforms the Post-Pandemic Supply Chain
Digitalization can’t deliver agility or reliability unless you first determine data access, quality, and lineage.
Michael Schrage
Supply Chains & Logistics
Maximizing the Benefits of B2B Supplier Diversification
Often dismissed as a “feel good” option, B2B supplier diversity initiatives can reap financial rewards.
Simha Mummalaneni and Jonathan Z. Zhang
Supply Chains & Logistics
Who Gets What When Supply Chains Are Disrupted?
Past disruptions reveal how both ends of the supply chain can best handle product shortages.
Yossi Sheffi
Leading Change
Making Remote Work Work
MIT researcher Kristine Dery shares how to make remote work an opportunity for employees to excel.