Skills & Learning
Building the Link Between Learning and Inclusion
Wayfair’s KeyAnna Schmiedl discusses how culture and inclusion are foundational to organizational learning.
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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
Skills & Learning
The Best of This Week
Preparing workers for a digital future, targeted learning, and the emotions of returning to the office.
The MIT SMR Editors
Skills & Learning
How HR Leaders Are Preparing for the AI-Enabled Workforce
Companies are taking different approaches to preparing their workers for the digital future.
Thomas H. Davenport and George Westerman
Skills & Learning
Executing the CEO’s Agenda Through Targeted Learning
Targeted learning can resolve execution problems and social challenges, and drive strategic change.
James Fulton and Todd M. Warner
Skills & Learning
Developing Future-Ready Skills With Peer Coaching
Peer coaching plays a foundational role in developing human skills that technology cannot replace.
Aaron Hurst
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Learning and Development Trends Today — and Beyond the Pandemic
In this Q&A, Skillsoft’s Rashim Mogha discusses learning and development trends and opportunities.
Anne Stuart, MIT SMR Connections
Skills & Learning
An Emerging Landscape of Skills for All
The skills challenge requires shifting initiatives and resources to where they are needed most.
Lynda Gratton
Skills & Learning
How Leaders Can Solve the Learning Dilemma
A new article series explores opportunities to reimagine the future of workplace learning.
Ally MacDonald
Skills & Learning
The Future of Digital Work Depends On More Than Tech Skills
Africa needs more trainees with both tech and employability skills to support its booming digital economy.
Remi Abere and Panos Constantinides
Innovation Strategy
How Temporary Assignments Boost Innovation
Front-line manufacturing workers contribute more valuable ideas after they’re briefly assigned to other company sites.
Philipp B. Cornelius, Bilal Gokpinar, and Fabian J. Sting
Talent Management
Work Without Jobs
To gain business agility, leaders must deconstruct jobs into tasks and deploy workers based on their skills.
Ravin Jesuthasan and John Boudreau
Collaboration
Our Guide to the Winter 2021 Issue
MIT SMR’s winter issue looks at why teams work (or don’t), plus innovation, supply chains, and data for AI.
MIT Sloan Management Review
Talent Management
How Large Companies Can Grow Their Data and Analytics Talent
Companies need to identify the type of talent they need in order to become data-driven.
Thomas H. Davenport
Managing Your Career
Making the Most of Conflicting Advice From Mentors
How do you reap the benefits of conflicting advice from your mentors? Consider these tips for both mentees and mentors.
Elana Feldman and William Kahn
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Fashion Forecasting: Arti Zeighami on Implementing AI at H&M Group
The fashion retailer’s chief data and analytics officer uses agile pilots to assess and scale technology initiatives.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Leadership Skills
The Best of This Week
Finding your best interviewers, key competencies for IT professionals, and how founder CEOs take advice (or don’t).
The MIT SMR Editors
Skills & Learning
The Four Competencies Every IT Workforce Needs
Managers must seek and cultivate new skills in the IT workforce to create digital business value.
Ayse Karaevli, Serden Özcan, and Anja Wintermeyer
Organizational Transformation
Coming Back From the Coronavirus as a Stronger Organization
George Westerman outlines how organizations can focus on digital transformation and more impactful learning strategies to succeed.
George Westerman and Paul Michelman
Skills & Learning
Video Insights from MIT SMR Authors
These mini-lessons are bite-sized insights from MIT SMR authors in four areas: decision-making, leadership, data and analytics, and digital transformation.