Strategy
Improve Workflows by Managing Bottlenecks
Learn how to design work systems and resource portfolios to address bottlenecks that affect company performance.
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Boards & Corporate Governance
How to Sabotage Your Board
Be on the lookout for these practices that prevent boards of directors from functioning effectively.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Immersive Commerce: Early Lessons From Walmart
The retailer’s experiments in immersive commerce offer marketing leaders lessons on reaching a new set of consumers.
Ethics
Ethically Sourced Creativity: Shutterstock’s Alessandra Sala
On the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Alessandra Sala shares how Shutterstock’s photo library incorporates responsible AI.
Boards & Corporate Governance
Build a Better Board
Board committees are key to strong corporate governance. Learn five ways to maximize the effectiveness of their members.
Organizational Transformation
Three Traps When Reinventing Your Company
In this video, learn how to avoid the most common pitfalls leaders face during a pivot in corporate strategy.
Sustainability
Don’t Bet Against the Move to Clean Energy
The green energy transition is underway — and inaction is a risky business bet.
Leading Change
Business, Politics, and Cultivating Resilience
MIT SMR’s fall 2024 issue highlights the need for personal and organizational resilience amid global uncertainty.
Leadership Skills
Build the Right C-Suite Team for Your Strategy
CEOs can foster a more effective C-suite by better balancing the tension between collaboration and competition.
Culture
The Four Guardrails That Enable Agility
Defining constraints can help large companies foster both employee autonomy and organizational and strategic alignment.
Leading Change
What It Means for Companies to Act Their Age
As companies proceed through the business life cycle, they need to adapt their strategies to fit the stage they’re in.