Developing Strategy
The Best of This Week
Identifying postcrisis opportunities, marketing to nonbinary genders, and prioritizing during supply chain disruption.
Strategy
Latest
IT Governance & Leadership
Evolving CIOs: The Customer Experience Priority
As the CIO function becomes more strategic, these executives focus on customer experience.
Stephen J. Andriole and Allison Ryder
Developing Strategy
Looking for Opportunity in the Midst of Crisis
A new survey of global business leaders reveals key insights about strategic focus amid the COVID-19 crisis.
Michael Watkins and Michael Yaziji
Innovation Strategy
Welcome to Disruption 2020
MIT SMR editor in chief Paul Michelman kicks off the Disruption 2020 Virtual event.
Paul Michelman and Karen Dillon
Innovation Strategy
How Leaders Delude Themselves About Disruption: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
There are four common misconceptions that leaders often succumb to when thinking about disruptive innovation.
Scott D. Anthony, Michael Putz, and Paul Michelman
Innovation Strategy
To Disrupt or Not to Disrupt? A Live Session at Disruption 2020
To ensure success, entrepreneurs need to create two business plans: one for disruption and one for cooperation.
Joshua Gans and Karen Dillon
Boards & Corporate Governance
Ethics in Technology Innovation: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
SAP’s Max Wessel explains why advisory board guidance is critical in innovation.
Max Wessel and Karen Dillon
Business Model Innovation
The New Disrupters: A Live Session at Disruption 2020
The current pandemic presents an opportunity for creativity to rethink skills development, worker protections, and health care.
Rita Gunther McGrath and Paul Michelman
Talent Management
Connecting Worker Satisfaction With Opportunity
Explore the data behind the 2020 MIT SMR/Deloitte Future of the Workforce Global Executive Survey and Research Report.
Sustainability & Supply Chains
COVID-19, Climate, and the Clean Economy: Gigatrends Changing the World
It’s time to rethink resilience, in the context of sustainability and the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Andrew Winston and Paul Michelman
Developing Strategy
Will COVID-19 Make Companies Rethink Cities?
Our panel of academic experts discusses whether COVID-19 may push companies to migrate out of cities.
Leading Change
Webinar: Leading Through a Crisis Day-by-Day
A webinar to help leaders proactively respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
Eric J. McNulty and Paul Michelman
Leadership Skills
The Best of This Week
Time signals you send employees, overcoming interview mistakes, and workspaces that inspire and energize.
The MIT SMR Editors
Boards & Corporate Governance
Boards Can Guide Businesses Through a Crisis
Boards of directors can help leaders identify critical survival factors and uncover new opportunities.
Rutger von Post and Robert C. Pozen
Operations
Your Business Is Too Complex to Be Digital
To compete digitally, leaders must attack the complexity that comes from layers of legacy systems.
Jeanne Ross
Marketing Strategy
Growth Opportunities for Brands During the COVID-19 Crisis
Small and midtier brands have unique opportunities to provide value in the new consumer environment.
Jonathan Knowles, Richard Ettenson, Patrick Lynch, and Joseph Dollens
Talent Management
Opportunity Marketplaces
The most effective human capital investment initiatives have a common core: opportunity.
Michael Schrage, Jeff Schwartz, David Kiron, Robin Jones, and Natasha Buckley
Boards & Corporate Governance
The Role of the Board Chair During a Crisis
Surviving a crisis requires a strong working relationship between a company’s board chair and CEO.
Achim Schmitt, Gilbert Probst, and Michael Tushman
Leadership Skills
Leading Through a Crisis Day by Day
Harvard’s Eric McNulty shares lessons from past crises that leaders can apply during the current pandemic.
Paul Michelman
Talent Management
The Best of This Week
How peer coaching can help remote workers and reshaping leadership imperatives now and for the future.