Data & Data Culture
How Lufthansa Shapes Data-Driven Transformation Leaders
Lufthansa launched an effective program to turn all its leaders into data leaders and propel its digital transformation.
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Talent Management
The Politics of Place and What It Means for Talent Strategy
Local politics are shaping workforce retention. Learn three ways leaders can navigate the tensions.
Kimberly Merriman
Supply Chains & Logistics
A Tale of Two Hot Sauces: Spicing Up Diversification
The dueling fortunes of two hot sauce companies demonstrate the power of strategic diversification.
Achal Bassamboo and James G. Conley
Corporate Social Responsibility
Creating Values-Driven Business Value
Using values to guide decisions can benefit customers and improve operations and the bottom line.
Daniel Aronson and Abbie Lundberg
Organizational Transformation
How AT&T Employees Turned Process Gripes Into $230 Million Saved
AT&T’s Project Raindrops lets employees kill annoying or outdated processes and tools. Check out key lessons.
Jeremy Legg
Platforms & Ecosystems
Health Care Platforms Need a Strategy Overhaul
Researchers share a three-part approach to help leaders of digital health platforms manage and scale their businesses.
Marcus Holgersson, Joakim Björkdahl, Anna Essén, and Johan Frishammar
New Markets, New Opportunities: Identifying Where — and How — to Make Your Play
Generative AI, health care platforms, and corporate venture capital highlight the many adopt-or-avoid decisions facing business leaders in the current innovation climate.
Organizational Transformation
Why You Should Give Employees Skin in the Game
Chairman and CEO Vicente Reynal explains why Ingersoll Rand extended equity ownership to all of its employees.
Vicente Reynal, interviewed by MIT Sloan Management Review
Global Strategy
Reality Check: Deglobalization
There’s a widespread belief that U.S. companies are increasingly choosing to deglobalize. But is that really happening?
Omri Nahmias
Executing Strategy
The Future of Strategic Measurement: Enhancing KPIs With AI
Smart organizations need smarter KPIs. This report outlines how leaders can create and capture value from smart KPIs.
Michael Schrage, David Kiron, François Candelon, Shervin Khodabandeh, and Michael Chu
Customers
Firing the Right Customers Is Good Business
Use evidence-based criteria to decide when to drop unprofitable customers in order to better serve your profitable ones.
Carsten Pedersen and Thomas Ritter
AI & Machine Learning
Preparing Your Organization for a Generative Future
This webinar from MIT SMR offers guidance to help business leaders thoughtfully plan a generative AI implementation.
George Westerman, Tom Peck, and Abbie Lundberg
AI & Machine Learning
Finding Transformation Opportunities With Generative AI
This webinar from MIT SMR explores key areas in which generative AI could transform existing ways of doing business.
George Westerman, Noémie Ellezam, and Abbie Lundberg
AI & Machine Learning
Generative AI Demystified: What It Really Means for Business
This webinar from MIT SMR covers the basics of generative AI and explores business use cases for the emerging technology.
George Westerman, Sam Ransbotham, and Abbie Lundberg
Security & Privacy
Adding Cybersecurity Expertise to Your Board
Regulators want better cybersecurity oversight by corporate boards. Here’s how to find a qualified expert director.
Chon Abraham, Sasha Cohen O’Connell, Iria Giuffrida, and Ronald R. Sims
Business Models
Are Everywhere Stores the New Face of Retail?
Brands and retailers should be thinking more expansively about where they engage with customers to sell their products.
David R. Bell, Santiago Gallino, and Antonio Moreno
Sustainability
Get Ready for More Transparent Sustainability Reporting
Mandatory sustainability reporting will help companies show investors how they intend to manage risk and create value.
Richard Barker
Boards & Corporate Governance
Make Better Allies of Your Workforce
Leaders can avoid labor disputes by communicating with employees and seeking their input in corporate governance.
Ayse Karaevli and Serden Özcan
Crisis Management
The Rise of Exit Bans and Hostage-Taking in China
Foreign companies in China should prepare for the possible detention of their executives if a business dispute arises.
Jack Wroldsen and Chris Carr
AI & Machine Learning
Governance for Smarter KPIs
Effective governance enables KPIs to evolve, remain aligned with strategic goals, and gain workers’ and managers’ trust.