MIT Sloan Management Review Sustainable Innovation
- The Burden of Proof for Corporate Sustainability Is Too Highby Andrew Winston. <p>Andrew Winston (<a href="https://twitter.com/andrewwinston">@andrewwinston</a>) is a globally recognized expert on how to build resilient, profitable companies that help people and planet thrive. He is coauthor of <cite>Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take</cite> (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021). </p> on October 3, 2023 at 11:00 am
Tang Yau Hoong/Ikon Images Throughout 2023, tech companies have continually laid off workers. The year started with Amazon and Salesforce cutting 18,000 and 8,000 people, respectively, and sector momentum grew into the spring. An article in the April/May 2023 issue of Fortune magazine asserted that companies were “swapping exuberance for efficiency” and pointed out that
- Want More Clarity on Generative AI? Experiment Widelyby Lynda Gratton. <p>Lynda Gratton (<a href="https://twitter.com/lyndagratton">@lyndagratton</a>) is a professor of management practice at London Business School and founder of HSM Advisory. Her most recent book is <cite>Redesigning Work: How to Transform Your Organization and Make Hybrid Work for Everyone</cite> (MIT Press, 2022).</p> on October 2, 2023 at 11:00 am
Thomas Kuhlenbeck / Ikon Images The launch of generative AI represents an era-defining moment. Never before have so many people become so excited by a technology program. Within five days of ChatGPT’s release in November 2022, more than 1 million people (including me) had logged on to try it out. If financial investments are a
- Sound Business: The Promise of Audio Machine Learning Technologiesby Mark Purdy. <p>Mark Purdy (<a href="https://twitter.com/mjpurdyecon">@mjpurdyecon</a>) is managing director of Purdy & Associates, an independent economics and technology research company.</p> on September 28, 2023 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Sounds are everywhere — the chatter and babble of humans and animals, the whirring and thrumming of machines, the background hum of the natural environment, and the murmur of bees on a summer day. These sounds provide crucial input to our decision-making, whether as pedestrians crossing the road or
- Thorny Talent and AI Challenges Now: 5 Experts Speakby Laurianne McLaughlin . <p>Laurianne McLaughlin is senior editor, digital, at <cite>MIT Sloan Management Review</cite>.</p> on September 27, 2023 at 5:00 pm
If you ask leaders about their toughest leadership challenges right now, you’ll hear wide-ranging concerns about both talent management and artificial intelligence. Seeking fresh insights and advice for leaders on both topics, we spoke with MIT Sloan Management Review authors at the most recent Academy of Management (AOM) event in Boston. This distinguished group of
- How to Have Better Strategy Conversations About Monetizing Databy Barbara H. Wixom, Cynthia M. Beath, and Leslie Owens. <p>Barbara H. Wixom is principal research scientist at the MIT Center for Information Systems Research (CISR). Cynthia M. Beath is professor emerita at the University of Texas and a research collaborator at MIT CISR. Leslie Owens is an industry research fellow at MIT CISR. They are the authors of <cite><a href="https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048217/data-is-everybodys-business/">Data Is Everybody’s Business</a></cite> (MIT Press, 2023). </p> on September 27, 2023 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Companies can’t manage what they don’t measure. They also can’t manage what they can’t discuss. Take the term data monetization: Definitions range from the narrowly focused “selling data sets” to the overly broad “creating benefits from data.” Too little consistency among curricula in academia and too much siloed business
- Halt Impostor Syndrome Before It Happensby Angélica S. Gutiérrez. <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelicagutierrez/">Angélica S. Gutiérrez</a> is an associate professor of management at the College of Business Administration at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.</p> on September 26, 2023 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Isabela is an associate at a global management consulting firm, where she started working shortly after earning an MBA from a top business school. Her strong analytical and quantitative skills, coupled with her interpersonal and communication skills, have garnered Isabela high performance ratings. But despite a stellar performance record
- Reconnecting When Network Ties Go Dormantby Emanuela Rondi, Daniel Z. Levin, and Alfredo De Massis. <p>Emanuela Rondi is an associate professor of management at Università degli Studi di Bergamo in Italy. Daniel Z. Levin is a professor of management and global business at Rutgers Business School — Newark and New Brunswick, at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Alfredo De Massis is a professor of entrepreneurship and family business at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy, the Wild Group Chair in Family Business at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland, and a professor at Lancaster University Management School in the United Kingdom.</p> on September 25, 2023 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR We’ve known for a while that relationships that have fallen into a state of inactivity — or become dormant ties — can be resurrected. As people venture back into professional social settings after having experienced pandemic-induced disconnection, they are particularly keen to revive these inactive ties. Such connections have the potential to
- Managing RAI Requires a Central Teamby David Kiron and Steven Mills. on September 21, 2023 at 11:00 am
MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have assembled an international panel of AI experts that includes academics and practitioners to help us gain insights into how responsible artificial intelligence (RAI) is being implemented in organizations worldwide. As companies increase their use of internally developed and third-party AI tools, including large language models, responsibly
- AI Unlocks New Power for Employees: Are HR Leaders Ready?by Josh Bersin. <p>Josh Bersin (<a href="https://twitter.com/josh_bersin">@josh_bersin</a>) is a global industry analyst covering HR, talent, and leadership and is the founder of The Josh Bersin Company. He is the author of the book <cite>Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World’s Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations</cite> (Ideapress, 2022).</p> on September 20, 2023 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images A new dynamic for human resources is upon us: the era of intelligence, driven by artificial intelligence. As we now know from the phenomenon of ChatGPT, generative AI has the potential to unlock trapped information from thousands of sources in an organization. Once a company starts building a large
- Make Culture Unconditionalby Amy Leschke-Kahle. <p>Amy Leschke-Kahle is vice president of talent insights and innovation at ADP.</p> on September 19, 2023 at 11:00 am
Defining, creating, and strengthening a company culture can enhance alignment, connection, and even employee retention. To achieve those bold ambitions, organizations often create complex models, programs, and communication campaigns to share a newly defined culture with employees. This work is often referred to as a “journey” and can last years — but by the time
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