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- The Three Obstacles Slowing Responsible AIby Öykü Işık and Ankita Goswami. <p>Öykü Işık is professor of digital strategy and cybersecurity at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). Ankita Goswami is an external researcher at IMD.</p> on October 28, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Anna & Elena Balbusso/theispot.com In October 2023, New York City released its AI action plan, publicly committing to the responsible and transparent use of artificial intelligence. The plan included guiding principles — accountability, fairness, transparency — and the creation of a new role to oversee their responsible implementation: the algorithm management and policy officer. But
- Personalization and Innovation in a Regulated Industry: Experian’s Kathleen Petersby Sam Ransbotham. <p><cite>Me, Myself, and AI</cite> is a podcast produced by <cite>MIT Sloan Management Review</cite> and hosted by Sam Ransbotham. It is engineered by David Lishansky and produced by Allison Ryder.</p> <p><a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/sam-ransbotham/">Sam Ransbotham</a> is a professor in the information systems department at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, as well as guest editor for <cite>MIT Sloan Management Review</cite>’s Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Big Ideas initiative.</p> on October 28, 2025 at 11:00 am
Kathleen Peters brings a background with digital communications companies and tech startups to her role as Experian’s chief innovation officer. On this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Kathleen shares a bit about Experian’s Innovation Lab, outlining some of its projects and explaining how the recent democratization of generative AI tools has made
- Investing in AI Payoffs at Vanguardby Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean. <p>Thomas H. Davenport (<a href="https://x.com/tdav" target="_blank">@tdav</a>) is the President’s Distinguished Professor of Information Technology and Management and faculty director of the Metropoulos Institute for Technology and Entrepreneurship at Babson College, and a fellow of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy. His latest book is <cite>The New Science of Customer Relationships: Delivering the One-to-One Promise With AI</cite> (Wiley, 2025). Randy Bean (<a href="https://x.com/RandyBeanNVP" target="_blank">@randybeannvp</a>) has been an adviser to Fortune 1000 organizations on data and AI leadership for over four decades. He is the author of <cite>Fail Fast, Learn Faster: Lessons in Data-Driven Leadership in an Age of Disruption, Big Data, and AI</cite> (Wiley, 2021).</p> on October 27, 2025 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Vanguard Group, an asset management company with a mere $11 trillion or so in assets under management, is a rather successful organization. It’s been in business for 50 years as of this year, but its growth over time has been propelled by an unusual combination of factors for a
- What It Takes to Lead Your Team Through Turbulenceby Yasin Rofcanin, Benjamin Laker, Chidiebere Ogbonnaya, and Rifat Kamasak. <p>Yasin Rofcanin is a professor of organizational psychology and human resource management at the University of Bath. Benjamin Laker (<a href="https://twitter.com/drbenlaker" target="_blank">@drbenlaker</a>) is a professor of leadership at Henley Business School at the University of Reading. Chidiebere Ogbonnaya is a professor in human resource management at King’s Business School at King’s College London. Rifat Kamasak is an associate professor in entrepreneurship at Henley Business School.</p> on October 23, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Otto Dettmer/Ikon Images As geopolitical shocks, civil unrest, and viral news cycles unfold in real time, the boundaries between the outside world and the workplace are increasingly porous. Political protests, public demonstrations, and national crises don’t just dominate headlines — they influence the conversations, emotions, and the daily lives of employees. For leaders, this presents
- How the Best CEOs Find the Next Phase of Growthby Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram (Vik) Malhotra, and Kurt Strovink. <p>Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram (Vik) Malhotra are senior partners at McKinsey & Co. and coauthors of the New York Times bestselling book <cite>CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders From the Rest</cite> (Scribner, 2022). Kurt Strovink is a senior partner at McKinsey and is a coauthor of <cite>The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out</cite> (Portfolio, 2024).</p> on October 23, 2025 at 11:00 am
Joey Guidone/theispot.com Between three and five years into their tenure, the best CEOs typically take what they’ve learned and, thinking like an outsider, create the next performance S-curve for their company. The concept of the S-curve is that for any strategy, there’s a period of slow initial progress as the strategy is formed and initiatives
- Surprise: Corporate Sustainability Isn’t Deadby Andrew Winston. <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewwinston/" target="_blank">Andrew Winston</a> is a globally recognized expert on how to build resilient, profitable companies that help people and the planet thrive. He is the Thinkers50 third-ranked management thinker in the world and coauthor of <cite>Net Positive: How Courageous Companies Thrive by Giving More Than They Take</cite> (Harvard Business Review Press, 2021).</p> on October 22, 2025 at 11:00 am
Fabien Gilbert/Ikon Images Every year, timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly meeting — apparently to ensure maximum traffic jams — thousands of people descend on New York City to talk climate. A series of over 1,000 events all across Manhattan, under the banner of Climate Week, gives a snapshot of where we are
- How Design Became a Boardroom Bystanderby Niklas Mortensen. <p>Niklas Mortensen is chief design officer at Designit.</p> on October 21, 2025 at 11:00 am
Doval/Ikon Images In November 2022, Meta laid off 13% of its workforce — 11,000 employees. Among the hardest hit: the design and user experience teams. Just months later, Twitter’s new ownership eliminated most of its design staff. Amazon, Netflix, and dozens of other tech giants followed suit. Executives are questioning whether design is still delivering
- What’s Your Edge? Rethinking Expertise in the Age of AIby Ravikiran Kalluri. <p>Ravikiran Kalluri is an assistant teaching professor at Northeastern University.</p> on October 20, 2025 at 11:00 am
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images A CEO recently posed a question to me that’s been keeping executives awake: “If my junior analyst can get the same AI-generated insights as my senior strategist, why am I paying for expertise?” It’s not hyperbole to say that we’re witnessing an unprecedented democratization of knowledge. Information that was
- How to Return to Office Without Painful Mandatesby MIT Sloan Management Review. on October 16, 2025 at 11:00 am
Return-to-office mandates are often touted as the best way to rebuild corporate culture, but they are frequently a top-down directive that in practice can have the opposite effect. Bringing teams together in person in tactical ways, though, is still important. When done right, in-office time together can strengthen team bonds and boost morale. In this
- Integrate Sustainability and Innovation to Find New Opportunitiesby Ivanka Visnjic, Felipe Monteiro, Michael Tushman, and Ernesto Ciorra. <p>Ivanka Visnjic is a professor of innovation at Esade Business School. Felipe Monteiro is a senior affiliate professor of strategy at Insead. Michael Tushman is professor emeritus and a senior fellow at Harvard Business School. Ernesto Ciorra is an adjunct professor of innovation management at Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome.</p> on October 15, 2025 at 5:00 pm
Patrick George/Ikon Image The Research The authors conducted in-depth case studies of five companies that are recognized as global innovation leaders actively pursuing ambitious sustainability objectives in a range of industries. As part of this work, coauthor Ernesto Ciorra shared his firsthand experiences as the former chief innovation and sustainability officer at Enel, one of
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