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Patrick George/Ikon Images What would you do with artificial intelligence if you were confident that it would transform your industry? What actions would you take if you felt that you were at an inflection point in that transformation? Would you try to be an early proponent of AI-first in your industry, or a fast follower?

Matt Kenyon/Ikon Images “Professionalism” encompasses the broad set of shared beliefs and expectations about how people within an industry or workplace should interact with one another: Think communication style, punctuality, or meeting etiquette. But opinions differ: Cameras on? Cameras off? Do meetings start precisely on the hour? Is arriving a few minutes late acceptable or

Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images After several years of AI experiments and pilot initiatives, a crucial question remains open for most companies: How much of a return — and what kinds of returns — are we getting from all of this AI investment? To many executives, AI ROI still often feels more like art than science:

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The Research The authors compared the approaches of prominent corporate venture capital (CVC) units, including those owned by Intel, Cisco, General Electric, Siemens, NTT Docomo, Hitachi, Panasonic, and Sompo. They examined 59 of the most active CVCs tracked by research firm CB Insights from 2017 through 2024 and mapped

DBS Bank believes that innovation is critical to its survival, and to reinforce that objective, it made innovation a KPI representing 20% of every team and individual’s performance review. In this episode of Leaders at All Levels, hosts Katherine W. Isaacs and Michele Zanini speak with Bidyut Dumra, group head of innovation and future of

Today’s episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, the final one of Season 13, explores how Bank of America is preparing a massive global workforce for an AI future through upskilling and reskilling. Bernard Hampton, head of the financial institution’s Academy, explains how the learning and development organization focuses on workforce agility and a

Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images Some of the most spectacular stories of corporate growth revolve around big bets — long-term investments, bold pivots, and major acquisitions. Think of ASML, which pursued next-generation semiconductor manufacturing technologies for more than 30 years; Adobe, which abandoned perpetual licenses in favor of cloud subscriptions; or Disney, which acquired Pixar, Marvel,

As AI agents go beyond the hypothetical and enter actual workflows, many leaders see a gap between the promise and the reality. Are the agents ready? Moreover, are the humans? At the 2026 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, we sought expert perspective and advice. We asked technology and business leaders, “What have you learned this year

AI tools can help teams become faster and more efficient. But as organizations race to integrate artificial intelligence into more workflows, a problem is taking shape: the erosion of the critical thinking skills that leaders value. At the 2026 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, we asked technology and business leaders to answer this question: What is

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The consulting manager took a call at 7:30 p.m., while volunteering at her son’s soccer practice, from an employee who felt “on the verge of quitting.” Later that same week, she responded to texts sent at 2 a.m. from team members who could not sleep amid corporate restructuring and