EmTech 2013 day three: Climates of yes
Guest Blogger: Doña Keating is President and CEO of Professional Options, a prominent innovator in the leadership, policy and management consulting industry which provides solutions for businesses,...
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Many global business organizations develop and manage complex systems with multiple interacting parts. In an effort to become more effective, efficient, and profitable in the face of growing...
View ArticleMobile money on the rise
While the developed world continues trudging through a slow economic recovery, parts of the developing world’s economy are being rapidly transformed by a new form of disruptive technology: mobile...
View ArticleThe “Good Jobs Strategy”
Consumers can help the economy not by just choosing to buy goods, but also by being selective in where they buy goods. Zeynep Ton, Adjunct Associate Professor of Operations Management at MIT’s Sloan...
View ArticleYes, a robot may take your job
Smart machines are everywhere we go. They’re on the plant floor manufacturing our cars, and they are in our grocery stores scanning our purchases. In the case of the iPhone and Siri, they are even in...
View ArticleAre we all just becoming points of data?
While seemingly new, analytics have been used in sports for decades. After all, what was then-called Rotisserie League baseball (now Fantasy League) was all about picking baseball players based on...
View ArticleHealthcare.gov: a management issue
Much of the blame around the Healthcare.gov website—a web-based insurance marketplace established by the 2010 Affordable Healthcare Act—has focused on the fact that the site couldn’t handle the amount...
View ArticleFour must-have skills for today’s leaders
Most of today’s leadership literature focuses on the two most popular forms of leadership: the visionary leader—the charismatic transformational leader who inspires, or the relationship leader—the...
View ArticleHeeding contagion—preventing another economic crisis
The U.S. is unflinching in its optimism and ability to move forward after a crisis, such as the 2008 recession. And yet the drawback to this reflex is the ability to quickly forget what landed us in...
View ArticleDoes the return of manufacturing to the U.S. mean more jobs?
The return of manufacturing to the U.S., also referred to as the “repatriation” or “re-shoring” by American and non-American companies alike, on the surface sounds like good news for employment....
View ArticleLaunching a successful start-up #1: The brainstorming phase
This is the first post in a series on launching a successful startup. One of the most common mistakes new entrepreneurs make is trying to be everything to everyone in the hopes of increasing their...
View ArticleBusiness success in the U.S. doesn’t guarantee international success
Today, companies large and small are expanding their operations globally for a variety of reasons: lower labor costs, the possibility of a skilled talent pool, and the anticipation of newer, more...
View ArticleHow the digital marketplace is redefining customer relationships
Many people today buy their household telecommunications services—house landlines, Internet access, and digital TV—in bundles. Yet go to the average telecommunications services provider’s website and...
View ArticlePost PRISM: The relationship between innovation and privacy
In the aftermath of whistleblower Edward Snowden and the ongoing press coverage of the National Security Association’s (NSA) clandestine surveillance program, the political ramifications of all of the...
View ArticleMapping risk with the Beer Game
As MIT Sloan Professor John Sterman told MIT Technology Review, “there’s no actual beer in the Beer Game.” Instead, it’s an exercise for MIT Sloan students that simulates the supply chain of the beer...
View ArticleLaunching a successful start-up #2: Finding the sweet spot
This is the second post in a series on launching a successful startup. In his book,Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup, Bill Aulet, Managing Director of the Martin Trust...
View ArticleInside the Big Data 4Dx experience
Online learning technologies have been around for years. But can they really be immersive and experiential? The answer, as discovered by the participants of last year’s Big Data 4Dx class, is yes. The...
View ArticleThe role of employee satisfaction in successful airline mergers
In early November, the Justice Department settled its suit blocking the merger of American Airlines and US Airways and, this month, the merger was completed. The original suit claimed “airline...
View ArticleMIT Sloan’s Associate Dean of Executive Education elected as Chair of UNICON
As part of our commitment to advancing the field of executive education, MIT Sloan has been involved in the Global Industry Association for University-based Executive Education (UNICON) since we...
View ArticleMIT Sloan professor ranked one of fifty top global management thinkers
MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Douglas Ready has been named one of the 2013 Thinkers50 top global management thinkers. The biennial publication is recognized as the go-to source of the most influential...
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