The real-world value of an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate
“It’s like getting an MBA in two weeks,” says Tauseef Ayaz, who recently completed an MIT Sloan Executive Certificate in Management and Leadership. Executive certificates are earned by taking four...
View ArticleSix steps for creating a winning business strategy with the Delta Model
Contributed by guest blogger and MIT Sloan Executive Certificate holder Juan Ignacio Genovese Strategy can be defined as thinking about and establishing new ways to reach company goals, and although...
View ArticleWhat we’re learning from the Target data breach
Data breaches in the news over the past two months have affected millions of people; 110 million Target shoppers and 1.1 million Neiman Marcus customers. Retailer Michaels Stores is investigating a...
View ArticleThe innovation long game
This past fall, Tim Worstal wrote in the Forbes article, “The iPhone 5s, Proof That Apple Has Given Up On Innovation,” that the iPhone 5s is just another example of Apple “steadily losing its mojo...
View ArticleNetworking your way to new products
Many companies get it wrong when it comes to creating new products. They focus on what they need for revenue streams, how to evolve current products into new extensions, and immersing themselves in...
View ArticleTime is running out: Free access to faculty research in MIT Sloan Management...
MIT Sloan Executive Education has partnered with MIT Sloan Management Review (SMR) to grant our community free access to articles authored by our faculty. We invite you to take advantage of this unique...
View ArticleAn interview with Executive Certificate holder Nancy Wine
Nancy Wine, Director of Marketing at O’Connor & Drew, P.C., in Braintree, Massachusetts, spoke recently with MIT Sloan Executive Education about her experience at the School; the benefits of...
View ArticleCatherine Tucker named one of “The 40 Most Outstanding B-School Profs Under...
Younger than their tenured colleagues, only a few years older than their students, and still having to prove themselves both as professors and leaders in their field, young professors face added...
View ArticleTo automate or not: That is the manufacturing question
When it comes to manufacturing in today’s economy, increased automation in manufacturing plants may seem like a given. Factories first opened their doors to modern industrial robots in 1961 when...
View ArticleAre we creating a new class of workers?
The workforce is generally made up of two types of workers: blue collar workers, mostly working for an hourly wage, and white collar workers who tend to be salaried. But some trends in the overall...
View ArticleChanging the role of human resources
Google “HR” and “seat at the table” and you’ll find articles from nearly ten years ago lamenting why the human resources function does not have such a seat—in other words, it has little voice in the...
View ArticleNo substitutions allowed
One famous scene from the movie Five Easy Pieces shows Jack Nicholson ordering a side of whole-wheat toast with his omelet at a diner. He’s then informed that the system doesn’t allow sides of toast....
View ArticleThe best route to reach your destination: An interview with Executive...
Gustavo Pospischel, Senior Director of Core Mobile Engineering at Sears Holdings Corporation, spoke recently with MIT Sloan Executive Education about his experience on campus, why he chose MIT Sloan,...
View ArticleIndustry peer networks: The better get-ahead strategy?
Globalization and the information age have made it crucial for organizations to stay in tune with their markets, changing trends, and new innovations in an effort to remain relevant. Entrenched beliefs...
View ArticleRealigning the innovation spend
In his Forbes article, “The Folly of Trying to Spend Your Way to Innovativeness,” Bill Fischer, MIT Sloan Executive Education faculty and Professor of Technology Management at IMD, cites a Booz &...
View ArticleMIT Sloan Executive Certificate holder named to “America’s Most Powerful CEOs...
It’s one thing to be recognized for accomplishments earned over a long and illustrious career. It’s quite another to receive similar kudos at the young age of 39. Such is the case with Justin Hutchens,...
View ArticlePolitical Innovation: Embracing and understanding customer service
Politics is a pursuit inherently built on customer service but without enough attention paid to those who matter the most: voters. In politics, voters are the customers, and instead of asking for a...
View ArticleCertificate holder Bertrand Liang on his experience at MIT Sloan Executive...
I have been fortunate to have multiple careers—from working in the university setting to the buy-and-sell side of the financial industry to the product development environment. Making the transition...
View ArticlePitch perfect: Using human signals to convince and persuade
The art of the business plan pitch could fill volumes of b-school literature. But what if the real secret sauce had less to do with content and everything to do with delivery? Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland,...
View ArticleMIT Sloan professors’ award-winning paper points to shift in sales distribution
A study of the Pareto Principle and the Internet’s “Long Tail” phenomenon by MIT Sloan Professors Erik Brynjolfsson and Duncan Simester recently earned the duo a prestigious award—and reveal results...
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