#MITSMRChat: Implementing AI
Since 2017, MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group have researched the corporate adoption of and impact from artificial intelligence. As we approach the publication of our third...
View ArticleDon’t Put a Digital Expert in Charge of Your Digital Transformation
What you need is an expert in organizational change. * This article was originally published here
View ArticleWhat Sigmund Freud Said About Business
Freudian motivation theory holds that an individual's unconscious desires and emotions shape their behavior. Freud's theories can make you a better manager. Freud's theories can help you better market...
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The Missing Ingredient for Meaningful Customer Experiences Over the years, in his courses at Harvard Business School, Stefan Thomke has heard hundreds of stories from students and executives about...
View ArticleA Times Editor Is Demoted as the Paper Discusses Its Coverage of Race
The editor, Jonathan Weisman, a deputy in Washington, was reprimanded after posting tweets on race and politics that the paper said showed “serious lapses in judgment.”
View ArticleArsenic: Will it take the shine off the red metal?
With environmental regulations becoming increasingly stringent, arsenic looks set to pile ever more pressure on copper producers.* This article was originally published here
View ArticleIn Search of the Collaboration Sweet Spot
For brands, the past decade has become the age of the “x”: Versace x H&M, Kanye West x Bon Iver, Cheez-It x boxed wine. The heavy hitters, in seeking to hit even more heavily, started...
View ArticleDealBook Briefing: A Tariff Pause, but the Reprieve May Be Temporary
President Trump delayed new levies on Chinese goods, but there’s little evidence that Washington or Beijing will soon make the concessions required to strike a deal.
View ArticleHong Kong’s Economy Shudders After Protests Plunge Airport Into Chaos
Clashes at one of the world’s busiest transportation hubs could cast further doubt on the city’s future as a business capital on China’s doorstep.
View ArticleUseless Dads and Placid Women: U.K. Bans 2 Ads Over Sexist Stereotypes
Television ads from Volkswagen and Mondelez were the first to fall foul of new rules that target potentially harmful gender stereotyping.
View ArticleRadically rethink your strategy: How digital B2B ecosystems can help...
Machinery companies that partner in a B2B ecosystem could fend off new waves of tech competition by developing the capacity to deliver innovative aftersales and services offers.* This article was...
View ArticleWeWork Takes Key Step Toward I.P.O., Citing Heady Growth and Huge Losses
A public offering by the firm, which leases shared office space, will be a major test of investors’ appetite for fast-growing but unprofitable start-ups.
View ArticleGlobal Economic Trouble Is Brewing, and the Trade War Is Only Part of It
A clear signal from the bond market that investors are pessimistic about the economy’s longer-term prospects.
View ArticleNew York Public Radio Names a New Leader, Goli Sheikholeslami
The chief executive of Chicago Public Media succeeds Laura R. Walker, who led WNYC and related outlets for nearly 24 years.
View ArticleCouple Sues Law Firm Over Parental Leave, Wages and a Firing
In a new challenge to its workplace culture, Jones Day is accused of unlawfully dismissing a lawyer who questioned a gender disparity in its policies.
View ArticleWhy a Banking Heiress Spent Her Fortune on Keeping Immigrants Out
Newly unearthed documents reveal how an environmental-minded socialite became an ardent nativist whose money helped sow the seeds of the Trump anti-immigration agenda.
View ArticleWhatever Happened to Ghislaine Maxwell’s Plan to Save the Oceans?
The philanthropic works of Jeffrey Epstein’s ex-girlfriend never materialized. Now, she’s being sued by one of his victims.
View ArticleThe Best of This Week
The Missing Ingredient for Meaningful Customer Experiences Over the years, in his courses at Harvard Business School, Stefan Thomke has heard hundreds of stories from students and executives about...
View ArticleCan artificial intelligence help society as much as it helps business?
The answer is yes—but only if leaders start embracing technological social responsibility (TSR) as a new business imperative for the AI era.* This article was originally published here
View ArticleTrump Says ‘Hong Kong Is Not Helping’ in Trade War With China
President Trump made his most extensive comments yet on Hong Kong’s protest movement, and suggested that its fate be tied to a trade deal.
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