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At MIT Sloan Management Review (MIT SMR) we explore how leadership and management are transforming in a disruptive world. We help thoughtful leaders capture the exciting opportunities--and face down the challenges--created as technological, societal, and environmental forces reshape how organizations operate, compete, and create value. MIT SMR reserves the right to remove comments that use language that MIT SMR staff regard as abusive, attacking, or offensive.

08/07/2025

Are your sustainability goals ambitious enough to make a real impact? 🌱
MIT SMR's special collection "Making the Case for Ambitious Sustainability Goals" includes three articles:

âš« "Set Ambitious but Realistic Environmental Goals"
âš«"The Way to Net Zero: Reducing Emissions Takes Teamwork"
âš«"The Myth of the Sustainable Consumer"

Get your complimentary PDF download of this special collection.
Register now to access! https://mitsmr.com/3HPXk6B

We are at a strange intersection. AI can help speed up your work by writing your scripts and automating your slide layou...
08/06/2025

We are at a strange intersection. AI can help speed up your work by writing your scripts and automating your slide layouts. But what it can’t do is replace your ability to read a room.

Audiences are tired of ill-prepared content and underprepared presenters. They don’t want to be impressed or dazzled. They want to feel like you cared enough to make the time they’re spending with you worthwhile. Communication now means crafting multiple formats so well that they build meaning in real time.

The hard work now is preparing leaders to show up well in every room and to be ready for a boardroom conversation, a keynote, a podcast, a short-form video, or an impromptu Q&A. Preparing enough to hone a presence is what lets leaders own the message and take advantage of each moment and format in a powerfully human way. Audiences are pickier today than they’ve been in the past, but they all really want the same thing: a human to hold their attention long enough to transfer meaning.

The organizations that will win are the ones that build communication into their core operations like a system rather than seeing it as an afterthought. When you wire communication in as a discipline and train your teams to deliver messages well, you’ve done the bulk of the work to help your company win.

When ideas are thoughtfully shaped and delivered, they unite teams and inspire progress that scales. With so much synthetic content out there, real human communication will be what helps your organization win.

Read the full article >> https://mitsmr.com/4lLSBlx

When Steve Richman became president of Milwaukee Tool in 2007, he inherited an 83-year-old company with less than $500 m...
08/05/2025

When Steve Richman became president of Milwaukee Tool in 2007, he inherited an 83-year-old company with less than $500 million in revenue. It was “your grandfather’s brand,” he says, competing against rivals 10 times its size. Today, Milwaukee Tool has logged double-digit annual revenue growth for nearly two decades. Richman shares advice on three cultural elements that drove the company’s success: strategic clarity, extreme ownership, and candid discussions of setbacks.

Read the full interview >> https://mitsmr.com/40NUrtR

Marketers have spent billions on targeted digital ads. But are digital marketing channels delivering enough impact to ju...
08/04/2025

Marketers have spent billions on targeted digital ads. But are digital marketing channels delivering enough impact to justify their rising costs in an era saturated with online ads and perpetually scrolling feeds? As consumer ad fatigue accelerates and privacy changes erode many of digital tracking’s advantages, returns on ad spend for such channels are dipping to historic lows. Direct mail, once seen as an old-fashioned medium, is reemerging as a powerful complement to digital.

Read the full article >> https://mitsmr.com/4541Esl

Are your sustainability goals ambitious enough to make a real impact? 🌱MIT SMR's special collection "Making the Case for...
08/03/2025

Are your sustainability goals ambitious enough to make a real impact? 🌱
MIT SMR's special collection "Making the Case for Ambitious Sustainability Goals" includes three articles:

âš« "Set Ambitious but Realistic Environmental Goals"
âš«"The Way to Net Zero: Reducing Emissions Takes Teamwork"
âš«"The Myth of the Sustainable Consumer"

Get your complimentary PDF download of this special collection.
Register now to access! https://mitsmr.com/3HPXk6B

There are smart ways to manage the societal impacts a company has across its value chain.

Teaming humans with robots delivers better results for warehouse operations than having only robots, but there are oppor...
08/01/2025

Teaming humans with robots delivers better results for warehouse operations than having only robots, but there are opportunities to improve that collaboration in the face of increasing demands for speed and accuracy in e-commerce fulfillment. A new framework describes four collaboration scenarios and points to how AI can be applied to optimize the performance of humans and robots working together.
https://mitsmr.com/4768TBe

Teaming humans with robots delivers better results for warehouse operations than having only robots, but there are oppor...
07/30/2025

Teaming humans with robots delivers better results for warehouse operations than having only robots, but there are opportunities to improve that collaboration in the face of increasing demands for speed and accuracy in e-commerce fulfillment. A new framework describes four collaboration scenarios and points to how AI can be applied to optimize the performance of humans and robots working together.

Read the full story >> https://mitsmr.com/4768TBe

The future of business isn't about who makes decisions—it's about who shapes the choices behind them.Our new research wi...
07/29/2025

The future of business isn't about who makes decisions—it's about who shapes the choices behind them.

Our new research with Tata Consultancy Services introduces "intelligent choice architectures" dynamic systems combining generative and predictive AI to revolutionize how organizations create decision environments.

These systems don't just predict outcomes; they actively collaborate with humans to reveal hidden opportunities, challenge assumptions, and generate breakthrough alternatives that expand possibilities.

đź“– Read the full report to discover how ICAs are transforming decision-making across industries and what this means for your organization's future. https://mitsmr.com/3HsvzB4

Summer 2025 issue is live! Special report: "Leading Wisely"With assumptions turned upside down, leaders need grounded th...
07/28/2025

Summer 2025 issue is live! Special report: "Leading Wisely"

With assumptions turned upside down, leaders need grounded thinking and skillful perspective-taking to navigate today's landscape.

đź’­ How do you engage your brain differently to see more clearly and listen more attentively?

Read the full issue >> https://mitsmr.com/45i9H5d

The future of business isn't about who makes decisions—it's about who shapes the choices behind them.Our new research wi...
07/27/2025

The future of business isn't about who makes decisions—it's about who shapes the choices behind them.

Our new research with Tata Consultancy Services introduces "intelligent choice architectures" dynamic systems combining generative and predictive AI to revolutionize how organizations create decision environments.

These systems don't just predict outcomes; they actively collaborate with humans to reveal hidden opportunities, challenge assumptions, and generate breakthrough alternatives that expand possibilities.

📖 Read the full report to discover how ICAs are transforming decision-making across industries and what this means for your organization's future. ⬇️

https://mitsmr.com/3IscQ9e

Renowned talent strategy expert Sharna Wiblen, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Heichler, editorial director at MIT SMR, discuss how...
07/25/2025

Renowned talent strategy expert Sharna Wiblen, Ph.D., and Elizabeth Heichler, editorial director at MIT SMR, discuss how organizations can design talent and technology systems that serve — not hinder — their business strategy.

Relying on standardized talent management software can lead to a generic rather than strategic approach to development.

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