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MIT SMR READS • The Friction Project: How Smart Leaders Make the Right Things Easier and the Wrong Things Harder Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao, St. Martin’s Press, January 2024, 304 pp.

Radical Innovation Needs Old-School VC • Scientists and entrepreneurs working on the world’s most urgent problems can’t solve them without funders who understand deep-tech opportunities and take long-term views.

Are Enterprise Social Platforms All Talk? • To get the most from corporate knowledge-sharing tools, encourage users to engage with more content, not just build their personal brand.

Doubling Down on Impact Reporting • New EU reporting mandates will affect businesses well beyond Europe’s borders and require them to report on material impacts far beyond their own walls.

What the Smart Money Says About Black CEOs • Investors’ reactions to an executive appointment often reflect negative bias, while institutional investors take a more positive view.

Own Your Words to Gain Authority • Managers undermine their credibility when they speak for others too frequently.

New Markets, New Opportunities: Identifying Where and How to MakeYour Play

Who Profits the Most From Generative AI? • Unpacking what it takes to build and deploy a large language model reveals which players stand to gain the most — and where newer entrants might have the best prospects.

Steer Clear of Corporate Venture Capital Pitfalls • Big companies and risk capital can be awkward partners. Here’s how to get corporate venturing right.

Health Care Platforms Need a Strategy Overhaul • To succeed, digital health platforms must shift their approach in three key areas.

How to Make Better Friends at Work • Friendships in the workplace can enrich our lives and make us better leaders and workers if we make the effort to cultivate truly healthy relationships.

Will Large Language Models Really Change How Work Is Done? • Even as organizations adopt increasingly powerful LLMs, they will find it difficult to shed their reliance on humans.

Why Manufacturers Need a Phased Approach to Digital Transformation • Those that succeed with this difficult work break it into three stages, each with its own guiding metrics.

Building Culture From the Middle Out • Midlevel leaders are critical to fostering an organizational culture that’s healthy and vibrant.

Scaling Automation: Two Proven Paths to Success • Lessons from two leading hospital systems show how to overcome the obstacles to automation.

How Tech Fails Late-Career Workers • Managers must make deliberate choices to support older workers’ use of complex technologies.

The Trouble With Your Innovation Contests • Not all innovation contests should be winner-takes-all or judged by senior executives. New research shows how to structure contests to meet specific goals.

Leading in the Age of Exploding Transparency • Information is flowing faster and more broadly than ever. Consider these strategies to help leaders manage the flow.

Recognize the Dueling Objectives of Performance Management • Measuring and improving performance are two separate objectives best achieved through two distinct processes.

Smart leaders read smart books • The books in...