MIT Sloan Management Review

MIT Sloan Management Review leads the discourse among academic researchers, business executives and other influential thought leaders about advances in management practice, particularly those shaped by technology, that are transforming how people lead and innovate. MIT SMR disseminates new management research and innovative ideas so that thoughtful executives can capitalize on the opportunities generated by rapid organizational, technological and societal change.

Gaining Clarity From Adversity

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LEADING IN A CHANGED WORLD

Lessons in Rapid Innovation From the COVID-19 Pandemic • Solving problems during a crisis demands speeding up innovation by repurposing the knowledge, resources, and technology you already have at hand.

How Autonomy Creates Resilience in the Face of Crisis • One Chinese manufacturing giant quickly rebounded from the coronavirus. Here’s what you can learn from its org chart.

Sustaining Employee Networks in the Virtual Workplace • When a large-scale move to remote working diminishes organizational networks and strains relationships, managers must act to keep connections positive and productive.

Is It Time to Rethink Globalized Supply Chains? • The COVID-19 pandemic should be a wake-up call for managers and prompt them to consider actions that will improve their resilience to future shocks.

Three Elements for Successful Virtual Working • More employees than ever before are working from home. Technology, social connections, and new routines will help them succeed.

Connecting Beyond Your Borders

Accelerating Innovation • What companies can learn from one of the world’s largest networks of accelerator labs.

FEWER EXPERTS IN MORE LOCATIONS

How Legacy Businesses Can Compete in the Sharing Economy • By harnessing sensor data from the internet of things, providers of traditional products and services can participate in the sharing economy — boosting revenue in the process.

DECIDING WHICH PLATFORM TYPE IS BEST

What Managers Need to Know About Data Exchanges • The era of big-data silos is fading. Shared data is the future.

Make Your Crowd Smart • A framework for tailoring your crowdsourcing approach to the complexity of your innovation challenge.

Fixing the Overload Problem at Work • Companies keep burning out their employees — and promoting‘balance’doesn’t help. Work redesign offers a better solution.

THE RESEARCH

A MANAGER’S GUIDE TO FIGHTING OVERLOAD

Why Innovation’s Future Isn’t (Just) Open • Innovating with external partners doesn’t always give companies a competitive advantage. It needs to be balanced with internal efforts.

THE RESEARCH

INTERNAL INNOVATION REMAINS CRITICAL

5 Musts for Next-Gen Leaders • As digital technologies transform organizations and work, here’s what leaders will need to get right.

Want to Make Better Decisions? Start Experimenting • Four lessons for using randomized controlled experiments to create value for your company and customers.

THE RETURNS ON EXPERIMENTATION

Creating Jobs and Workspaces That Energize People • Exposure to the natural world can boost employees’cognitive, emotional, prosocial, and physical energy.

What Coronavirus Reveals About Our Decision Biases

EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS • SUMMER 2020 • VOLUME 61 • NUMBER 4

Your People Need Care, Not a Battle Cry