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.

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MIT Sloan Management Review

Socially Central Leaders Drive Deeper Team Alignment

When Brands Wear an Insult as a Badge of Honor

Your Best Meeting Ever: 7 Principles for Designing Meetings That Get Things Done

Learning by Hiring

The Remote Work Discount

Balancing Innovation and Risk in the Age of AI

Validating LLM Output? Prepare to Be ‘Persuasion Bombed’ • Research demonstrates how generative AI ramps up the rhetorical pressure on users who question the AI’s output.

How to Profit From Retro-Innovation • Smart companies can create value now by reviving products from the past and reimagining them for today’s customers.

Why Salespeople Fear Pitching Radical Innovation • Salespeople can feel out of their depth when selling breakthrough products. Managers can help by creating a more collaborative sales culture.

Enshittification Comes to ‘Smart’ Products • Companies that exploit digital control of their products to extract additional value risk degrading customers’ experiences and sense of ownership.

How to Use Generative AI for Pricing • LLMs can make sophisticated pricing recommendations, but effective use requires users to provide well-crafted prompts and understand the tools’ limitations.

Building Strategic Innovation Muscle

The Eight Core Principles of Strategic Innovation • A company’s future depends on the new directions it explores and develops today — and that requires different structures and capabilities from incremental innovation.

Is a Venture Studio Right for Your Company? • A structured approach to building multiple ventures can unlock innovation, but leaders must assess strategic fit, resources, and long-term commitment before diving in.

The Hidden Power of Messy Teams • Collaborators who begin with an ambiguous problem may get better innovation results than teams that define a problem at the outset.

Why Digital Dexterity Is Key to Transformation • To make headway with digital transformation, executives are redefining the challenge: Build a workforce to take advantage of new technologies.

What AI Can Teach Us About Designing Better KPIs • Machine learning research offers four proven strategies to prevent people from gaming measures of organizational performance.

Learn From Outcomes to Promote Growth • A new framework for understanding why initiatives succeed or fail can help leaders make better decisions about the future of their organizations.

Build Business Advantage With Real-Time Decision-Making • Stop running your business on yesterday’s data. Real-time data, empowered employees, and agile systems can lead to higher margins.

Stay Ahead of Geopolitical Supply Chain Risks • A practical framework for mitigating the disruptive effects of international conflicts can help companies protect their supply chains.

Why Mergers Fail and How to Spot Trouble Early • Nearly half of all mergers end in a breakup. A new research-backed framework can help leaders diagnose which deals are built to last and which ones will likely fall apart.

A Leader’s Playbook for Avoiding a Corporate Divorce

A Smarter Approach to Measuring Customer Experience • Many companies collect more customer experience data points than they need or can use effectively....