Boards & Corporate Governance
Using Scenario Planning to Reshape Strategy
A new approach to scenario planning can help companies reframe their long-term strategies.
We turn our attention toward the future in this issue and how to build a successful one for your company.
A new approach to scenario planning can help companies reframe their long-term strategies.
Executives can foster innovation by understanding and tapping the power of employee networks.
Business model diversification requires careful assessments of each model’s strategic contributions.
Recently, MIT SMR readers have been looking for information on scenario planning — a trend that may reflect current social, political, and economic uncertainty. This trend led to our Summer 2017 special report on creating your company’s future.
Some multinationals have a winning India strategy that involves both local and global value chains.
Thanks to technologies like 3-D printing, a new supply chain model is emerging.
Readers contest the view that corporate culture becomes less important in distributed organizations.
If managed well, internal crowdsourcing initiatives can open up a rich source of innovation.
Some companies are using assessment tools to help identify employees with leadership potential.
Companies want managers to help employees develop and improve — but many managers don’t know how.
Kaiser Permanente’s CEO says leaders need to ask how well employees’ intelligence is put to work.
Sharing consumers’ positive stories about a brand can be a highly effective marketing strategy.
Western multinationals looking for East Asian leaders may need to explore their cultural biases.
In the age of networked enterprise, strong cultures may turn from assets to liabilities.
Companies with bold strategies in response to digitization will come out as winners.
New digital technologies are changing the rules of competition by expanding the boundaries of what a company can handle and introducing new sources of advantage.
The transformative potential of blockchain is real, but so are the challenges to its implementation.
Instead of eliminating human workers, AI may create new jobs requiring updated skills and training.
Forecasting is recognizing how current patterns may impact the future — and it’s a learnable skill.