In this issue

Our ambition at MIT Sloan Management Review is to arm business leaders with information to make a positive impact: on your organizations and careers, for sure, and also on your employees, customers, trading partners, and the broader world within which you operate. Right now we are exploring ways to increase our own impact.

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.

5 mins

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.

5 mins

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.

7 mins

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.

5 mins

Own Your Words to Gain Authority

Managers undermine their credibility when they speak for others too frequently.

7 mins

New Markets, New Opportunities: Identifying Where and How to Make Your Play

How do leaders determine whether to build a new business around a promising new technology?

10+ mins

Steer Clear of Corporate Venture Capital Pitfalls

Big companies and risk capital can be awkward partners. Here’s how to get corporate venturing right.

10+ mins

Health Care Platforms Need a Strategy Overhaul

To succeed, digital health platforms must shift their approach in three key areas.

10+ mins

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.

10+ mins

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.

10+ mins

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.

10+ mins

Building Culture From the Middle Out

Midlevel leaders are critical to fostering an organizational culture that’s healthy and vibrant.

10+ mins

Scaling Automation: Two Proven Paths to Success

Lessons from two leading hospital systems show how to overcome the obstacles to automation.

10 mins

How Tech Fails Late-Career Workers

Managers must make deliberate choices to support older workers' use of complex technologies.

9 mins

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