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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 2d

Learn four key principles from it that can help leaders deal with work crises better. One lesson: It’s possible to maintain positive team energy while creating a sense of urgency.
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Handle the Corporate Heat Like an Actual Firefighter | Melissa Swift

Leaders can apply four key principles from FDNY firefighters to contend with “fires” in the business world.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 3d

Support employees dealing with destabilizing change by giving them more control and autonomy.
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Why Agency Helps Employees Cope With Change

Employees who are anxious about change can regain their footing by being given a measure of control over how they work.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 4d

Are you confident about how to navigate the what, where, when, and why of generative AI? MIT SMR expert authors offer some much-needed clarity for leaders.
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Cut Through GenAI Confusion: Eight Definitive Reads

MIT SMR's expert authors detail how to think about using generative AI efficiently, responsibly, and skeptically.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 5d

Leaders must consider how novelty fits with other elements, such as efficiency, customer lock-in, and partnerships. Learn the essentials from businesses that stressed system design, not just sizzle.

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Business Model Innovation: Seven Essentials

Learn business model innovation lessons from companies that took a systems approach to building high-performing models.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 9d

Our natural response to inappropriate comments is fight or flight. Responding more effectively takes practice. https://mitsmr.com/3HNgCto

MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 9d

In this video interview, Lauren Dreyer explains how she increased her team’s productivity by 60% — by letting go of control and embracing shared decision-making.
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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 10d

Many leaders of growing organizations bemoan employee resistance to change. But the reason most change efforts fail is that leaders suffer from the hero complex.
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Change Management: How to Avoid the Hero Trap

When leading change, seeking overinflated credit and taking extreme ownership can cause trouble.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 11d

From chemical engineer to YouTube's trust & safety team, Angela Nakalembe shares how AI has become the first line of defense against harmful content, making moderation faster and more humane.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 12d

The solution to burnout isn’t rest or a couple of days off. Instead, people need different workplace conditions — and a new approach to personal growth.
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The Burnout Age: Real Pain Requires Real Solutions | Brian Elliott

Organizations need to stop treating burnout — a kind of third-degree burn — with simplistic, first-degree salves.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 17d

Here are 10 of the most frequently asked questions about LLMs, along with answers that clarify aspects of GenAI that are often poorly understood.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 18d

In this excerpt from Emilio J. Castilla’s new book, The Meritocracy Paradox, he discusses a strategic talent analytics approach that can help organizations identify and eliminate bias and inefficiencies in hiring, promotion, and rewards decisions. https://mitsmr.com/4gexjLr

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 19d

Team visits to companies that have successfully developed innovative processes can help organizations accelerate and ease their own innovation processes.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 23d

Leadership that leans on intimidation might impress Wall Street, but data shows that it’s destroying companies from within. In this video, MIT SMR columnist Brian Elliott examines why command-and-control tactics fail at AI adoption, RTO mandates, and talent retention.

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Fear-Based CEOs Versus Trust-Based Leaders: Who Actually Wins?

In this video, Brian Elliott reveals why a tough-talk leadership style is less effective than one built on trust.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 26d

Experts debate whether implementing agentic AI demands new management approaches. >> https://mitsmr.com/3VmQwRA

Agentic AI at Scale: Redefining Management for a Superhuman Workforce

Experts debate if implementing agentic AI demands new management approaches.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · 26d

It’s time for leaders to name, normalize, and manage employees’ experience of feeling like pretenders.
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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sustained performance requires a company purpose that is validated in the market.

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Strategic Alignment Reconciles Purpose and Profitability

Pursuing profit alone won’t lead to long-term business success. Corporate goals must be both financial and values-based.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Sep 3

How can you drive more value from analytics? Consider the framework an analytics leader used to build narrative into the stack — and turn it into strategic speed.
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How One Google Team Built Storytelling Into Analytics

Analytics must reflect how decisions are actually made, factoring in ambiguity, practical limits, and trade-offs.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Sep 3

When conventional advertising can’t cut through the clutter, marketers must get out of their comfort zones.
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Three Ways Brands Can Combat Information Overload and Skepticism

Brand builders can reach skeptical audiences with relevant taglines, compelling content, and creative engagement tactics.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Aug 13

A set of critical environmental measures will help business leaders identify where they can take action to mitigate risks and protect human health and safety.

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The Planetary KPIs That Inform Eco-Friendly Strategies

A set of measures for evaluating environmental health can help businesses focus their sustainability efforts.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Jul 30

The modern warehouse represents the frontier of human-robot collaboration.

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AI Can Improve How Humans and Robots Work

Robots and humans are essential partners in most warehouse settings. AI can help them work together more effectively.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Jul 29

Stephen Wolfram’s philosophical insights on computation offer actionable principles for designing intelligence environments that achieve lasting value from AI.
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Stop Deploying AI. Start Designing Intelligence

The next frontier for AI leaders is learning to design AI-powered intelligence environments.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Enthusiasm plateaus. Training gaps. AI shaming. Pharma giant Novo Nordisk faced and beat all these challenges while growing generative AI tool usage.

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How to Scale GenAI in the Workplace

Novo Nordisk’s GenAI deployment — one of the largest to date — offers lessons for leaders on scaling their own AI efforts.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Jul 7

At chaotic times like these, leaders must fight paralysis and bad decisions — by carefully building an expansive scenario map.

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Scenario Planning Amid Radical Uncertainty

In today’s political climate, change can happen faster than leaders expect. Use scenario planning to manage uncertainty.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Jul 1

While robot-adopting companies may shed some management and middle-skilled jobs, research shows that robots will increase employee head counts overall.
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Why Robots Will Displace Managers — and Create Other Jobs

A robot-driven shift in performance measurement and evolving skill needs are reshaping the workforce, research finds.

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MIT Sloan Management Review @mitsmr.bsky.social · Jun 18

Do you want to stand up to disrespectful behavior? Leaders should choose a few phrases to use reliably and skillfully — and then practice speaking them, especially under stress.

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Find Your Phrase in Important Moments | Jim Detert and Aba Blankson

Our natural response to inappropriate comments is fight or flight. Responding more effectively takes practice.

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