Digital Marketing
Beyond Viral: Generating Sustainable Value From Social Media
Why hasn’t the proliferation of social media resulted in long-lasting social and business change?
Human Psychology
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Organizational Behavior
An Easy Way to Encourage Employees to Follow Company Rules
People are more likely to follow rules if there’s more variety in the order in which they do tasks.
Culture
How to Be a Strategic Leader
Strategic leadership is key to long-term success and can be learned, says Stanford’s Jesper Sørensen.
Leadership Skills
Please Go Away (and Spend More Time Somewhere Else)
When times are uncertain, it is more important than ever to break routine and see what’s happening for ourselves.
Platforms & Ecosystems
Monitoring Your Employees’ Every Emotion
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
AI & Machine Learning
Predicting a Future Where the Future Is Routinely Predicted
AI’s value for managers lies in its ability to predict equipment failures and assess human emotions.
Collaboration
The 2016 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help,” by Fabian J. Sting, Christoph H. Loch, and Dirk Stempfhuber.
Technology Innovation Strategy
Why Emojis May Be the Key to Employee Retention
What’s happening this week at the intersection of management and technology.
Leadership Skills
What Makes Work Meaningful — Or Meaningless
There’s no single formula for making work meaningful — but poor management is a universal obstacle.
Developing Strategy
How Scenario Planning Influences Strategic Decisions
New research finds scenario-based decision making helps increase executives’ strategic flexibility.
Managing Your Career
What Companies Should Learn About Social Media From American Politics
Companies looking to social media for guidance in decision making should be wary of the “filter bubble” effect.
The Rise of Visual Content Online
Images have taken on a broader role in representing brands, communicating value, and cultivating identity.
Corporate Social Responsibility
The 2015 Richard Beckhard Memorial Prize
This year’s winning article is “Combining Purpose With Profits,” by Julian Birkinshaw, Nicolai J. Foss, and Siegwart Lindenberg.
Organizational Behavior
Should Employers Help Employees Turn Off Technology?
Pervasive and near-continual use of organizational information technology systems is taking a toll on some employees’ health.
Collaboration
Social Media’s Expanding Relationship Universe
Social media is changing how people relate to one another, say social psychologists.
Leadership Skills
Does Deciding to Seek Advice Signal Weakness?
A willingness to ask for advice on difficult problems can increase your perceived competence.
Collaboration
Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help
Making it safe to be honest about when projects are getting off track can promote cooperative behavior.
Leadership Skills
For Many Decisions, Just Go With the Flow
For many decisions, letting your mind wander to a choice that you feel drawn to — rather than weighing all the options — is ample.
Data & Data Culture
Detecting Bias in Data Analysis
Data analysts may have external agendas that shape how they address a data set — but a savvy manager can identify biases.
Leadership Skills
Balancing Exploration and Exploitation
New research offers insights into factors that can affect the decision-making process.