Collaboration
The American Red Cross: Adding Digital Volunteers to Its Ranks
The mission of the American Red Cross is to alleviate human suffering during emergencies by mobilizing volunteers and donors. It’s using social media to help.
Human Resources
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Innovation Strategy
The Dandelion Principle: Redesigning Work for the Innovation Economy
People who are “different,” behaviorally or neurologically, can add significant value to companies.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Elevating Data, Analytics to the C-Suite
The implications of a chief analytics officer for strategy and for long-term planning.
Collaboration
Reinventing Employee Onboarding
Employee orientation practices that focus on individual identity can lower employee turnover.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Bridging the Talent Gap: How to Find the Right Data Scientist
What can companies do to help fill their data scientist gap? That was the topic at a conference hosted by the MIT Center for Digital Business.
Leading Change
The Human Side of Business*
Reflections on the human element in business — and insights contained in this issue.
Developing Strategy
Are CEOs Getting the Best From Corporate Functions?
At too many large companies, corporate functions like HR and IT don’t get enough strategic direction from the CEO.
Talent Management
Employee Profiling That Works: How IDEO Uncovers Hidden Talent
Global design firm IDEO develops rich profiles of employee capabilities and shares them across the organization.
Culture
How to Change a Culture: Lessons From NUMMI
GM and Toyota launched their joint auto plant where GM’s work force had been at its worst. Here’s what happened next.
Collaboration
What Helps And Hinders Innovation?
Recent research explores the interdependencies between various approaches to innovation.
Global Strategy
How to Retain Talent in India
Providing support, training and opportunities from day one is critical.
Organizational Structure
Can You Measure Leadership?
At top companies, where the inspired use of metrics helps to identify potential leaders and develop their skills, the answer is yes.
Innovation Strategy
Where the Best and Worst Ideas Come From
Group brainstorming excels at generating both very good and very bad ideas.
