Collaboration

Categorizing decisions by riskiness and urgency helps clarify when to involve higher-ups.

New research upends the assumption that criticism always impedes creative brainstorming.

Vans’s Doug Palladini discusses how the future of work is playing out at the global sports lifestyle brand.

Babson’s Rob Cross discusses how to identify collaborative dysfunction — and then improve it.

No-meeting days allow for efficient collaboration while preventing focused, heads-down work from being disrupted.

MIT SMR’s expert contributors weigh in on the skills and strategies managers should embrace in the year ahead.

The year’s top articles offer insights on driving cultural change, combating burnout and fatigue, and managing teams.

Day One of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of employee activism, DEI best practices, and collaboration.

David Kiron and François Candelon discuss the latest MIT SMR-BCG AI and business strategy report at Web Summit 2021.

The winter 2022 issue of MIT SMR provides a collection of articles to help leaders overcome the obstacles that can get in the way of innovation.

Advice to help business leaders create the conditions innovators need to develop breakthrough ideas for the marketplace.

New research points to a strong, multidimensional link between AI use and improvements in organizational culture.

Remote work can be as effective as in-person work with the right people and collaborative processes.

World-changing innovations are grounded in a culture of optimism and team learning.

An environment of continuous disruption requires the development of digital innovation capabilities.

The next wave of social innovation is coming from employee-led initiatives.

Virtual, tech-mediated collaboration carries risks of isolation, exclusion, surveillance, and self-censorship.

Ten key cultural factors for employee retention, the invisible burdens of collaboration, and the problem with certainty.

The emotional desire for certainty often keeps us from seeing other perspectives and understanding how decisions get made.

In his new book, Beyond Collaboration Overload, Rob Cross explains how to avoid excessive collaboration while still reaping its benefits.