Chris Gash/theispot.com Creativity is widely recognized as a cornerstone of long-term business success, yet many leaders find it frustratingly elusive. Research confirms the paradox: Nearly all executives view creativity as essential, but few are able to consistently generate and implement new and relevant ideas. How, then, can leaders spark fresh thinking in themselves and their… →

Getty Images In January, MIT SMR columnists Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean predicted that agentic AI would be “a sure bet for 2025’s ‘most trending AI trend.’ ” They called that one correctly. “Agentic AI seems to be on an inevitable rise: Everybody in the tech vendor and analyst worlds is excited about the prospect… →

Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The second Trump administration’s rapid dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and uncertainty regarding the new U.S. foreign aid architecture create a significant shift for U.S. businesses operating in challenging global markets. While these changes provoke profound humanitarian concerns, they also have practical implications for businesses… →

Vishal Gupta, engineering manager, machine learning at Reddit, joins the Me, Myself, and AI podcast with host Sam Ransbotham to explain how the social media community uses artificial intelligence to improve user experience and ad relevance. Much of the advertising work relies on increasingly sophisticated recommender systems that have evolved from simple collaborative filtering to… →

Consider a few types of furniture companies: There’s the small artisan firm, where a carpenter builds one-of-a-kind armoires and cabinets. There’s the medium-sized chain like Crate & Barrel, with about 100 stores in North America and a sprinkling of international locations. And then there’s IKEA. Since its founding in 1943, the Swedish furniture behemoth has… →