Is 36 months too long for a new-product cycle? It was for Kraft Heinz. So, starting with a pilot project, it was able to cut time to market to just six months by redesigning how people worked. Today, units throughout the company are applying that model’s step-by-step approach to change and are seeing measurable improvements…
Annalisa Grassano/Ikon Images In early 2025, more than 212,000 women left the U.S. workforce following a rise in return-to-office mandates, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Among mothers with young children, workforce participation dropped nearly three percentage points in just six months, according to the BLS. Behind those numbers is a larger…
AI’s capabilities are only limited by the questions we ask of it. Mostly. The key to using AI effectively is to think about it in three levels. In this episode of The Insightful Leader, we explore the basic, intermediate, and advanced ways to wield it. Insight in your inbox Receive our newsletters to keep up…
On today’s episode of Me, Myself, and AI, host Sam Ransbotham talks with Alice Xiang, global head of AI governance at Sony and lead research scientist for AI ethics at Sony AI, about what it actually takes to put responsible artificial intelligence into practice at scale. Alice shares how Sony moved early on AI ethics…
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR In professional service firms, quiet excellence once defined leadership. A partner earned influence through expertise, loyalty, and discretion. But in an era of high transparency, where every meeting can be replayed, every comment rated, and every decision scrutinized online, competence alone no longer sustains trust. Visibility has become the new test of…
If you’ve ever felt anxiety that something exciting might be happening without you, you’re familiar with fear of missing out (FOMO). But what happens when you feel an underlying worry about making a mistake? Fear of messing up (FOMU) can have the opposite effect from FOMO. Instead of spurring you to action, FOMU can lead…
Matt Chinworth/theispot.com The Research The research behind this article was conducted in partnership with the Innovation Research Interchange, a professional association of R&D leaders in large industrial companies. More than 640 interviews were conducted over the three phases of the research program. In Phase 1, 12 project teams from 10 companies were followed for five…
We are firmly in the digital age, awash in data generated on every surface and in every layer of every business. Yet, despite decades of investment in technology, time, and effort, many organizations are still not seeing meaningful returns. A global survey of over 4,200 business and technology leaders conducted by research firm Gartner in…
The Eight Core Principles of Strategic Innovation Gina O’Connor and Christopher R. Meyer Key Insight: Mature companies that build a strategic innovation capability can systematically renew their product portfolios to sustain long-term growth. Top Takeaways: Many companies start off with a bang: the launch of an exciting breakthrough product or service. But as time passes,…
Matt Chinworth For most leaders, the ideal high-functioning team operates with smooth collaboration guided by a clear goal that was agreed upon at the outset. Researchers studying the innovation process have also found this model to be particularly important for helping teams communicate better, coordinate tasks, and resolve conflicts as they explore diverse ideas and…