Management
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Leading Innovation in an Era of Uncertainty
Related Reading P. Budden and F. Murray, «Strategically Engaging With Innovation Ecosystems,» MIT Sloan Management Review, July 20, 2022. Successful innovation doesn’t hinge on the latest technology or creative hotbeds like Silicon Valley or Cambridge, Massachusetts. Innovation ecosystems exist everywhere — you’ve just got to know how to engage them. Drawing from their new book,…
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Why AI Will Not Provide Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Boris Séméniako/Ikon Images There is no question that artificial intelligence will transform the competitive business landscape. AI will streamline business processes, increase worker productivity, redefine premium skill sets, and unlock the potential of data. There is also no question that AI will make relentless progress and become more capable at a dizzying pace. But AI…
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How to Get Proactive About Data Quality
Matt Harrison Clough When it comes to dealing with data quality, teams and companies fall into one of three modes: unmanaged, organized cleanup, or proactive prevention. Most organizations get stuck in one of the first two. The work of addressing data issues is demanding, messy, and time-consuming. Poor-quality data can cripple decision-making and doom generative AI projects,…
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How Neuroinclusion Builds Organizational Capabilities
Ben Miners/Ikon Images Companies have made great strides in neuroinclusion since 2013, when SAP announced its Autism at Work program. The first major corporate initiative of its kind, it was soon followed by programs at Microsoft and EY.1 As the respective founders of these programs, Jose, Neil, and Hiren have seen firsthand that their companies…
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Meet Mr. Treadmill, Your Workout Buddy
When it comes to self-motivation, strategies abound. Some of us like to stare hard in the mirror and give ourselves a pep talk. Others put on a pair of headphones and listen to a rally song. And still others meditate in focused silence. However we choose to motivate ourselves, a universal truth is that it…
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When Put to the Test, Are We Any Good at Spotting AI Fakes?
From extra fingers to overly smooth skin and hair, many AI-generated photos have common tells that make it easy for people to quickly identify them as bogus. But not all AI-generated photos are so obviously fake. Sometimes careful observation can reveal a clue that something looks off, but other times, AI-generated photos are indistinguishable from…
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How Higher Pay Incentives Can Backfire
In the mid-1990s, Safelite, a windshield repair company, made a bold move. It replaced hourly wages with performance-based pay, offering employees the chance to earn more money the more windshields they installed. The results were striking. Within a year, productivity surged by approximately 44 percent. “That’s a massive increase,” says George Georgiadis, an associate professor…
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Do Gut Feelings Change Over Time?
For decades, there was a general assumption that our unconscious or automatic thoughts and feelings were unchangeable—a kind of rigid cognitive force. But that assumption never sat well with Tessa Charlesworth, an assistant professor of management and organizations at Kellogg. It seemed to her that, “even if these are ‘gut feelings,’ they’ve got to come…
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How to Keep Your Network Warm
It’s often the case that the longer you stay in the workforce, the bigger your network gets. Former colleagues, acquaintances from conferences, someone who once got in touch via LinkedIn—your network could easily include hundreds or even thousands of people. But regardless of its size, maintaining your network can make a huge difference to your…
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WAU (Weekly Active Users) – Недельные активные пользователи. Как часто пользователи взаимодействуют с продуктом хотя бы раз в не…
WAU (Weekly Active Users) – Недельные активные пользователи. Как часто пользователи взаимодействуют с продуктом хотя бы раз в неделю. Важность отслеживания WAU для понимания вовлеченности и долгосрочного интереса к продукту. #Продукт #ИИМенеджмент #Продуктовыймененджмент #Маркетинг #Менеджмент