Management
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Transforming Investing With AI at Franklin Templeton
Patrick George/Ikon Images What would you do with artificial intelligence if you were confident that it would transform your industry? What actions would you take if you felt that you were at an inflection point in that transformation? Would you try to be an early proponent of AI-first in your industry, or a fast follower?…
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Redefine What ‘Professionalism’ Means
Matt Kenyon/Ikon Images “Professionalism” encompasses the broad set of shared beliefs and expectations about how people within an industry or workplace should interact with one another: Think communication style, punctuality, or meeting etiquette. But opinions differ: Cameras on? Cameras off? Do meetings start precisely on the hour? Is arriving a few minutes late acceptable or…
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Take 5: Career Advice from the Sports World
Few things in the world ignite our passion and unbridled joy like sports. We see this in scenes as far-flung as New York Knicks fans flooding the streets of Manhattan for days on end to celebrate the team’s first championship in more than a half century, to bleary-eyed Tunisian World Cup supporters cheering on their…
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Three Approaches to Measuring and Managing AI ROI
Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images After several years of AI experiments and pilot initiatives, a crucial question remains open for most companies: How much of a return — and what kinds of returns — are we getting from all of this AI investment? To many executives, AI ROI still often feels more like art than science:…
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Resolving Muddled Objectives in Corporate Venture Capital
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The Research The authors compared the approaches of prominent corporate venture capital (CVC) units, including those owned by Intel, Cisco, General Electric, Siemens, NTT Docomo, Hitachi, Panasonic, and Sompo. They examined 59 of the most active CVCs tracked by research firm CB Insights from 2017 through 2024 and mapped…
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Leaders at All Levels: How DBS Bank Makes Everyone an Innovator
DBS Bank believes that innovation is critical to its survival, and to reinforce that objective, it made innovation a KPI representing 20% of every team and individual’s performance review. In this episode of Leaders at All Levels, hosts Katherine W. Isaacs and Michele Zanini speak with Bidyut Dumra, group head of innovation and future of…
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When private equity takes control: Managers must create value or become a cost
When private equity takes control, managers face a stark reality: create value fast or become a cost to be cut. Konstantinos, Marie-Amelie, Matilda, Rebecca and Xiangyu argue that private equity replaces comfort with discipline and accountability. Through the case studies of Toys “R” Us and Hilton, they reveal it is leadership response – not financial…
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AI Upskilling at Scale: Bank of America’s Bernard Hampton
Today’s episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, the final one of Season 13, explores how Bank of America is preparing a massive global workforce for an AI future through upskilling and reskilling. Bernard Hampton, head of the financial institution’s Academy, explains how the learning and development organization focuses on workforce agility and a…
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How to Grow Without Betting Big
Matt Harrison Clough/Ikon Images Some of the most spectacular stories of corporate growth revolve around big bets — long-term investments, bold pivots, and major acquisitions. Think of ASML, which pursued next-generation semiconductor manufacturing technologies for more than 30 years; Adobe, which abandoned perpetual licenses in favor of cloud subscriptions; or Disney, which acquired Pixar, Marvel,…
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Agentic AI: What Leaders Wish They Knew Sooner
As AI agents go beyond the hypothetical and enter actual workflows, many leaders see a gap between the promise and the reality. Are the agents ready? Moreover, are the humans? At the 2026 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium, we sought expert perspective and advice. We asked technology and business leaders, “What have you learned this year…