Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Companies across a wide range of industries are increasingly focused on using artificial intelligence to gain a competitive edge and unlock productivity gains. Given the transformational potential of the technology, it’s not surprising that private equity investors are also seeking to harness the power of AI in their portfolios.…
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The interpersonal skills that are integral to human-centered leadership are often called “soft” skills, but they’re what underpins the hard work of managing. Empathy, emotional regulation, taking time to read people: These are the skills associated with high emotional intelligence that enable leaders to build cohesive teams and successfully…
The U.S. dollar, one of the world’s most widely sought-after assets, saw its value decline by as much as 10 percent in the first half of 2025, inviting speculation about the end of its global dominance. Despite the concern, it’s actually not unusual for the dollar’s value to fluctuate. One need only look back to…
The Covid-19 pandemic was a shock to the global supply chain with little precedent. While companies eventually adapted to the new normal, some issues for manufacturers and retailers lingered for years. Now, many of those same firms are facing another seismic supply-chain test that may have profound effects on the ways they source materials and…
In the face of adversity, Craig Wortmann had long subscribed to the maxim that “time heals all wounds.” Cancer changed that. “The hardest part was the mental anguish of being a very different person. A different physical person,” said Wortmann, a professor of marketing at Kellogg. “Your identity has changed.” Wortmann experienced what some call…
For the fourth year in a row, MIT Sloan Management Review and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) have assembled an international panel of AI experts that includes academics and practitioners to help us understand how responsible artificial intelligence (RAI) is being implemented across organizations worldwide. In the spring of 2025, we also fielded a global executive…
Julian Adams tried but didn’t succeed at retirement after a productive career as a medical chemist with several U.S. Food and Drug Administration approvals of cancer-related treatments, including cell therapy for bone marrow transplantation. Soon after, his participation in a Stand Up To Cancer advisory group led to his appointment as the nonprofit’s president and…
Nathalie Lees The Research The authors analyzed changes in the presence of nonnative C-level executives in Fortune Global 500 companies from 2013 to 2021. They found that businesses in the Global 500 in both 2013 and 2021 that had a higher percentage of international top management team members relative to the home-country average had higher…
What’s your measure of a good day? For many of us, it’s all about productivity — how much we manage to get done. We idealize efficiency as a virtue that, if mastered, will free us from the great trap of “never enough time.” But it often seems that by consuming books, lectures, and articles on…
Create Mental Space to Be a Wiser Leader Megan Reitz and John Higgins Key Insight: The pressure to do more, faster, can impede insight and decision-making. Embracing a more expansive form of attention can help change that. Top Takeaways: The fast pace of business can make leaders almost exclusively task-focused as they narrow their attention…