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Key Words for Digital Transformation
Author Paul Michelman
By many rights, one might have expected to find Adobe on the register of companies disrupted by digital. And yet the 35-year-old software developer has persevered by embracing the very technological forces ― think cloud, mobile, platforms, IoT ― that co....
Release Date 2019/01 -
Leading in a Time of Increased Expectations
Author Paul Michelman
Traditionally, the focus of big energy companies has been on power generation and maintaining and managing their assets. But in electric power, as in many businesses, today's consumers want convenience and answers in real time. Since taking over as CEO of Duke Ene....
Release Date 2018/01 -
When People Don't Trust Algorithms
Author Paul Michelman
Even when faced with evidence that an algorithm will deliver better results than human judgment, we consistently choose to follow our own minds. Why? MIT Sloan Management Review editor in chief Paul Michelman sat down with the University of Chicago’s Berkeley....
Release Date 2017/10 -
Author Paul Michelman
We live and work in an age when the need for corporate reinvention is treated almost as a given. CEOs often talk about reducing hierarchy and increasing agility, flexibility, and connectedness to the market, and virtually every large company is “transforming ....
Release Date 2017/10 -
The Question Every Executive Should Ask
Author Paul Michelman
Every CEO has stakeholder groups whose interests he or she needs to balance: customers, employees, the board, shareholders, regulators, partners, nongovernmental organizations, and local communities. Bernard J. Tyson, chairman and CEO of managed care giant Kaiser P....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Seeing Beyond the Blockchain Hype
Author Paul Michelman
Blockchain has recently taken center stage in the conversation about management’s digital makeover. Many believe the impact of blockchain on the ways organizations function and produce value may be greater than other technologies that have grabbed most of our....
Release Date 2017/07 -
The End of Corporate Culture As We Know It
Author Paul Michelman
We are evolving toward the age of networked enterprise, in which the traditional hierarchies of the corporation will be supplanted by self-organizing systems collaborating on digital platforms. In this environment, strong cultures may turn from assets to liabilitie....
Release Date 2017/07 -
Leading in an Unpredictable World
Author Paul Michelman
One of the central challenges facing corporate leaders today is how to take advantage of new opportunities presented by digital transformation. Pierre Nanterme, chairman and CEO of the global professional services firm Accenture, recently sat down with MIT Sloan Ma....
Release Date 2016/10 -
In Boardrooms, the Same Is a Shame
Author Paul Michelman
THE SPRING OF 2016 brought another round of reports on the pale state of the U.S. boardroom. It remains a whiter shade of pale, predominantly male. In its annual review of corporate board appoint- ments, the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles International....
Release Date 2016/07