AI is embedding itself into the products and processes of virtually every industry. But implementing AI at scale remains an unresolved, frustrating issue for most organizations. Businesses can help ensure success of their AI efforts by scaling teams, processes, and tools in an integrated, cohesive manner. This is all part of an emerging discipline called…
Bountiful research has documented the importance of DEI for business. We know that organizations with diverse workforces enjoy increased financial performance, innovation, and creativity and decreased attrition and related costs. But efforts to address DEI in the workplace are typically disconnected from those aimed at supporting employee health and wellness. To enact meaningful change in…
Boards have a unique role in helping their organizations manage cybersecurity threats. They do not have day to day management responsibility, but they do have oversight and fiduciary responsibility. Don’t leave any questions about critical vulnerabilities for tomorrow. Asking the smart questions at your next board meeting might just prevent a breach from becoming a…
One way companies can begin to measure their human capital is to look at the quality of jobs they’re creating. What separates a dead-end job from one that leads to a fruitful career? For the last two years, the authors have worked with large U.S. companies across industries to develop metrics to answer this question.…
When launching a new product, should you go all-in with a worldwide rollout, or is it best to take a more measured, step-by-step approach? The costs of failure are higher if you go the all-in route, but if you launch slowly and selectively, you may be preempted by the competition. The authors explore this tension…
Rarely does a company sustain its global industry leadership for more than a few decades, and most that do so are very well-known global brands. YKK, an 88-year-old Japanese manufacturer of zippers, is not a household name, yet it has quietly, and impressively, stayed atop of the global fastener industry for decades. It has remained…
March 02, 2022 Technology is making traditional agriculture more efficient, but farming still has its problems. It takes a huge amount of land and can be energy- and water-intensive. In addition, produce needs to be transported to customers, often over great distances. Daniele Modesto, CEO of ZERO Farms, tells Azeem Azhar how building upward will…
The Pandemic Created a Renewed Urgency for Agile Transformation For years, many organizations have seen agile ways of working as a path to success. The enterprise of the future was always going to be data driven and nimble, but organizations once had time on their side to transform on their own schedule. The pandemic changed…
March 01, 2022 “No regrets” might be a popular modern-day mantra, but it’s virtually impossible to live your life without wishing you could do certain things over. Some people try to ignore these feelings; others wallow in them. But author Dan Pink, who recently conducted large U.S. and global surveys on this phenomenon, says the…
VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russia’s president, has portrayed his aggression on the Ukrainian border as pushing back against Western advances. For some time he has been doing much the same online. He has long referred to the internet as a “CIA project”. His deep belief that the enemy within and the enemy without are in effect one…