Innovation

Pioneering leaders roll up their sleeves, create, and stay relevant.

Making small innovation bets can produce big outcomes. Learn the best ways that companies (and users) are improving products and services.

It’s time to embrace the idea that companies can create without destroying.

Three strategies for setting the stage for innovation in your organization.

To bolster innovation, use a growth-affirming innovation narrative supported by four proven levers.

In the consumer goods industry, small R&D bets often outperform big ones.

The true story behind Twitter’s success belies the conventional wisdom of social networks.

Before your next large-scale product launch, try leveraging uncertainty for competitive advantage.

Leadership Collection What does it take to make an organization truly innovative? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the deliberate processes managers can take to nurture innovation and the importance of being able to translate the language of innovators to the executive office.

Giving people time and resources to pursue innovation projects can produce extraordinary outcomes — but only if you match your “slack strategy” to employee type. The authors found that different types of employees respond in different ways to slack innovation programs; that different kinds of slack resources are better suited to certain types of employees than others; and that different kinds of slack innovation programs produce different kinds of innovation.