Supply chain risks have become nearly incalculable. Managing them requires a capabilities-driven mindset.
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Work without Jobs: How to Reboot Your Organization's Work Operating System
In this Wall Street Journal bestseller, why the future of work requires the deconstruction of jobs and the reconstruction of work.
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Prepare for the Bullwhip’s Sting
Growing inflation and supply chain issues are raising concerns that a recession is looming. But companies can prepare.
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The Progressive Roots of Management Science
New research highlights that sustainable management is a fundamental business practice, not just a modern trend.
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What Everyone Gets Wrong About the Never-Ending COVID-19 Supply Chain Crisis
Just-in-time inventory management isn’t the source of the pandemic’s supply chain issues and product shortages.
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Working with Robots in a Post-Pandemic World
Despite advances in automation, good people and good techniques remain essential to manual work.
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Building Growth with Additive Manufacturing
Digital Strategy Guide Additive manufacturing — also known as 3-D printing — was developed in the 1980s and began moving beyond costly industrial manufacturing applications in the late 2000s when it was taken up by the open-source and do-it-yourself movements. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review takes a closer look at this disruptive technology, which is on the verge of going mainstream.
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Breaking Logjams in Knowledge Work
How organizations can improve task flow and prevent overload.
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Holding Your Organization (and Yourself) Accountable
Leadership Collection Leaders grapple with bringing accountability into everything they do, for both internal audiences and the wider community of stakeholders.
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How Decisions Get Made
Leadership Collection How do you decide how to decide? What are the best strategies for problem-solving? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review explores the critical importance of knowing what problem you are trying to solve, taking the time to thoroughly frame a decision and explore the full scope of options, and recognizing that consensus isn’t always the best policy.