Strategy

Ecosystem success requires that both leaders and followers avoid the trap of egocentric thinking.

The post-pandemic era requires a leadership mindset change about jobs and managerial expectations.

Having a minority stake in a business partnership doesn’t always mean having fewer rights.

Great strategy addresses investor and consumer interests and also recognizes the value of nontraditional stakeholders.

Creating consistently great business strategies demands systematic constructive debate and logical rigor.  

New research points to consistency as a pivotal success factor when companies launch concurrent change initiatives.

Leadership Collection How can leaders increase their odds of having successful negotiations? This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the many stages of negotiation, from evaluating potential partners and valuing the deal to providing protection from lies during the bargaining process and managing the ongoing relationship.

Understanding patterns of demand across your customer base can help smooth out costly spikes and slumps.

Three trends are reshaping global strategy and operations for the world’s largest companies.

Critical thinking — meaning the ability to transcend bias and partial information to draw from objective analysis of facts to form a judgment — is one of the more challenging skills for managers to cultivate. This collection of articles from MIT Sloan Management Review examines the ways to use data to supplement instinct, the importance of looking out for potentially important weak signals, and the ways to incorporate critical thinking into an organization overall.