Climate Change
Sustaining Sustainability
Improved performance rests not upon tangible investments, but on the intangibles of workers’ perceptions.
Human Resources
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Technology Innovation Strategy
Gone Fishing — For Data
When it comes to big data, GE avoids warehousing and instead turns to the data lake approach.
Data & Data Culture
Data Scientist In a Can?
Can we automate enough of what data scientists do to ease the skills gap?
Climate Change
The Crucial — and Underappreciated — Role of HR in Sustainability
HR departments are usually overlooked in developing sustainability programs — yet their input is crucial for success.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Short on Analytics Talent? Seven Tips to Help Your Company Thrive
Companies are having a tough time finding the data scientists they need — but that doesn’t mean those projects need to halt altogether.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
At Amadeus, Finding Data Science Talent Is Just the Beginning
A company that wants to successfully use analytics needs to make sure its data scientists are fully integrated into business units.
Collaboration
The American Red Cross: Adding Digital Volunteers to Its Ranks
The mission of the American Red Cross is to alleviate human suffering during emergencies by mobilizing volunteers and donors. It’s using social media to help.
Innovation Strategy
The Dandelion Principle: Redesigning Work for the Innovation Economy
People who are “different,” behaviorally or neurologically, can add significant value to companies.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Elevating Data, Analytics to the C-Suite
The implications of a chief analytics officer for strategy and for long-term planning.
Collaboration
Reinventing Employee Onboarding
Employee orientation practices that focus on individual identity can lower employee turnover.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Bridging the Talent Gap: How to Find the Right Data Scientist
What can companies do to help fill their data scientist gap? That was the topic at a conference hosted by the MIT Center for Digital Business.
Leading Change
The Human Side of Business*
Reflections on the human element in business — and insights contained in this issue.
Developing Strategy
Are CEOs Getting the Best From Corporate Functions?
At too many large companies, corporate functions like HR and IT don’t get enough strategic direction from the CEO.
Talent Management
Employee Profiling That Works: How IDEO Uncovers Hidden Talent
Global design firm IDEO develops rich profiles of employee capabilities and shares them across the organization.
Culture
How to Change a Culture: Lessons From NUMMI
GM and Toyota launched their joint auto plant where GM’s work force had been at its worst. Here’s what happened next.
