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Issue 96, Autumn 2019
Cover story
GMOHow to build disruptive strategic flywheels
Gaming, artificial intelligence, and deep learning are paving the way for dynamic and resilient 21st-century business models.- GMO
A crisis of legitimacy
Today’s toughest global challenges are unintended consequences of yesterday’s success. If our prevailing institutions can’t adapt, they could lose the right to lead. The dawn of the Chinese blockbuster
Filmmakers with local heroes and digital technologies are disrupting Hollywood’s global advantage.
Leading Ideas
- Tech & innovation
Blockchain’s benefits for the aviation industry
Aerospace businesses could benefit from sharing data about aircraft history, maintenance, and operations. - Consumer & retail
Three reasons Net Promoter Score is past its prime
The metric was useful in simpler times, when companies were beginning to understand the importance of customer experience. But it’s time to replace it. - s+b BlogsConsumer & retail
Competing for consumers in driverless cars
Once drivers become passengers, a new “fifth-screen” economy focused on the in-car experience will flourish. - s+b BlogsLeadership
How business schools can change the world
Experiential learning approaches that give management students exposure to adversity can help create empathetic leaders who are motivated to build a more equitable, sustainable future. - Thought leaders
Creating happier employees
Professor Jochen Menges on the ways companies can develop well-being initiatives that genuinely make people feel better.
Essays
- Strategy
Winning with a data-driven strategy
Making decisions based on hard evidence requires a major shift in culture, technology, and mind-set. - Tech & innovation
Facing up to the automotive innovation dilemma
The rise of connected, autonomous, shared, and electric vehicles will reshape the industry. The challenge in the meantime is survival. - Leadership
Incentives for a strong leadership culture
Three key pay and performance metrics can help define and influence an organization’s values.
Books in Brief
- Business books
A winning effort
In his new book, Neil Irwin finds that people who succeed in management careers do so by trying new things, learning from failures, and embracing changes in direction. - Business books
Diving into deep learning
In their new book on what makes high schools work, education experts Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine offer vital lessons for business leaders as well. - Business books
Conversational computing
James Vlahos’s new book, Talk to Me, is a good starting point for exploring how voice computing could disrupt your business. - Business books
Level setting
In his new book, Michael O’Sullivan looks to the past to find a future for the post-globalization world.
The Thought Leader Interview
Rolling toward responsible capitalism
Jean-Dominique Senard, the departing CEO of Michelin and incoming chair of Renault and of the Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi alliance, argues that the prevailing concept of corporate purpose needs an update.
Recent Research
- s+b Blogs
Keep your CSR programs on track
Corporate social responsibility can be tricky, especially for multinationals. A new study lays out some guidance.
Trending articles
- 1.Connecting the dots in an uncertain worldBusiness professor Christian Busch makes the case that serendipity is a skill, resulting from a mindset that allows you to see and act on opportunities in seemingly unrelated facts or events.
- 2.Empathy: The glue we need to fix a fractured worldStanford psychologist Jamil Zaki explains that whether we are dealing with business, politics, or personal matters, it’s possible — and advantageous — to train ourselves to be more empathic.
- 3.Using neuroscience to make feedback work and feel betterResearch shows that using feedback is how organisms — and organizations — stay alive. Here’s how leaders can make the most of the anxiety-producing process.
- 4.Can bossless management work?
Not according to B-school professors Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein, whose new book makes the case for functional hierarchy.
- 5.The rise of the eco-friendly consumerDuring the pandemic, people have become more sensitive to the environmental impact of their shopping decisions—and companies are responding.
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