All articles tagged: design

Companies that only have access to “little data” can still use that information to improve their business.

The head of MIT’s Center for Collective Intelligence explains how the social intelligence factor is critical for business success.

The app markets are winning—it’s time to focus on working (and winning) within them.

Make human-centered design the heart of your digital agenda.

Find out before it’s too late if you’re recruiting a trailblazer or an imposter.

To take advantage of employees’ innovative efforts, managers must first learn how to encourage and nurture them.

Legacy companies looking to increase agility and collaboration can take a few lessons from new firms.

It’s not just a trend; companies can be more effective by fostering contemplative awareness in every aspect of their processes and practices.

Large initiatives such as oil pipelines have a higher chance of succeeding when stakeholders work together to manage the risks.

Take a moment, change a life.

Unless a company is backing a philanthropic event, U.S. investors tend to be unhappy with corporate sponsorships.

How to help close the gap between assets under management and revenues.

An urgent need for job growth is spurring an innovative trend in CSR and high-minded commercial initiatives.

Four clear paths for winning and retaining customers today.

A new wave of software innovation is about to transform industry — and give the United States the chance for a lasting edge. See also America’s Manufacturing Advantage — In Pictures.

A new set of tools and challenges is refining how we do our jobs.

How Gilt’s Michelle Peluso designed a career to be both the CEO—and the mom—she wanted to be.

To become world-class competitors—both at home and abroad—upstart firms must transcend their latecomer disadvantages, though a four-stage process.

People prefer old-fashioned voicemail messages to emails when receiving bad news.

French railway giant SNCF responded to the threat of low-priced upstarts by creating a lab to accelerate R&D and cut its cost.

A new biography of Apple design chief Jony Ive offers valuable lessons to leaders seeking to develop strategic capabilities.

Manufacturers should adopt the nimble strategy used by software firms: “sprint and scrum.”

Lessons in Failure

Excitement about any new technology should be balanced with the application of time-tested forecasting tools.

Some advice for professionals who want to start calling their own shots.