Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

3 leaders detail practices that support stakeholder and societal value

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Managers at Cotopaxi, King Arthur Baking Company, and REI discuss balancing purpose and profit.

Mar 22, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Operations Management

A risk management playbook for organizational resilience

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How do you manage risk and rebound rapidly when catastrophic events strike? MIT Sloan experts offer a systematic approach to organizational resilience.

Mar 7, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Innovation

FedEx founder on innovation, climate change, and Amazon

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Fifty years after founding FedEx, Frederick W. Smith talks about how artificial intelligence and robotics are changing shipping.

Feb 7, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

3 sustainability insights for industry and government leaders

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When it comes to sustainable enterprises, leaders must consider meaningful goals, consumer preferences, and the partnership of management and technology.

Jan 25, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Leadership

How Intel’s CFO threads the needle on geopolitics — and more

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Intel’s chief financial officer, David Zinsner, talks geopolitical challenges, intellectual property, and creative financing at the MIT Sloan CFO Summit.

Jan 11, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

Beyond China’s COVID unrest, 3 important economic takeaways

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As China grapples with fallout from its “zero-Covid” policy, experts are predicting a recovery at a much slower rate than has been seen in the past.

Dec 14, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Design

2022, illustrated

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Six illustrations we loved this year, illuminating topics such as supply chain, health care, ESG, and remote work.

Dec 12, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

The top 10 MIT Sloan news stories of 2022

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From “smart skills” to digital marketing trends, here are the stories readers were drawn to this year.

Dec 5, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Climate Change

How to choose carbon offsets that actually cut emissions

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Most corporate net zero pledges depend on carbon offsets, but many offsets don’t reduce emissions. Use this framework to identify which offsets are effective.

Nov 2, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Supply Chain

Midcareer advice from 4 supply chain professionals

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Four MIT Sloan alumni share their executive-level insights on the future of supply chain, the unexpected aspects of the industry, and what advice they’d offer rising professionals.

Aug 25, 2022
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