Ideas Made to Matter Supply Chain

How the Russia-Ukraine war is upending global supply chains

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Experts detail how ripple effects are impeding the flow of goods, creating catastrophic food shortages, and fueling dramatic cost increases and product shortages.

Jun 28, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Sustainability

Download: MIT Sloan research on sustainable business

Companies are under pressure to adopt sustainable business practices. Here is strategic advice for an effective, efficient, and equitable future.

Jun 13, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Innovation

5 lessons for effective dashboards

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Companies that succeed at digital transformation use dashboards to measure what value is created, and how.

Mar 9, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Knowledge Management

MIT study highlights inequality in worker training

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Non-white workers, less educated workers, and those employed on a contract or freelance basis got less job training. The pandemic likely made it worse.

Mar 2, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Operations Management

How to manage a hybrid workforce: 4 tips

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Acceleration Partners CEO Robert Glazer has led a fully remote workforce for 15 years. Here is his learned wisdom.

Feb 9, 2022
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Ideas Made to Matter Leadership

How this CEO used kindness, math to save his company

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In a recently released TED@BCG Talk, MIT Sloan’s James Rhee shares how he used a “culture of kindness” to save clothing retailer Ashley Stewart

Dec 23, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

When two heads aren’t better than one

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Leaders often have to decide whether to delegate projects to individuals or a group. According to a new study, it should depend on the task.

Dec 20, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Operations Management

Return-to-work and remote work toolkits for 2022

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What we learned about hybrid work this year, and what to do next.

Nov 16, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Operations Management

3 ‘virtual first’ workforce insights from Dropbox’s CEO

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Dropbox CEO Drew Houston on his company’s “virtual first” approach, hiring opportunities, and building your own operations plan.

Oct 27, 2021
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Ideas Made to Matter Organizational Culture

How training for new tech threatens worker hierarchies

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New technologies are upsetting status structures in the workplace. How can managers introduce them without driving a wedge between coworkers?

Jun 1, 2021
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