Ideas Made to Matter

A look at how platforms are changing heavy industry, finance, health care, and e-commerce.

Having built new norms during COVID-19, firms should now focus on operations, employee experience, customer experience, and organizational culture.

Their ‘communication competence’ helps them influence and guide others toward shared goals. They also get better marks from the people they lead.

Update conference rooms to support “mixed reality meetings,” and adopt more transparent information sharing between managers, teams, and employees.

No more C-suite showdowns. Instead, here are four strategies to point your organization forward.

Better than mean variance? This approach to portfolio formation accounts for shocks like pandemics and “drifts” like climate change.

Dannielle Appelhans makes sure she’s a visible presence for women wanting a career in science and technology.

From gun safety to voting rights to climate action, CEOs from Levi Strauss and Unilever describe how they decide which social issues to back, and why.

With Browning the Green Space, Kerry Bowie deploys a passion for streamlined efficiency to promote equity and inclusion in clean energy.

Businesses are poised to see big productivity gains from artificial intelligence. Make sure you’re prepared.