Operations Management
Ideas and insights about operations management from MIT Sloan.
Operations Management
4 ways data plays a role on winning teams
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How data plays a role in talent, system, culture, and leadership of winning teams.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.