Frontiers

While executives agree that cognitive technologies are a disruptive force, few companies have a strategy to address them.

Advances in inventory and sales analytics make it possible to deliver products both cheaply and quickly.

Conversational commerce has the potential to transform the business supply chain.

Teams can develop shared practices that enable email to help, not harm, productivity.

IT alignment can produce organizational inertia — unless it’s accompanied by the right culture.

VR is being used for job training, but it also has the potential to reduce our need to commute.

Competitive speed and cheaper apps spell the end to requirements gathering and testing for new tech.

Businesses can innovate and thrive by nurturing a “creator” mindset.

Machine learning is susceptible to unintended biases that require careful planning to avoid.

A zero-trust network, which hosts an organization’s services in the cloud, is the safest option.

This MIT SMR executive guide introduces business leaders to the technologies that are reshaping our world.

New markets for judgment bridge critical gaps between scientific breakthroughs and commercial markets.

Building a sophisticated online user community a begins with a smart approach to seeding it with expert knowledge.

Companies can improve productivity by tapping into free digital goods and paying their own employees to contribute.

Robots that use body language can have a positive effect on their human colleagues.

Emotion-sensing technologies can lead to better decisions and alleviate stress — if privacy issues are addressed.

Retailers need to understand how website features and advances in AI affect consumer behavior.

AI has driven soaring expectations and stock prices. So why has productivity growth declined?

Featured excerpt from Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World.

While U.S. research efforts are rising substantially, research productivity is sharply declining.