Global Strategy
How Global Is Your C-Suite?
National diversity of top management should be a topic of conversation for boards of directors.
Talent Acquisition and Management
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The Analytics Talent Dividend
An authors’ briefing and Q&A on the findings from the MIT SMR/SAS 2015 global study on data and analytics.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Participant Questions from the Recent Data & Analytics Webinar
We answer three questions about the findings in our recent Big Idea Initiative research report, “The Talent Dividend.”
Organizational Behavior
Should Employers Help Employees Turn Off Technology?
Pervasive and near-continual use of organizational information technology systems is taking a toll on some employees’ health.
Collaboration
Accelerating Projects by Encouraging Help
Making it safe to be honest about when projects are getting off track can promote cooperative behavior.
Marketing Strategy
The Other Talent War: Competing Through Alumni
It’s smart to be on good terms with former employees. Recent research highlights the upside to following competitors’ former employees, too.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
At Amadeus, Finding Data Science Talent Is Just the Beginning
A company that wants to successfully use analytics needs to make sure its data scientists are fully integrated into business units.
Collaboration
When an IT Project “Goes Red”
Declaring that a project everyone is excited about is in trouble can be demoralizing. But it’s exactly what can turn things around.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Why the Non-Superstar Might Be the Most Important Team Member
Hot shots get all the attention, but other team members can be the ones who make a group really tick.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Getting Value From Your Data Scientists
To create real business value, top management must learn how to manage data scientists effectively.
Global Strategy
Do-It-Yourself Leadership Training in China
In China, demand for skilled business managers exceeds supply. Can leadership self-development programs address that gap?
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Predicting the Performance of Analytics Talent
How to hire the right talent to overcome big data project failures.
Analytics & Business Intelligence
Bridging the Talent Gap: How to Find the Right Data Scientist
What can companies do to help fill their data scientist gap? That was the topic at a conference hosted by the MIT Center for Digital Business.
Global Strategy
How Infosys Is Building Its Talent Pipeline in India
Attracting talent sometimes means marketing the corporation to the people who might one day take a job there.
Global Strategy
Six Principles of Effective Global Talent Management
Companies that are successful at global talent management subscribe to six key principles.
Collaboration
Creating Employee Networks That Deliver Open Innovation
The key to open innovation? Ensuring outside ideas reach the people best equipped to exploit them.
Collaboration
The Collaborative Organization: How to Make Employee Networks Really Work
Once managers grasp the patterns of employee interactions, they can reduce network inefficiencies.