Innovation Strategy

Leading teams with complicated hierarchies of power demands both curiosity and humility.

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

Investopedia CEO David Siegel describes his innovative approach to office seating arrangements.

Research finds that the right kind of hierarchy can help teams be better innovators and learners.

Companies often struggle to establish and run university partnerships effectively.

Companies often compete as members of networks, making collaboration essential for getting work done.

Michael Schrage and Mark Foster discuss how technology leaders can best create and inspire change.

Many manufacturers can benefit from sharing process innovations rather than keeping them secret.

Ideas that have anchored technological decision-making have become unsuitable for the emerging world.

Disrupting the status quo is often valuable, but taken too far, it can lead to ethical crises.

We searched the MIT SMR archives to find 12 essential innovation insights.

Design thinking needs better alignment with the dynamics of established businesses.

Improving a company’s measurement of innovation requires a holistic view of its innovation process.

Haier CEO Zhang Ruimin is transforming a manufacturing giant into a platform for entrepreneurship.

Fuse pairs engineers and scientists with providers and patients to improve health care.

Executives can foster innovation by understanding and tapping the power of employee networks.

If managed well, internal crowdsourcing initiatives can open up a rich source of innovation.

Most leadership development programs focus on competencies but fail to view leaders as individuals.

The transformative potential of blockchain is real, but so are the challenges to its implementation.

Innovation success is the result of a deliberate search using key information signals.