Workplace, Teams, & Culture

Some reconnections are more beneficial than others. The challenge is selecting the best ones.

If companies want to succeed at social business, they need to develop a culture that embraces social media.

The problem of the domineering corporate headquarters resonates with executives of multinationals.

Smartphone maker Xiaomi cultivates user pride through user-centered and open innovation.

Companies aiming to be competitive in the long term do not see safety and productivity as trade-offs.

Email archive data presents patterns that managers can use to improve organizational performance.

When many employees work offsite, a corporate office can become a lonelier and less productive place.

Organizations need to help executives look beyond individual units toward the broader enterprise.

Effectively coordinating supply chains will increasingly require new approaches to data transparency.

Corporate learning programs should focus on the CEO’s strategic agenda rather than how learning is delivered.

Biomarkers Consortium, a public-private partnership in the health industry, presents five lessons in managing collaboration.

Intermountain Healthcare uses data and analytics to improve its health services, including lowering its infection rates.

Chicago nonprofit Christopher House uses data to drive outcomes in providing education services to low-income families.

Research by MIT SMR shows that effective digital strategy is strongly associated with a company’s overall digital maturity.

Responsible corporate behavior isn’t simply “doing well by doing good.” Six structural changes need to be considered.

Social media is a tool that allows autistic workers to better express their unique abilities — and tech companies are taking notice.

Pervasive and near-continual use of organizational information technology systems is taking a toll on some employees’ health.

Over-reliance on email is sapping people’s time and energy, says author Phil Simon. There are better ways to do things.

Being fresh for the work day requires prioritizing sleep — which organizations can do a better job encouraging.

Humanyze helps interpret social data so that businesses can identify the best collaborative practices of the most effective people.