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Here is a recent communique that may be of interest.
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The Top MIT SMR Articles of 2024
In 2024, many leaders and organizations moved beyond the tactical AI questions to the more strategic ones — such as where to reap the most business value while minimizing risk. Culture was also top of mind, as leaders grappled with tough people management challenges — like informal meetings and getting people to stop self-censoring at work. Read the top 10 articles of 2024.
Read the best of 2024:
#1 Five Key Trends in AI and Data Science for 2024
Three surveys of data executives have identified five trends they’ll be paying attention to in 2024.
#2 Hard Truths About the Meeting After the Meeting
Explore five strategies to help leaders transform post-meeting dynamics that can harm group culture.
#3 The Future of Strategic Measurement: Enhancing KPIs With AI
Smart organizations need smarter KPIs. This report outlines how leaders can create and capture value from AI-powered KPIs.
#4 Return-to-Office Mandates: How to Lose Your Best Performers
Executives should be focusing on employee outcomes and accountability rather than performative in-office appearances.
#5 What You Still Can’t Say at Work
Your people are holding back comments that leadership needs to hear. Use these techniques to free up communication.
#6 How Tech Fails Late-Career Workers
Age-related cognitive changes can hinder workers’ technology use, but these strategies can help; managers support them.
#7 Seven Truths About Hybrid Work and Productivity
Hybrid work presents trade-offs for organizations, and measuring its impact on productivity remains complex.
#8 Eight Essential Interview Questions CEOs Swear By
Interviewers can get more meaningful responses from job candidates by taking different approaches to standard questions.
#9 RTO Mandates: Hard Truths for Leaders
In this short video, learn why return-to-office mandates can backfire and how to build a strong hybrid work culture.
#10 Building Culture From the Middle Out
Translating organizationwide value statements into group-specific practices is the key to making culture real.
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