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Should we be bullish or bearish on BRICS?
When the alliance first formed in 2001, many investors were bullish about BRIC, the association of what were then considered four burgeoning economies—Brazil, Russia, India, and China (South Africa...
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Using System Dynamics to Build Consensus
For Martin Capriles, SF ’05, there is something almost magical about the Beer Game, a management simulator developed in the late 1950s by Jay Forrester and his students at the MIT System Dynamics...
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Minimum wages = maximum profits? Zeynep Ton says no.
Almost one in four working adults in America has a job that pays less than a living wage. In large part, the situation persists because the corporate marketplace has long labored under the conventional...
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Financial literacy promotes good government
“When written in Chinese,” John F. Kennedy once said, “the word ‘crisis’ is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.” MIT Sloan Distinguished Professor of...
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Rethinking the way we invest in social services
Lynn Dovey, SF ’02, Associate Deputy Chief Executive at the Ministry of Social Development in New Zealand, is forging a new path in the delivery and funding of social services, and governments around...
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Moving a company forward with system dynamics
Patricia Winand, SF ’13, Senior VP of Sales & Marketing, Americas at Close the Loop, first started ruminating about loops when she studied system dynamics (SD) as an MIT Sloan Fellow. “For me, SD...
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The U.S. Coast Guard: Steering a big ship into new waters
The inability to adapt to a rapidly changing competitive landscape has doomed many seemingly unstoppable business giants, observes Eric Jones, SF ’05, executive assistant to the Coast Guard’s Deputy...
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Is a robot waiting in the wings for your job? Maybe.
“The factory of the future may be run by just one man and one dog. The man’s job will be to feed the dog,” says MIT Sloan Professor Erik Brynjolfsson. “And the dog’s job will be to make sure the man...
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Reinventing the battle plan for the war on drugs
Of all the continents on Earth, Africa is particularly blessed with an abundance of natural beauty and resources. Often, it is heralded as the cradle of civilization. There is no dearth of human talent...
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The Singapore Miracle: Is it sustainable?
One of the world’s smallest countries, Singapore is also one of its great economic powerhouses. That dichotomy is frequently referred to in the business press as the “Singapore Miracle.” Often voted...
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Can a new generation of young entrepreneurs retool Africa?
Africa is the ultimate conundrum. Many countries across the continent are plagued with dizzying infrastructure, security, and corruption challenges. Yet, the regional economy has climbed steadily over...
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The anatomy of a 21st-century game-changer
Are innovators exceptionally smart, creative, or just lucky? All three? MIT Sloan Leadership Center Executive Director Hal Gregersen and coauthors Clayton Christensen and Jeff Dyer explore a question...
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The political health of a nation dictates other vital signs
Many associate the African continent with political volatility, but while it is the tension that makes headlines, peace and progress reign in many countries on the world’s second largest continent....
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Will 3-D printing revolutionize manufacturing—and the global marketplace?
MIT launched the 3-D printing phenomenon thirty years ago—even trademarked the term 3-D printing (3DP) back in the early 1990s. Today, the Institute is a nerve center of invention in what is...
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Crafting a vision to advance Africa
Clarity of vision, says South African tech entrepreneur Xoli Kakana, SF ’08, is central to all African solutions. And she believes that the absence of that vision is what plagues the continent. “Most...
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Leveraging a pro-innovation regulatory environment in a major energy market
Regulation is generally considered a dirty word in the realm of big energy. “Regulation stifles innovation,” is a common mantra throughout the industry. But David Parkin, SF ’12, has a different...
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The transformative force of African inventiveness
Necessity has been the driver of invention in Africa perhaps more than any other region of the world. In most nations on the continent, notes Hal Gregersen, executive director of the MIT Leadership...
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Execution-style thinking can be the death of progress
Execute, execute, execute. Managers in large organizations are promoted for their ability to execute, which is useful when scaling up a successful business model. The execution mindset becomes an...
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It takes a continent: The case for Pan-African leadership
When it comes to approaching African leadership challenges, Yaya Moussa, SF ’10, believes the focus should be through a wide-angle lens. The leaders of individual African nations, he says, must think...
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From battleground to hospital room: The challenge of humanizing radar
Radar. The word conjures up images of colossal metal dishes pointed toward impending danger. Anupam Nayak, SF ’10, is out to replace that old black and white picture we now have imprinted on our brains...
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