Michael Schrage is a Research Fellow at the MIT Sloan School’s Center for Digital Business. He is the author of several critically acclaimed books, including No More Teams!: Mastering the Dynamics of Creative Collaboration. The major theme of his book
93% of business leaders say that their ability to work is strongly contingent on how well their collaborators can express their needs. This highlights just how important active communication is. If business leaders are able to effectively actively communicate with
The Problem Product Management, Engineering, and Marketing are the center points of the interdisciplinary product team. Product Management establishes the vision for exactly what we should make, Engineering/Development designs and builds it, and Marketing figures out how to get customers
Innovation is the key to staying ahead of the competition, creating new value, and solving the world’s biggest challenges. But how can you start your innovation journey and ensure success? In this blog post, I will share with you five
“If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will take you there.” The Problem Whether a new product initiative, cost management program, performance improvement project, or other plans, if your team does not start with a visceral vision
The truth is, in the practice of innovation, uncertainty is everywhere. Innovation is practiced by humans, who are fallible creatures. As innovators we are going to get things wrong, therefore our confidence will be temporary and intermittent - like spotty
Collective Intelligence + Artificial Intelligence + Strong Processes&Behaviors = Super Intelligence In 2001, I read about electronic brainstorming technology, a computerized meeting system developed by the University of Arizona and IBM. I arranged for a demonstration at the 40-seat facility
Have you ever wondered why exercise is considered to be the best medicine? It's because exercise keeps you fit not just physically but also mentally. Creativity on the other hand only comes when you have a healthy mind. Creativity has
With the rise of artificial intelligence, we have clearly become fascinated with (if not suspicious of) our own intelligence. And, in the world of generative AI, we now seem obsessed with the origin of new ideas, how to facilitate creativity,
Redefining Failure Innovation, while celebrated as the driving force behind technological progress and economic growth, often grapples with an inherent paradox. On one side, there's the rallying call to "fail fast and fail often," championing the idea that failure is
