MIT CISR

MIT CISR

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A research center at the MIT Sloan School of Management, MIT CISR helps executives meet the challenge of leading dynamic, global, and information-intensive organizations.

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MIT CISR

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cisr.mit.edu

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Jun 24, 2026

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Episodes

AI Is Everybody's Business 16.05.2024

Barb Wixom reads MIT CISR's May 2024 research briefing, which she co-authored with Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0501_AIEverybodysBusiness_WixomBeath. Abstract: This briefing presents three principles to guide business leaders when making AI investments: invest in practices that build capabilities required for AI, involve all your...

Resolving Workforce Skills Gaps with AI-Powered Insights 18.04.2024

Nick van der Meulen reads MIT CISR's April 2024 research briefing, which he co-authored with Olgerta Tona and Dorothy Leidner. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0401_DigitalTalentTransformation_VanderMeulenTonaLeidner. Abstract: Ongoing digital transformation requires a workforce that is proficient in a wide variety of new skills. This briefing explo...

Creating an Enterprise Capability for Digital Sustainability 21.03.2024

Thomas Haskamp reads MIT CISR's March 2024 research briefing, which he co-authored with Ina Sebastian and Stephanie Woerner. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0301_GreenCIO_SebastianHaskampWoerner. Abstract: Technology leaders in top-performing companies spend significantly more time on building a complementary enterprise capability than their peers....

Designing Ecosystem Governance to Grow Value 15.02.2024

Gayan Benedict reads MIT CISR's February 2024 research briefing, which he co-authored with Ina Sebastian. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0201_EcosystemGovernance_BenedictSebastian. Abstract: In recent MIT CISR research, organizations saw their most challenging strategic goals as being dependent on the actions of other organizations. Ecosystem gove...

How Tech Leaders of Top-Performing Companies Spend Their Time 18.01.2024

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's January 2024 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill and Gail Evans. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2024_0101_TechLeaderTime_WeillWoernerEvans. Abstract: As large established companies become increasingly digital, offering connected products and services and leading or participating in ecosystems, th...

Getting Over a Digital Business Transformation Slowdown 21.12.2023

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's December 2023 research briefing, which she co-authored with Ina Sebastian and Peter Weill. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2023_1201_RegainingMomentum_WoernerSebastianWeill. Abstract: Almost every company that we talk to is working on a digital business transformation—but with new opportunities such as generative AI em...

xTech Innovation: Achieving Speed While Managing Risks 16.11.2023

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's November 2023 research briefing, which she co-authored with Alan Thorogood. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2023_1101_xTechsFastandSafe_ThorogoodWoerner. Abstract: In a digital world, no organization can thrive on its own, and partnerships with xTechs offer powerful opportunities to innovate quickly, although with some...

Guiding Decentralized Decision-Making by Acting on Purpose 19.10.2023

Nick van der Meulen reads MIT CISR's October 2023 research briefing, which he co-authored with Cynthia Beath. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2023_1001_PurposeinAction_VanderMeulenBeath. Abstract: Recent MIT CISR survey data showed that nearly every participating organization had crafted a purpose statement. However, only half had defined the aspiration...

Top-Performing Companies Focus on Customer Domains 21.09.2023

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's September 2023 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2023_0901_DomainOriented_WeillWoerner. Abstract: A domain-oriented company helps serve a customer’s end-to-end need by focusing on customer outcomes rather than on the sales of products and services. In our latest...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 8, a call to action 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 7, four archetypes 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 7, data monetization strategy 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 6, data-domain connections 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 5, what's selling? 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 4, what's wrapping? 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 3, data-insight-action 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 2, data monetization capabilities 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 1, improve-wrap-sell 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 1, what is data monetization? 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From Chapter 1, who this book is for 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Data Is Everybody's Business - From the Foreword, a testimonial from data leaders 19.09.2023

Barb Wixom, co-author of Data Is Everybody's Business: The Fundamentals of Data Monetization, reads excerpts from the book. Published in September 2023 by the MIT Press, Data Is Everybody's Business is a clear, engaging, evidence-based guide to monetizing data, for everyone from employee to board member. Most organizations view data monetization—converting data into money—too narrowly: as merely s...

Future Ready? Pick Your Pathway for Digital Business Transformation 28.08.2023

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's September 2017 research briefing, which she co-authored with Peter Weill. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2017_0901_DigitalPathways_WeillWoerner. Abstract: Just about every big old company is on a digital transformation journey, often without a playbook. In this briefing, we provide a digital transformation playbook—at...

Forget Strategy: Focus IT on Your Operating Model 28.08.2023

Stephanie Woener reads this MIT CISR research briefing from December 2005, which was authored by Jeanne Ross. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2005_12_3C_OperatingModels. Abstract: Most companies try to maximize value from IT investments by aligning IT and IT-enabled business processes with business strategy. But strategy rarely offers sufficiently clear...

Maturity Matters: How Firms Generate Value from Enterprise Architecture 28.08.2023

Stephanie Woener reads this MIT CISR research briefing from July 2004, which was authored by Jeanne Ross. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2004_07_2B_MaturityMatters. Abstract: To better serve customers and cut operating costs, firms are instituting enterprise-wide efforts to leverage synergies and reap economies of scale. CISR research indicates, howeve...

Building Data Monetization Capabilities that Pay Off 28.08.2023

Stephanie Woerner reads MIT CISR's November 2019 research briefing, which was authored by Barb Wixom and Killian Farrell. See the text version and related content at https://cisr.mit.edu/publication/2019_1101_DataMonCapsPersist_WixomFarrell. Abstract: Data monetization—the direct or indirect conversion of data and analytics into financial returns—represents a key source of economic value for compa...

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