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MIT SMR's Three Big Points is the podcast you need to stay at the top of your game as a business leader. In each episode you’ll get one new idea from the world’s leading academics, researchers, and executives delivered with three takeaways to help you put it to use in your organization.

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Should the U.S. Government Slow Its Roll in Technology Regulation? from 2021-01-19T09:00

Author Larry Downes, an expert on government regulation of the tech industry, argues that the Biden administration should heed the lessons of history and let innovation flourish under a less-is-mor...

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Inside the Hype Machine from 2020-09-15T08:00

In this episode of the Three Big Points podcast, MIT Sloan professor Sinan Aral, author of The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health — and How We Must A...

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Why Sports Still Leads the Analytics Revolution from 2020-07-07T08:00

Even though we know that professional sports is big business, we might overlook how the strategies used by that industry can be applied to the broader business world. On this week’s episode of the ...

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The Secret to Supporting Your Workforce in Critical Times from 2020-06-23T08:00

Emotions are a big part of daily life, and there’s no avoiding them at work — even when employees are working remotely, and especially at a time when emotions are heightened by world events. In thi...

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Humanity: A Leader’s Secret Weapon from 2020-06-09T08:00

Social science tells us how to address the key issues of leading through difficult times at the individual, relational, collective, and contextual levels. The challenge, says Morela Hernandez, a pr...

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Making Remote Work Work from 2020-05-26T11:52:22

As companies adjust to the sudden, recent shift to remote work amid COVID-19 and consider its long-term implications for employees, they’re faced with a new challenge: how to make remote work a per...

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COVID-19, Climate Change, and the Forces Shaping Our Future from 2020-05-12T08:00

The coronavirus pandemic may serve as a wake-up call to help us focus on the crises and trends already impacting us and our environment. In this week’s episode of the Three Big Points podcast, sust...

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Leading Through a Crisis Day by Day from 2020-04-28T08:00

During a crisis, leaders may find it difficult to determine the best approach to managing the day-to-day business challenges while simultaneously developing a strategy for the future.  On this week...

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The CEO’s Problem to Solve from 2020-04-14T08:00

Even as the corporate benefits of diversity and inclusion have become widely understood, actual progress has stalled. So says the guest on this episode of MIT Sloan Management Review’s Three Big Po...

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Meet the New Disrupters from 2020-03-31T08:00

In the past decade, disrupters have changed dramatically, says Columbia Business School’s Rita McGrath, this week’s guest on the Three Big Points podcast. Disrupters now enter the market with produ...

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How to Spot Disruption Before It Strikes from 2020-03-17T08:00

With potential disruption coming from all sides, the future might seem pretty complicated for your company. Amy Webb, founder and CEO of the Future Today Institute, has identified 11 ways disruptio...

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The Lies Leaders Tell Themselves About Disruption from 2020-03-03T09:00

Clayton Christensen introduced his Theory of Disruptive Innovation over 25 years ago. So why do leaders still fall prey to disruption’s dangers? Our guest on this episode of Three Big Points, Innos...

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Can We Escape the Technology Trap? from 2020-02-18T09:00

Each major wave of technological advancement has proved to be a boon to society — at least eventually. But in the meantime, many people’s lives and jobs have faced unwelcome disruption. This week’s...

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AI's Role in Achieving Gender Equity from 2020-02-04T09:00

Pipeline Equity CEO Katica Roy says there’s been a false narrative that women don’t know how to operate in the workplace, when in fact the workplace was not designed to value them. She warns that w...

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The 360-Degree Approach to Digital Reinvention from 2020-01-21T09:00

Company leaders need to take a 360-degree approach to digital transformation — by reinventing both outward-facing strategy and inward-facing operations, says IBM’s Mark Foster. In this episode of t...

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Why the 'Just Do Something' Strategy for AI Won’t Work from 2020-01-07T09:00

For all the giant leaps promised by artificial intelligence, when it comes to business, what we’ve seen so far amounts to just tiny steps. That’s not necessarily a bad thing; many smart people advi...

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What Makes Dual-Career Couples Work (or Not) from 2019-12-10T09:00

We do plenty of strategic thinking about our careers but surprisingly little when it comes to our relationships. Strategy might sound like a cold word to use to describe managing our personal lives...

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How Digital Changes the Role of Leaders from 2019-11-26T09:00

Digital transformation often starts with leaders identifying a fundamental change in the competitive environment and moving quickly to counter a potential disruption. But as Jeanne Ross explains, e...

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Every Number Tells a Story from 2019-11-12T09:00

You stand in front of a roomful of decision makers and present an iron-clad case for a compelling, data-backed proposal. The group’s reaction? Tepid, at best. So, what happened? Nancy Duarte would ...

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Overcoming Cultural and Technical Debt from 2019-10-30T16:42:31

Just as Jacob Marley was bound to drag the weight of his sins for an eternity, so too are organizations burdened by the weight of their debts. And we’re not just talking about the monetary kind. Th...

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Leading in the Age of Transparency from 2019-10-15T08:00

In a data-rich world, company stakeholders know more than ever about the organization and possess unprecedented power to spread the word when something goes wrong. Leaders must realize that the dam...

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How to Manage Your Career in the Age of Uncertainty from 2019-10-01T08:00

The days of the well-planned career path are over. It is rare for a professional to stay in the same industry, let alone the same company, for the majority of their working life today. And the thre...

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How to Survive Digital Disruption from 2019-09-17T08:00

While digital disruption may seem like a technology problem, it’s really a people problem. Host Paul Michelman cuts to the chase with Jerry Kane, coauthor of the book The Technology Fallacy.

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Presenting: Three Big Points from 2019-08-22T16:53:11

MIT SMR's Three Big Points is the podcast you need to stay at the top of your game as a business leader. In each episode you’ll get one new idea from the world’s leading academics, researchers, and...

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