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Advice from an audio guy and long-time work from home advocate How are your (work from home) co-workers these days? Is there whining in the background? Are they fighting with each other occasionally / constantly? Are they running around loudly wearing …
When businesses discuss how to minimize or mitigate risk with IT folks, the topic can be a challenging one – but these conversations are even more critical in today’s climate. One area of confusion that sometimes comes up is the difference …
COVID-19 has thrown millions of Americans into the world of remote work. To adjust to working in this new environment, we need to understand who we are and how the environment affects us. Once we know that, we can select tools that will maximize …
Industry conferences are a great way for you to network with other professionals, improve relationships with vendors, and learn about new products and trends in your field. While these are all good reasons to make the trek, there’s another less t…
The Need for Business Intelligence Reporting Managing risk is key to the success of any financial institution. To ensure regulatory compliance, information must be accurate, comprehensive, and timely. All banks in the US must comply with strict regulat…
MIT CISR research has concluded that digitally transformed companies enjoy net margins 16% above the industry average. Our top content from 2018 covers transformation’s various facets, such as business models, digital design, agility, analytics, and employee experience. Here are our top ten publications in 2018. Each of these publications can be accessed with free registration […]
Jeanne Ross can look back on her contributions to MISQE1 over the last twenty years and feel very proud. She was the linchpin in the first discussions about the journal (in 1999), and I’m pretty sure she helped Allen Lee rope Jack Rockart into taking on the role of the first Editor in Chief (EIC) […]
Each of these publications can be accessed with free registration on the MIT CISR website. Designing Digital Organizations—Summary of Survey Findings To succeed in the digital economy, established businesses must develop and apply new technology and organizational capabilities. In August 2016, MIT CISR distributed a survey to 171 senior business and IT leaders about their […]
When thinking of a digital workplace strategy, you might—understandably so—expect that it primarily involves technological change. However, at last week’s European Conference on Information Systems, a panel of academic and industry experts led by MIT CISR research scientist Kristine Dery pointed out that this couldn’t be further from the truth. Technology can be potentially disruptive […]
Imagine a place of work where the windows leaked—or fell out if the winds got high enough, the roof leaked to the point of pouring through in heavy rain, and soot blew in from the city. It was searing hot in summer and freezing cold in winter and there was “always the noise, the strange, […]
There is academic debate regarding whether big data helps or hurts strategy. In our research at MIT CISR, we’ve identified some important advantages to viewing big data as a strategic opportunity. In particular, companies can use big data to greatly improve and innovate their business model—and to extend their strategy toolboxes. Improving the Business Model […]
Digitization has caused lots of disruption in the financial services industry, with new entrants stealing retail customers and changing customer expectations (see the first post of this two-part series, “How Digitization Is Creating a Fork in the Road for Banks”). Yet it’s only a matter of time before this disruption spreads to more industries. This […]