Mike writes regularly on how organizations can build innovation capability, transform through disruption, and develop leaders prepared for uncertainty. His work has been published in leading academic and business publications including Berkeley California Management Review, Harvard Business Review, INSEAD, and others. He also maintains a Medium publication with essays on entrepreneurship, innovation, and organizational strategy.
Founder-led companies can move fast because founders bring strong vision, passion, and direct involvement. But this approach can become difficult to scale. Mike Grandinetti argues that leaders need to balance founder-driven innovation with strong management, delegation, structure, and diverse perspectives.
AI usage costs are rising as agents consume more tokens and pricing shifts toward usage. Leaders and business decision-makers can control costs by routing tasks to smaller models and testing open-weight models. They also need clear policies for security, data sensitivity, and model selection. Deep-dive insights for readers.
AI can become a powerful partner in the creative process rather than simply replacing human creativity. The authors explore how AI can support creativity across four levels, from personal learning and everyday ideas to professional and exceptional creative work.
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Mike Grandinetti is a globally recognized expert in corporate innovation, disruptive business model innovation, AI, and entrepreneurship. He is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School and faculty at Brown University's School of Engineering. He teaches executive education at Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Carnegie Mellon. Oxford, NYU Abu Dhabi, Babson College, and Harvard Professional and Executive Development.
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