In this final article in a series of four, the researchers behind the 2023 MIT Sloan Management Review-BCG Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Big Ideas research project explore how organizations should govern smart KPIs (KPIs augmented by or created with AI). They explain which functions should be involved and what pitfalls to watch for.

In this third article in a series of four, the researchers behind the 2023 MIT Sloan Management Review-BCG Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Big Ideas research project explore how using AI to refine KPIs leads to smart KPIs that are forward-looking and encourage organizational alignment. They define three types of smart KPIs and provide practical advice to help leaders use AI-enriched KPIs to increase strategic alignment.

In this second article in a series of four, the researchers behind the 2023 MIT Sloan Management Review-BCG Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Big Ideas research project offer a framework improve-create-establish, or ICE for enhancing strategic measurement with artificial intelligence. Examples from companies such as Wayfair and DBS Bank help illustrate the potential benefits of using AI to improve KPIs.

In this first article in a series of four, the researchers behind the 2023 MIT Sloan Management Review-BCG Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Big Ideas research project outline the opportunities AI brings for key performance indicators and strategic measurement. They discuss the business implications of using AI to generate and refine KPIs and explain how enabling strategic measurement systems to learn fundamentally alters how organizations understand and invest in future performance.