The HBS AI Associates Program advances research on artificial intelligence in organizations
This microgrant program supports research from Harvard faculty on how AI is transforming firms and organizations — delivering actionable insights for the public and practitioners.
25+
Research Projects Funded
$ 800k+
Funding Awarded in Microgrants
30+
Harvard Faculty Awarded
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Rethinking AI Innovation Ownership
Why scalable AI ideation fails, and how to fix it. Listen to this article: AI innovation has a motivation problem. Generating an idea with AI is only the first leg of a relay race that requires refinement, gathering support, and persistence when problems arise. But if an employee feels no psychological ownership over an idea, […]
Think You’re a Good Leader? Try Leading an AI Team
Researchers found that an AI-based assessment closely tracked leaders’ impact on human teams. Listen to this article: Judging a leader with a successful team is like judging the conductor of a great orchestra: the outcome reflects both the person directing the group and the abilities of everyone around them. Measuring leadership therefore requires a way […]
Open and User Innovation Conference 2026: AI and the Organization of Knowledge
Firms were built to control scarce knowledge. AI is testing that premise from the inside. Listen to this article: This article continues our coverage of the 2026 Open and User Innovation (OUI) Conference, where HBS Professor Raffaella Sadun presented the day two keynote “AI and the Organization of Knowledge.” Sadun describes herself as an organizational […]
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