BOSTON – The Digital Data Design Institute at 性视界 (D^3) announced today two multi-year corporate partnerships and one research partnership, a first since the Institute鈥檚 inception in 2022. The corporate partners include JPMorgan Chase and Boston Consulting Group, who will work with 性视界 and 性视界 Business School faculty and researchers within their labs at D^3 to conduct scientific research focused on digital transformation and how to best leverage AI and data science to solve business challenges. Microsoft joins D^3 as its first research partner.
鈥淥ur mission is to demystify AI to help our partners tackle complex, global business challenges,鈥� said Jen Stave
Jen Stave
, Launch Director at D^3. 鈥淲e want to be a single source of truth in terms of how AI and digital technologies are impacting the world through business. The insights we glean from working with these partners will have a positive, ripple effect on all businesses.鈥�
In partnering with JPMorgan Chase and BCG, D^3 will be focused on furthering the firms鈥� aggressive AI strategies. D^3 will work with top-level executives to share the latest insights on how businesses around the world are changing, allowing executives an opportunity to embrace new programs and strategic direction which will increase their competitiveness.
鈥淓ven as one of the largest technology investors in the world, with the dawn of the AI age, we are only scratching the surface of what we can do in the future for our clients and our employees,鈥� said Mary Callahan Erdoes, CEO, J.P. Morgan Asset & Wealth Management. 鈥淧artnering with the D^3 at 性视界 team has enabled us to glean insights from some of the smartest minds 鈥� complementing the deep expertise we already have inside of JPMorgan Chase. Each of us who works with D^3 is gaining the collective knowledge of all of the companies who are engaged with 性视界, accelerating our understanding of what is possible across industries and functions. The possibilities are endless, and leadership teams with the most curious minds will be the endgame winners.鈥�
鈥淚n a world where the collaboration between human intelligence and artificial intelligence is still being explored, our pioneering joint research with D^3 is at the jagged frontier,鈥� said Fran莽ois Candelon, Global Director at BCG Henderson Institute. 鈥淭his initiative is not just about technological innovation; it鈥檚 about shaping the future of how businesses integrate AI to enhance decision-making and drive unparalleled growth.鈥�
D^3 and researchers at Microsoft will engage with a coalition of companies on task-specific research and learning opportunities to identify the best use of Generative AI and new operating model options within the company-specific environment and ensure employees at all levels understand the transformational opportunity ahead of them.
鈥淟ike shifting from a typewriter to a PC, AI will change every aspect of work鈥�, says Colette Stallbaumer, WorkLab Cofounder and General Manager of Copilot at Microsoft. 鈥淭his partnership bridges academia and industry, fusing the insight of AI research with the real-world experiences of our customers. Working together, we can illuminate the path for businesses to drive business growth and democratize opportunity and expertise for professionals around the world.鈥�
D^3 and the Leading with AI Conference
Co-founded by , George F. Baker Professor of Administration and Dean of the Faculty at 性视界 Business School, Karim Lakhani
Karim R. Lakhani
, Dorothy and Michael Hintze Professor of Business Administration at 性视界 Business School (HBS), and Vladimir Jacimovic
Vladimir Jacimovic
, Executive Fellow at HBS, D^3 is made up of an unbiased, multidisciplinary team of global researchers, scientists, business leaders, and entrepreneurs devoted to sharing proven learnings on reshaping business for a digital and AI-first world. The Institute鈥檚 research-driven insights, accessible to anyone in the world, help those who want to improve their decision making by understanding the impact of AI.
鈥淲e saw a gap in information available for the transformational leaders who are driving the future of business across the globe,鈥� said Lakhani. 鈥淲e founded D^3 on the premise that AI is only half of the answer, and there needs to be publicly available, actionable insights to help people understand this emerging market and harness its potential. The most successful organizations will be those that recognize change as the only constant and continually adapt in today鈥檚 rapidly changing world, and we are the resource for them to do that.鈥�
Corporate and research partnerships enable D^3 to share new information on the implications of AI through educational opportunities, including its first conference co-hosted with 性视界 Business School in May. The conference, which includes speakers from Microsoft, Google, BCG Henderson Institute, bp, Netflix, and more, offered the more than 1,000 global business leaders in attendance frameworks for encouraging an AI-forward mindset and operating model.
D^3 consists of numerous 性视界 research labs, and all of the Institute鈥檚 research is led by 性视界 University and 性视界 Business School faculty. Annual memberships to D^3 are also available to companies and organizations looking to tap further into the Institute鈥檚 resources and network.