Future of Work
At MIT Sloan, we’re leading the future of work. Through research and classroom teaching, we explore the technologies, systems, and leadership styles that profoundly affect organizations and workers everywhere. The MIT Sloan Work and Organization Studies Group studies what workers will need to succeed in jobs of the future and what leaders need to know to manage complex organizations and diverse teams; the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research explores how work can be improved for both workers and organizations; and the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy examines how people and companies can adapt to new ways of doing business. Courses taught by our faculty and coaching offered by the MIT Leadership Center help students gain the fundamental knowledge of organizational structures and processes and develop the necessary skills to lead the workforce of the future.
Craft Schedules That Work for Everyone
This article by Donald Sull of MIT Sloan and Alexander Kowalski of Cornell University's ILR School draws on Kowalski's research on scheduling practices in e-commerce fulfillment centers.
The Fulfillment Center Intervention Study: Protocol for a group-randomized control trial
This journal article by Erin L. Kelly et al. describes the protocol for the Fulfillment Center Intervention Study.
“Disposable Workers” to be Published in August 2026
MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Paul Osterman’s book Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment, is forthcoming from Harvard University Press.
Why Meritocracy is Hard to Achieve
MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla explains how bias can creep into employers’ talent management processes — and what leaders can do to make their organizations fairer and more meritocratic.
Choose the human path for AI
To realize the greatest gains from artificial intelligence, we must make the future of work more human, not less.
AI hiring perpetuates familiar biases. Here’s how to avoid that trap
The AI hiring revolution doesn’t have to be a story of automated bias, argues MIT Sloan’s Emilio J. Castilla. Tough questions and constant monitoring can lead to fairer systems.
10 quotes for business and management from 2025
These insights from business leaders, scholars, and scientists captured the business mood in 2025.
December 2025 Issue of IWER Newsletter Now Available Online
The December 2025 issue of the newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is now available online. The theme is "Insights on Upward Economic Mobility."
MIT Sloan reading list: 8 books from 2025
New books this year cover ecosystems, entrepreneurship, dynamic work design, and the paradox of meritocracy.
AI’s missing ingredient: Shared wisdom
We are in the fourth wave of artificial intelligence. In his new book, Alex Pentland says understanding AI from the 1960s, 1980s, and 2000s can help us develop technology that supports shared wisdom.