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.
Announcing Emilio Castilla’s New Book “The Meritocracy Paradox”
MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla’s new book, "The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them," will be published soon by Columbia University Press and is now available for preorder.
From Scarcity to Scale Blog by Layla Abushakra
"Africa doesn’t want our pity; it needs unity. It needs a reminder of its centuries of history and rich ancestry. It needs voice, not silence. It needs investment not just in Africa, but with it."
How to lead tech professionals and teams
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Keeping your technology workforce operating at peak performance is critical to digital business success. Here’s how to motivate and manage tech workers.
How Central Asia Builds its Shared Identity
Ask most people to point to Central Asia on a map, and chances are they’ll hesitate. Yet this region spanning vast steppes, celestial mountains and centuries of history sits at the crossroads of civilizations, resource-rich, culturally layered, and geopolitically central. So why does it remain on th...
These human capabilities complement AI’s shortcomings
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The work tasks that AI is least likely to replace are those that depend on uniquely human capacities, such as empathy, judgment, ethics, and hope.
America's Job-Quality Crisis
In an essay for the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, MIT Sloan Professor Erin L. Kelly reflects on America's job-quality crisis and how to address it.
Spring 2025 IWER Newsletter Now Available
The Spring 2025 newsletter from the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research (IWER) is now available online.
Workers need good jobs. The climate sector can help
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The U.S. is experiencing a crisis around job quality. Emerging climate jobs can give workers a living wage, health care, and safe working conditions.
How to build a winning team, on or off the court
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Here’s how to align talent, culture, and strategy to create lasting team success, according to private equity exec and WNBA franchise CEO Suzanne Abair.
The Trouble With Meritocracy
Meritocracy has become an increasingly popular term. But MIT Sloan Professor Emilio J. Castilla explains in The European Business Review that saying an organization is meritocratic can increase bias.