Ideas Made to Matter Change Management

How to overcome obstacles to digital transformation

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Manage the expectations of the organization, encourage cross-functional collaboration, and prove the value of digital strategy to overcome resistance to change.

Aug 15, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

Study demonstrates the value of ‘long ties’

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Maintaining relationships with distant contacts takes work but results in a more diverse network and increased access to economic opportunities.

Aug 10, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Research

Here are the 4 new faculty members joining MIT Sloan in 2023

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Faculty joining MIT Sloan in 2023 are experts in energy markets, machine learning, health care economics, and decision-making.

Jul 6, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Future of Work

A better way to count remote workers

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Government statistics often undercount how many people are working remotely, according to a new study.

Jun 29, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Study: Generative AI helps inexperienced workers

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Less-experienced contact center agents become more productive with assistance from generative artificial intelligence, a new study finds.

Jun 26, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Organizational Culture

Don’t miss these 3 opportunities to improve work culture

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Machine learning, hybrid work, and even layoffs can offer companies a chance to promote a positive work culture.

Jun 20, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

Bot detection software isn’t as accurate as it seems

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Bot detection models may return a high rate of accuracy, but that’s due to a critical limitation in the data used to train them, a new study finds.

Jun 12, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Gender

Altering gendered language in job postings doesn’t attract more women

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A new MIT Sloan study finds that tweaking the amount of masculine or feminine language in online job postings doesn’t increase gender diversity in the applicant pool.

May 30, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Science

Voters are open to messages that go against their party doctrine

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Research finds Democrats and Republicans react to persuasive messaging in ways that don’t always align with their party leader’s stated positions.

Apr 6, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Marketing

Blockchain for marketing? Maybe, but privacy issues abound

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Blockchain’s permanent record is one of its strengths, but it can cause problems for marketing strategies and consumer privacy.

Mar 20, 2023
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