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Leadership

14 quotes for business and management from 2024

Tracy Mayor

Dec 16, 2024

Why It Matters

Here are insights from senior leaders, scholars, and scientists that captured the business mood in 2024.

From climate leadership and robotics to insights from a Nobel laureate, here are the quotes that most resonated with our readers this year.

Photo of John Sterman, faculty co-director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, with quote: “People learn best from experience and experiment. But with climate change, experience comes too late, and experimentation is impossible.”

Photo of Malia Lazu, Lecturer, MIT Sloan, with quote: “When someone is privileged, fairness feels like getting less.”

An image of 2024 Nobel Laureate Simon Johnson, Professor, MIT Sloan, with the words “It takes a long time to build strong institutions. It doesn’t take a long time to overthrow them.”

A blue square with white letters that reads “We’re not here for knowledge for knowledge’s sake. We’re here to apply that knowledge to the world’s greatest problems.” Bill Aulet, Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship

An image of Bill Aulet, Managing Director, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, with the words “We’re not here for knowledge for knowledge’s sake. We’re here to apply that knowledge to the world’s greatest problems.”

A blue square with white lettering that reads “No matter what happens in the world, learning to take action amidst uncertainty is the skill you need.” Ethan Mollick, SM ’04, PhD ’10, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania

An illustration of Stefania Mallett, SM ’77, Co-founder, ezCater with the words “Give yourself permission to not be perfect.”

A blue square with white lettering that reads “Skills are dynamic. What makes you successful today won’t make you successful three years, five years, or ten years from now.” Nick van der Meulen, Research Scientist, MIT Center for Information Systems Research

A blue square with white lettering that reads “Don’t underestimate the talent you already have.” Tom Peck, Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Digital Officer, Sysco

An image of John Sterman, Faculty Co-director, MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, with the words “The best way to reach net zero is still just to reach zero: cutting emissions in the first place.”

A blue square with white lettering that reads “We’ve started a war between technological productivity and human skill, and skill is losing.” Matt Beane, SM ’14, PhD ’17, Digital Fellow, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

A blue square with white lettering that reads “One reason people who switch jobs are doing so is because they’re not getting development opportunities. That is a real loss for companies.” George Westerman, Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan

An image of Claudia Sahm, Creator, Sahm Rule Recession Indicator, with the words “It’s hard to engage with people who disagree with you, but it’s an essential practice to develop.”

A blue square with white lettering that reads “There is no better secret to success than failure.” Georgia Garinois-Melenikiotou, SM ’84, Former Executive Vice President of Corporate Marketing, Estée Lauder

For more info Tracy Mayor Senior Associate Director, Editorial (617) 253-0065 tmayor@mit.edu

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