Ideas Made to Matter
Tracy Mayor
Senior Associate Director, Editorial
Tracy writes about management issues affecting global business leaders, with an emphasis on economics, finance, and accounting. Topics of interest include fintech, impact investing, venture capital, sustainability, the future of work, behavioral economics, globalization, and health systems innovation. Find her on LinkedIn or Bluesky.
Prior to MIT Sloan, Tracy reported on thought leadership for athenahealth, and as a technology journalist covered strategy, career, IT forecasting, and leadership for Computerworld, CIO, and PC Week. Her parenting and lifestyle writing has been published in the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and the New York Times, among other outlets.
Articles by Tracy Mayor
Remembering Robert McKersie, who reshaped how we understand negotiation
McKersie’s 1965 framework for labor bargaining became one of negotiation theory’s most enduring ideas — and helped guide a life of activism, mentorship, and academic leadership.
Meet the new faculty members joining MIT Sloan in 2026
Debiased machine learning, the currency of invoicing, and training good models with bad data: Meet the new experts bringing their knowledge and skill sets to the MIT Sloan School of Management.
MIT Sloan’s 2026 summer book collection
Here are six titles connected to the MIT Sloan School of Management covering topics such as economic strategy, entrepreneurship, talent management, and cultural evolution in the age of AI.
The Fed, AI, and economic uncertainty: What investors need to know
MIT Sloan’s Gary Gensler and Peter R. Fisher advise investors to develop an AI investment thesis and avoid overconfident investing during policy pivots.
10 quotes for business and management from 2025
These insights from business leaders, scholars, and scientists captured the business mood in 2025.
MIT Sloan’s top 5 ‘Working Definitions’ of 2025
The year’s most popular terms find us reassessing merit, rejiggering professional and geopolitical networks, and reevaluating how and when we bring AI into the office.
MIT Sloan reading list: 8 books from 2025
New books this year cover ecosystems, entrepreneurship, dynamic work design, and the paradox of meritocracy.
New MIT Sloan courses focus on deep learning, gen AI, and fintech
Additions to the MIT Sloan 2025 – 2026 course list include Intensive Hands-On Deep Learning, AI and Money, and The Arrhythmia of Finance.
Meet the new faculty members joining MIT Sloan in 2025
The new arrivals are experts in data privacy, global economics, management, and consumer attention.
14 quotes for business and management from 2024
Here are insights from senior leaders, scientists, and a Nobel laureate that captured the business mood in 2024.