Ideas Made to Matter
Zach Church
Editorial Director
Zach leads the MIT Sloan editorial team, which develops news and content for an audience of global business leaders. This includes the Ideas Made to Matter website, the Thinking Forward newsletter, and MIT Sloan social media. The team brings the work, ideas, and insights of MIT Sloan’s faculty, researchers, alumni, students, and visitors to readers in a way that inspires creative thinking and problem-solving for their own work and lives.
Zach joined MIT Sloan in 2010. Prior to that he managed news and social media at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA, was a staff writer covering CIOs and leadership at TechTarget, and was a crime and politics reporter covering Lawrence, MA and other New England communities. He is a graduate of the University at Albany.
Articles from Zach Church
For executives, a pledge for racial equity
Former WeWork executive Craig Robinson wants you to sign the Business for Racial Equity Pledge. Here’s why.
Hedge fund success, then a pivot with purpose
Just out of college, Christina Qi was trading billions a day at Domeyard. Then she had a different idea.
Building global partnerships for climate advocacy
At Ceres, Chris Fox leads collaborative, goal-based work with investors to limit global warming.
This CEO gets ideas from ‘inside out’ and ‘outside in’
New ideas at TIAA are developed ‘outside in,’ ‘inside out,’ and with a purpose — financial well-being and retirement security for the organization’s clients.
A bias for Agile, and a refusal to stay inside (the bank)
Markus Perschl seeks rapid iteration in an industry known for steadiness.
Writing a new leadership playbook
A new study identifies the behaviors that need to go, the ones that can stay, and the new ones leaders need today.
The successes and challenges of a YouTube tech reviewer
Jacklyn Dallas’ worst idea involved an iPhone and a “uniquely unappetizing” banana.
This serial entrepreneur treats ideas like a Tamagotchi
The 90s fad toy requires regular care and attention.
To evaluate ideas, this CEO looks for trusted champions
Analysis Group’s Martha Samuelson hones in on what excites her smartest people.
Our top 5 ‘Working Definitions’ of 2019
Words and ideas that stood out this year.