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Associate professor Jackson G. Lu and co-authors wrote: "As generative AI becomes woven into global workflows, cultivating employees' metacognition will be what separates organizations that are merely adopting AI from those that are truly unlocking its creative power."

Senior lecturer John Davis argued that the current wave of technological, economic, and social disruption places family businesses at a critical stage in their evolution. Only those that know how to navigate this evolution will survive.

Senior lecturer Shira Springer wrote: "At the end of 2025, if you still need proof that women's sports have our attention and investment, it begs the question, 'Where have you been this year?'"

Professor Robert Merton fundamentally changed the way we view pensions. He defined pensions not as "money to be saved," but as a stream of income paid over a lifetime. The purpose of pensions is not to build large assets. Rather, it is to ensure continuity in life, preventing abrupt changes in living standards before and after retirement.

"We are living through a singularly turbulent time," said Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu. China has an advantage over the United States when it comes to the number of well-trained engineers and "Europe has a huge innovation problem in the tech sector," he said.

Some experts argue that AI cannot be rigged like older traditional search engines, making the consolidation of a "rulebook" somewhat impossible, professor Vivek Farias explained. But this can provide for a broader learning experience. Unlike SEO, which is keyword-specific, LLMs understand context like age and finances. "Just tell the truth. Tell everything you can about it. Do it succinctly. And that's more or less it," Farias said.

Professor Emeritus Donald R. Lessard and co-author wrote: "Over the last three years Giti Tire has reduced emissions across its operations and supply chain while simultaneously improving margins. It's achieving net zero at net zero cost — not through offsets or accounting tricks, but by treating sustainability as integral to how it competes."

Associate professor Haoxiang Zhu said there is demand for overnight trading from retail and international investors. "For example, investors in Korea, Japan, or in Europe, wish to trade in the U.S. market when their time zone has daylight," he said. Zhu said that's putting pressure on exchanges to offer a longer trading day.

Research scientist Christian Catalini wrote: "Much like the music industry had to be dragged kicking and screaming from CDs to streaming — only to realize streaming was a goldmine — banks are fighting a transition that will ultimately save them."

Professor Retsef Levi said: "I think that the intention behind this is that parents should carefully think about whether they want to take the risk of giving another vaccine to their child, and many of them might decide that they want to wait far more than two months, maybe years and maybe up to adulthood. I think that's going to be up to them and their physician."