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Deborah L. Ancona
Seley Distinguished Professor of Management
Deborah Ancona is the Seley Distinguished Professor of Management, a Professor of Organization Studies, and the Founder of the MIT Leadership Center at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Her pioneering research into how successful teams operate has…
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Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor
Swati Gupta is the Class of 1947 Career Development Associate Professor and an Associate Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management in the Operations Research and Statistics Group. Previously, she was a Fouts Family Early Career Professor and…
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Hear name pronounced.Senior Lecturer, Sustainability
Jason Jay is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Director of the Sustainability Initiative at MIT Sloan. He teaches courses on leadership, strategy, and innovation for sustainable business. Jason engages students and alumni…
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Hear name pronounced.David J. McGrath jr (1959) Professor of Management and Innovation
Kate Kellogg is the David J. McGrath Jr Professor of Management and Innovation, a Professor of Business Administration at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Kate's research focuses on helping knowledge workers and organizations develop and implement…
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Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies
Erin L. Kelly is the Sloan Distinguished Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management and Co-Director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research. Kelly’s research has been published in many top…
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George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Emeritus
Thomas A. Kochan is the Post-Tenure George Maverick Bunker Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and a faculty member in the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research.Kochan focuses on the need to update America's work and employment…
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David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology
Danielle Li is the David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology and a Professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management, as well as a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Her research interests are in economics…
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Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management
Thomas W. Malone is the Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and the founding director of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence. At MIT, he is also a Professor of Information Technology and a…
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Class of 1948 Career Development Assistant Professor
Anna Stansbury is the Class of 1948 Career Development Assistant Professor and an Assistant Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and is in the core faculty of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment…
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Professor of the Practice
Donald Sull is a Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he directs the Strategic Agility Project and the Culture 500. He teaches courses on competitive strategy and strategy execution. Prior to academia, he worked as…
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Professor of the Practice, Operations Management
Zeynep Ton is a Professor of the Practice at the MIT Sloan School of Management.Zeynep's research focuses on how organizations can design and manage their operations in a way that satisfies employees, customers, and investors simultaneously. Her…
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Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor
Nathan Wilmers is the Sarofim Family Career Development Associate Professor and an Associate Professor of Work and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is in the core faculty of the Institute for Work and Employment…
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Drawing a line from colonialism to artificial intelligence
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Nobel laureate Simon Johnson says that AI can be an equalizing force, but warns that new technology does not automatically benefit everyone.
How to redesign work for the age of AI
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Leaders from Google, ING, and Capital One advise avoiding the “gold rush mentality” around artificial intelligence and following these six steps instead.
What Helps—Or Hinders—Career Progress
The Fall 2024 newsletter of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research is available online. The theme is “What Helps—Or Hinders—Career Progress.”
How generative AI affects highly skilled workers
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When software developers were given access to an AI coding tool, productivity increased — particularly among newer hires and more junior employees.
The rise of the union-curious worker, and how to win them over
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In the U.S., front-line workers’ attitudes toward unions are softening, especially among people under 30. Here’s what they want from their workplaces.
Nobel winners propose fixes for democracy’s ’tough stretch’
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MIT economists Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson say good jobs and the equitable deployment of technology can help restore people’s faith in democratic institutions.
Insights from MIT’s newest Nobel laureates on AI, labor, and more
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Institute professor Daron Acemoglu and MIT Sloan professor Simon Johnson have examined economic growth, digital advertising, and the Russian oil cap.
Thomas Kochan: "Vote yes to let workers in the rideshare sector unionize"
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MIT Sloan Professor Emeritus Thomas Kochan has published an op-ed in a November 2024 ballot question in Massachusetts
How Costco hacked the American shopping psyche
Employees are paid significantly better than their counterparts at major retailers. That helps create "a stable, motivated, capable team."
The economic impact of generative AI
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Generative artificial intelligence will affect economic growth more quickly than other general-purpose technologies, according to a new report.