Community is everything for Johana Muriel Grajales, MBA ’22. Originally from Colombia, with a background in the nonprofit sector, Johana came to MIT Sloan looking to find a community that would support her ultimate goal of being a more impactful leader.
The competition requires students to think holistically as they solve problems, in this case, the opioid crisis.
From MIT Sloan faculty and visiting experts, 21 quotes and comments that captured a year of change.
Some of the most tragic ferry accidents in recent years have been the result of pilot error. Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have found a solution—remove the pilot. Their new autonomous vessel, Roboat II, relies on algorithms, similar to those in ...
In the early days of big data, organizations invested heavily in analytics talent, data platforms, and business intelligence units in the hopes of making key business activities better, cheaper, and faster. The majority of these efforts were for internal consumption only and had no direct value for ...
Katie Luby, SFMBA ’18, believes that employees are more motivated and invested when they know their work will make a person’s life better.
The vast and sobering implications of climate change can be overwhelming to contemplate. What are the best solutions—and will they actually work?
It was called the South Sea Bubble, and it was one of the most precarious financial crises in history.
“You cannot drill oil from home.” The quip from Monday Okoro, SF ’07, vice president of Schlumberger Production Management, sums up the complexity of the issues facing companies like his whose operations require the physical presence of a vast workforce.
In Japan, where workplace practices have been rooted in generations of tradition, pandemic-driven changes feel tectonic. But some of them are welcome and long overdue, says Shihoko Kato, SFMBA ’19, director of the global business office at Japanese telecom giant NTT in Tokyo.
