Last week Bob Pozen, a Visiting Senior Lecturer here at MIT Sloan with a distinguished background in government, business and education gave an eye-opening lunch talk. The topic was “Other Post-Employment Benefits” or OPEBs—which is accounting jargon for the liabilities governments incur for retiree...
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USA Lab students conduct fieldwork to deepen their understanding of America’s economic and social struggles and uncover sustainable solutions that work. Host organizations like the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque see such positive outcomes that they often return to host again.
Lucy Wong, EMBA '17, is the Executive Director at the New York City Department of Design and Construction. She is the lead for the COVID-19 testing sites portfolio.
Complementing the experiential data, rescue.co relies on information coming from their partners. Real data is essential in understudied markets where theoretical assumptions may lead a company astray.
by Khalid Alsweilem, Mark Kritzman, and Malan Rietveld | Sovereign Wealth Funds
Julie Lockner, EMBA '17, is the cofounder and executive board member of 17 Minds, which focuses on wearable technology, and COO of IBM Data and AI Portfolio Operations and Offering Management, where she helps the company apply AI to solve global problems.
An MIT Sloan start-up one year later, two Sloanies stronger
Erin Kelly and Phyllis Moen argue in "Overload" that, in many of today's professional and managerial jobs, "the way we work is not sustainable." The reasons include long hours, multitasking, and pressure to be always available via digital technologies yet also in the office for "face time" during th...
To learn more about how companies can adopt healthier practices, tune into the Overload Twitter Chat on Wednesday, May 6 at 11 a.m. ET. Use the hashtags to ask your questions and share your experiences and ideas on how to combat workplace burnout.
