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What is the future of work?
MIT hasn’t just prepared me for the future of work—it’s pushed me to study it. As AI systems become more capable, more of our online activity will be carried out by artificial agents. That raises big questions.Benjamin Manning
PhD Student
I think, at its most generous, AI tools enable us to learn from our collective actions ... What AI tools do is they take all of those solutions, those attempts—whether good or bad—and use them as training data to build models.Danielle Li
David Sarnoff Professor of Management of Technology; Professor, Technological Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Strategic Management
To me, the future of work means democracy. It’s hard to have any positive vision of work without meaningfully engaging workers. This is why I research economic democracy—worker voice is pivotal in designing good jobs.Alex Busch
PhD Student
The rise of generative AI is a real opportunity, but making the most of it will demand a new approach to decision-making, as well as a new focus on worker training, fair transitions, and effective policy.Thomas Kochan
George Maverick Bunker Professor of Management, Emeritus; Professor of Human Resources and Management, Emeritus
Combinations of humans and AI work best when each party can do the thing they do better than the other.Thomas W. Malone
Patrick J. McGovern (1959) Professor of Management; Director, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence; Professor, Information Technology
The Future of Work
Faculty Publications
Working Definitions: Future of Work
Fortune 500 Company: Increasing Employee Participation in Wellness Programs
HSI researchers, in collaboration with a Fortune 500 healthcare services company, are investigating ways to increase employee participation in wellness programs to reduce healthcare costs and improve productivity.
Mind and Hand (& Heart)
Dominic Aloia is Global Head of Accounting at Tradeweb and a member of the MIT Executive MBA Class of 2025
MIT Sloan and Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management
MIT’s singular passion for entrepreneurship is inspiring, energizing, a little bit exhausting, and a whole lot of fun. This passion is also an essential element of our strategy to organize for positive impact and transform our world.Sally Kornbluth
President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
We’re not here for knowledge for knowledge’s sake; we’re here to apply that knowledge to the world’s greatest challenges.Bill Aulet
Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
The MBA E&I Certificate gave me the skills to be an entrepreneur. Without it, I wouldn't be starting my climate-tech venture.Stwart Peña Feliz, MBA '23
Co-founder & CEO of MacroCycle
We tell entrepreneurs not to be afraid that they may have to pivot, but also to understand that if they pivot around core strategic choices, it will take time and effort. In most cases, a startup only gets so many chances to do that.Scott Stern
David Sarnoff Professor of Management at MIT Sloan
Our mission at the Trust Center is to advance the field of innovation-driven entrepreneurship everywhere ... We have to practice entrepreneurship in a rigorous, systematic way that increases the odds of success.Paul Cheek
Senior Lecturer, MIT Sloan and Senior Advisor, Entrepreneurship & AI
The opportunities at MIT, like Delta V and and Sandbox, truly allowed me to progress further and faster than even more experienced entrepreneurs.Wesley Block, SB '22
Filmmaker and Founder, Kino AI
Where Students Become Entrepreneurs
Working Definitions: Entrepreneurship
Working Definitions
Minimum Wage Increases and Workplace Injuries: Evidence on Firm Responses to Higher Labor Costs
A recent study co-authored by Professor Anna Stansbury contributes to a growing literature that examines non-wage margins. Specifically, the paper investigates how minimum wage increases affect workplace health and safety, an outcome that is both economically meaningful and, until recently, underexa...
The Real Opportunity for AI in Healthcare Isn’t Where You Think
HSI Seminar with Shani Fargun, VP Healthcare at StackAI
Dean Discusses MIT Sloan’s Future in Virtual Fireside Chat
Last month, Richard M. Locke, PhD ’89, (John C Head III Dean at the MIT Sloan School of Management) sat for a virtual fireside chat with alumni.
Enhancing Entrepreneurship with the MIT EMBA
Denis Lussault, EMBA ’20, has built his career at the intersection of engineering, entrepreneurship, and innovation, and turned to the MIT Sloan Executive MBA to strengthen his skills in strategy, finance, and leadership after recognizing gaps in his business knowledge. The program not only equipped...
Adela Jamal, SFMBA ’22, and Sebastian Barriga, SFMBA ’22
Adela Jamal, SFMBA ’22, and Sebastian Barriga, SFMBA ’22, talk about their journey from diverse global careers to launching an applied AI-focused venture fund.