Water cooler moments don't have to disappear in the virtual workplace
“The most important part of conferences by far is what happens in the hallways,” he said, “not what happens in the meeting rooms.”
“The most important part of conferences by far is what happens in the hallways,” he said, “not what happens in the meeting rooms.”
“We are, as an industry, forced to redefine what it means to attend a sporting event.”
Facebook rolled out something close to what David Rand suggested to limit the spread of Covid-related misinformation.
Keman Huang and Stuart Madnick write: "Importantly, a cyberattack is a crisis, but it can also be an opportunity."
Peter Hirst launched a pilot program that mixed employees in two locations with others working from home during Sloan construction 4 years ago.
Tom Malone refused to believe that water-cooler conversations were dead, so he developed Minglr, an open source meeting software.
"...even in low-cost service settings, paying higher wages and treating workers with respect and dignity can be profit-maximizing."
"We're beyond just symbolic actions of hiring someone and creating a department of diversity...and thinking that will change the organization."
Dean Schmittlein announced the MIT Sloan Endowment for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with the commitment of $5 million in new endowed funds.
Prof. Emeritus and former MIT Sloan Dean Richard Schmalensee discusses energy policy on "Where We Live" from Connecticut Public Radio. (38:30)