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Employees are demanding that companies engage in social issues. Leaders need to be ready to respond.

No-meeting days allow for efficient collaboration while preventing focused, heads-down work from being disrupted.

Growing inflation and supply chain issues are raising concerns that a recession is looming. But companies can prepare.

Workers’ creativity will provide job security — even as robots take on parts of their roles.

Data analysis reveals the top reasons behind the Great Resignation and actions managers can take to reduce attrition.

Research points to three barriers to deep-tech corporate venturing success that chief innovation officers can overcome.

Marketers should prioritize digital and e-commerce initiatives to offer customers engaging virtual shopping experiences.

Policies for unlimited or mandatory time off that aim to combat burnout and boost employee retention can backfire.

Work assignments can be powerful tools to propel employees’ growth when assessed and used deliberately.

Businesses should use scenario analysis to assess the costs of transitioning — or not — to net-zero carbon emissions.

Scotiabank’s focus on AI projects likely to deliver value in a short time frame is paying off.

MIT SMR’s expert contributors weigh in on the skills and strategies managers should embrace in the year ahead.

These five articles from the MIT SMR library offer leadership insights to take into the new year.

The year’s top articles offer insights on driving cultural change, combating burnout and fatigue, and managing teams.

A more inclusive strategy-making process is needed when disruptions come from all directions.

Recruiting and retaining talent in a turbulent market, boosting profits and customer loyalty with charitable giving, and harnessing customers’ “brand admiration.”

As brands compete for holiday shoppers, they would do well to learn this lesson: Donations can boost sales and profits.

In a Q&A, Eventbrite CMO Tamara Mendelsohn discusses how the pandemic deepened the company’s connections with customers.

Forces that have been in play since before the pandemic began can help explain today’s turbulence in the workforce.

Companies earn customers’ respect and loyalty when their brands enable, entice, and enrich them.