Employee Development

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

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

Day Two of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of workplace culture, good jobs, and employee development.

Making better AI-based decisions, empowering remote teams, and building a learning culture to boost innovation.

When remote leaders adopt an empowering leadership style, they are free to think bigger, achieve more, and worry less.

Companies committed to building workforce skills model learning and development best practices that others can follow.

Remote approaches to early-career talent development, tips for less-draining virtual meetings, and overlooked partners to help bridge employee skills gaps.

Research points to five ways organizations can better support early-career employees in a fully remote work environment.

Community partners can help companies create enduring skill strategies and training systems.

Preparing workers for a digital future, targeted learning, and the emotions of returning to the office.

Companies are taking different approaches to preparing their workers for the digital future.

George Westerman outlines how organizations can focus on digital transformation and more impactful learning strategies to succeed.

Job crafting, a proactive take on job redesign, can help improve employee engagement and satisfaction.

Michael Schrage, coauthor of the recent MIT SMR-Deloitte report, “Opportunity Marketplaces,” explores how organizations can offer opportunities to their workforces.

Computer scientists typically lead AI development, but teams with diverse expertise can build better systems.

On Tuesday, Feb. 25, we’ll talk about workforce trends.

Automation anxiety is a distraction. The bigger issue is blue-collar job growth amid labor scarcity.

It’s time to revolutionize how we think about and manage skill development in the workplace.

Companies are experimenting in how to help employees learn the skills to stay competitive.