Future of Work

Babson’s Rob Cross discusses how to identify collaborative dysfunction — and then improve it.

Stephanie Creary discusses the practices that underlie positive workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion outcomes.

Deconstructing jobs into tasks reframes the talent problem from one of supply to one of demand.

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

Day One of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of employee activism, DEI best practices, and collaboration.

The post-pandemic era requires a leadership mindset change about jobs and managerial expectations.

Five principles can help leaders decide when it’s best to hold meetings with both colocated and virtual participants.

Crowdsourcing platforms, updating how work gets done in a new normal, and simplifying data migration.

It’s time to start revisiting work policies and their implementation as businesses plan a return to shared workspaces.

Hiring with AI, creating learning organizations, and cultivating a high-purpose culture to support leadership at all levels.

We’re moving toward a system of work design that will profoundly change the roles of organizational leaders.

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

Incremental platform scaling, ecosystem development for sustainable success, and competition in platform-based markets.

Peer coaching plays a foundational role in developing human skills that technology cannot replace.

The skills challenge requires shifting initiatives and resources to where they are needed most.

A new article series explores opportunities to reimagine the future of workplace learning.

Leaders will need to play multiple roles as they adapt to managing a hybrid in-person/virtual post-pandemic workforce.

To gain business agility, leaders must deconstruct jobs into tasks and deploy workers based on their skills.

Sustaining organizational culture beyond the office, creating value with opportunity marketplaces, and avoiding strategy hijacks.

Opportunity marketplaces sustain employment, reveal untapped worker capabilities, and motivate workers in new ways.