Leadership
Organizational Behavior Declare ‘Calendar Bankruptcy’ to Move Beyond Meeting-Driven Culture
The authors of a new book suggest tactics for changing a meeting-driven corporate culture.
Brian Elliott, Sheela Subramanian, and Helen Kupp
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Diversity & Inclusion
Inclusion Is the Key Ingredient to Innovative Leadership
Ruchika Tulshyan, interviewed by Chris Clearfield
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Organizational Behavior
How Organizations Can Balance Authenticity With Propriety
Boundaries and accountability can help prevent employees’ “authenticity” from morphing into workplace incivility.
Denise Hamilton
Sustainability
What’s Lost When We Talk ‘ESG’ and Not ‘Sustainability’
Investors love the term ESG, but there are risks to viewing sustainability through a market lens.
Andrew Winston
Data & Data Culture
The Collaboration Muscle: LinkedIn’s Ya Xu
LinkedIn’s Ya Xu discusses leading the high-traffic site’s team of data scientists and delivering value to consumers.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Global Strategy
Will Russian Sanctions Have Long-Term Effects on Human Rights Protections?
Strategists weigh in on the long-term effects of Russian sanctions on how companies respond to human rights abuses.
MIT SMR Strategy Forum
Talent Management
Imagining Work Without Jobs
To gain agility, leaders must deconstruct jobs into tasks and deploy workers based on their skills.
Ravin Jesuthasan et al.
Leadership Skills
Effective Leaders Decide About Deciding
Categorizing decisions by riskiness and urgency helps clarify when to involve higher-ups.
Nancy Duarte
Organizational Behavior
Stop Telling Employees to Be Resilient
The authors suggest five actions leaders can take to create a workplace that supports employees and fosters resilience.
Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy
Performance Management
Break the Link Between Pay and Motivation
An experiment shows that target-independent pay can improve sales force performance, retention, and engagement.
Jonas Solbach et al.
Data & Data Culture
Turning Sound Into Information: Warner Music Group’s Kobi Abayomi
Warner Music Group’s Kobi Abayomi shares how AI helps customers discover new music, and his approach to hiring data scientists.
Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh
Data & Data Culture
Framing Data Science Problems the Right Way From the Start
Data science project failure can often be attributed to poor problem definition, but early intervention can prevent it.
