Skills & Learning

MIT SMR and BCG research team members discuss a recent artificial intelligence study at the Web Summit conference.

Fostering a culture where character is valued equally alongside competence can result in better decisions and outcomes.

Mentors can help redefine the rhetoric of success that rewards work at the cost of well-being.

To strengthen resiliency, companies need to build flexibility into the supply chain talent base.

Organizations tend to downplay or ignore how hard it is to be a good manager. Here are the skills that can turn the tide.

Summer reading recommendations on managing hybrid work, embracing change, and finding fulfillment as a manager.

Strategy experts weigh in on the future of the traditional classroom-based MBA versus online and specialized degrees.

New research points to the potential of professional development training for boosting teams’ collaboration skills.

Katia Walsh discusses how Levi Strauss is upskilling and motivating employees to help drive its digital transformation.

Work that permits autonomy and demands problem-solving can bolster employees’ cognitive skills and ongoing learning.

Northeastern University’s Curtis Odom shares ways to develop coaching, mentoring, and sponsorship in today’s workplace.

Businesses can boost retention when they help employees align their work to their sense of purpose.

Cognitive budgeting can help employees at all levels be more intentional about where they direct their mental energy.

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

World-changing innovations are grounded in a culture of optimism and team learning.

Contractors hired to tackle core management tasks often succeed because of their outsider status.

Leaders need to recognize workplace hierarchies to create an effective learning environment for employees.

Companies must retrain their employees to fill the roles most closely aligned with their revised strategic directions.

The Special Report in MIT SMR‘s Summer 2021 issue looks at how businesses can support a more inclusive workplace culture. Also in this issue: ways to communicate — and disagree — using candor and logic, business’s role in national emergencies, how volunteering helps workers’ skills, and changing the rules to suit turbulent times.

Good arguments at the core of great strategy, the risks of concurrent change initiatives, and the courage to be candid.