Workplace, Teams, & Culture
Automation Human Diversity Will Save Your Job From the Robot Takeover
Workers’ creativity will provide job security — even as robots take on parts of their roles.
Ayanna Howard
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Work-Life Balance
How Hyperflexibility Can Benefit — or Burn Out — Your Team
Zahira Jaser and Thomas Roulet
Navigating Remote Work
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Collaboration
Easing the Invisible Burdens of Collaboration
Rob Cross, interviewed by Deborah Milstein
Remote Work
Figuring Out Social Capital Is Critical for the Future of Hybrid Work
Jennifer J. Deal and Alec Levenson
Remote Work
When Does It Make Sense to Have Mixed-Mode Meetings?
Robert Hooijberg and Michael Watkins
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Leading Change
Recapping Work/22: Day 2
Day Two of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of workplace culture, good jobs, and employee development.
MIT SMR Editors
Leading Change
Recapping Work/22: Day 1
Day One of MIT SMR’s Work/22 symposium included discussions of employee activism, DEI best practices, and collaboration.
MIT SMR Editors
Talent Management
Why It’s So Hard to Keep and Recruit Employees Right Now
Forces that have been in play since before the pandemic began can help explain today’s turbulence in the workforce.
Lynda Gratton
Culture
Developing a Culture of AI
David Kiron and François Candelon discuss the latest MIT SMR-BCG AI and business strategy report at Web Summit 2021.
David Kiron and François Candelon
Innovation Strategy
Game Changers
The winter 2022 issue of MIT SMR provides a collection of articles to help leaders overcome the obstacles that can get in the way of innovation.
Elizabeth Heichler
Collaboration
How Collaboration Needs Change From Mind to Marketplace
Advice to help business leaders create the conditions innovators need to develop breakthrough ideas for the marketplace.
Jill E. Perry-Smith
Leading Change
Use Networks to Drive Culture Change
Use network analysis to identify barriers to cultural change and spread new organizational values in targeted ways.
Peter Gray et al.
Corporate Social Responsibility
How Corporate Clout Helps Communities Thrive
Business-led coalitions for local prosperity are a growing phenomenon capturing the attention of CEOs.
Kate Isaacs
Talent Management
Why Gig Work Needs to Demonstrate Loyalty, and How to Do It
Several principles can be applied to create reciprocal loyalty and benefits between organizations and gig workers.
Ben Laker
Diversity & Inclusion
Mapping Exclusion in the Organization
Organizational network analysis reveals more effective ways to be more inclusive of employees from marginalized groups.