Workplace, Teams, & Culture

Why is building a data-driven culture incredibly hard? It calls for a behavioral change across the organization.

Reliance on standardized talent management software can lead to a generic rather than strategic approach to development.

Which repeated small but disrespectful behaviors damage relationships and culture? Three areas beg for improvement.

Side conversations during online meetings can be managed in ways that reinforce a healthy culture.

Work will be messy and volatile in 2025: Focus on developing these leadership skills.

For optimal business innovation, leaders must take a balanced approach to applying generative and analytical AI.

Learn why moving sideways might be the best thing you can do for your career in this short video with Brian Elliott.

Loren Shuster of the Lego Group shares tips on rethinking leadership behaviors at a large, global organization.

Key follow-up questions can help hiring managers probe beyond job seekers’ GenAI-coached responses.

Use these strategies to build your leadership skill set and solve tough challenges in the new year.

Learn how to help hybrid teams develop a stronger culture and deliver more success in the year ahead.

These strategies from MIT SMR columnists can help leaders with challenges like disruption, burnout, and managing teams.

Companies run by their originators often have deep experience, earned legitimacy, and forgiving stakeholders.

Hybrid work expert Brian Elliott discusses the latest chapter in the return-to-office debate, in this short video.

Hybrid work expert Brian Elliott says leaders can expect debate — and reap advantages — by understanding key trends.

This issue of MIT SMR focuses on improving work design, implementing AI, increasing employee engagement, and more.

MIT SMR’s winter 2025 issue offers advice for leaders on making better decisions by seeking out divergent perspectives.

Schedules can impose a high cost on workers and organizations. Leaders need to rethink what a schedule can be.

A simplified model for work design helps managers make changes that can reduce burnout.

Recent research offers strategies to help boards negotiate executive contracts that align compensation with results.