Definitive Dialog

Leadership

Working Too Much?

Researchers from MIT Sloan on March 30, 2021

If you are working seemingly endless hours in an industrialized society, would you have more leisure time if you packed up and moved to a remote Amazon village?

If you are working seemingly endless hours in an industrialized society, would you have more leisure time if you packed up and moved to a remote Amazon village?

Leadership

Tech Innovations Can Help Fight COVID—If We Do Our Part

Researchers from MIT Sloan on March 4, 2021

Humans have frailties—our fears, emotional vulnerabilities, and unwillingness to sacrifice for the greater good—that can stand in the way of real progress.

Humans have frailties—our fears, emotional vulnerabilities, and unwillingness to sacrifice for the greater good—that can stand in the way of real progress.

Creativity

Job Candidates Need to Brush Up on Their Soft Skills

Researchers from MIT Sloan on March 12, 2020

In the context of our increasingly digital workplaces, a heightened emphasis on soft skills makes perfect sense.

In the context of our increasingly digital workplaces, a heightened emphasis on soft skills makes perfect sense.

Education

Learning From Many

Researchers from MIT Sloan on February 3, 2020

Managers should consider scheduling strategies that favor exposure to multiple partners over ones based on team familiarity.

Managers should consider scheduling strategies that favor exposure to multiple partners over ones based on team familiarity.

Community policing is not a panacea for all problems but can be a valuable tool to promote the cooperative relationships between the police and the public.

Placebo

Technology and the Road to Self-Improvement

Researchers from MIT Sloan on November 19, 2019

The great promise of technology is that it will allow us to improve our performance and, ostensibly, ourselves. Anyone with a WIFI signal can take advantage.

The great promise of technology is that it will allow us to improve our performance and, ostensibly, ourselves. Anyone with a WIFI signal can take advantage.

Stress

Emotional States Matter in Service Operations Settings

Researchers from MIT Sloan on November 12, 2019

The impact of traumatic events is not only an emotional matter for those in stressful jobs, but also has immediate short-term implications for organizational performance. By Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Ph.D.

The impact of traumatic events is not only an emotional matter for those in stressful jobs, but also has immediate short-term implications for organizational performance. By Jónas Oddur Jónasson, Ph.D.