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- How Businesses Can Help Safeguard Human Rightsby Michael H. Posner, interviewed by Kaushik Viswanath. <p>Michael H. Posner is the Jerome Kohlberg Professor of Ethics and Finance at New York University’s Stern School of Business. He is also the director of the school’s Center for Business and Human Rights, the first-ever human rights center at a business school.</p> on December 19, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Marie Montocchio/Ikon Images Michael H. Posner has had a long career in the promotion and protection of workers and citizens around the world. He served as the U.S. assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights, and labor in the Obama administration from 2009-2013. Before that, he cofounded and led the advocacy organization Human Rights
- How to Amplify the Advantages of Working at a Founder-Led Companyby Jason Shen. <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonshen/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Shen</a> coaches CEOs and founders at leading technology companies and is the author of <cite><a href="https://www.pathtopivot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Path to Pivot: The Playbook for Founders Who Want to Reboot Their Startup</a></cite> (Refactor Publishing, 2024). He previously founded three venture-backed startups, including Midgame, an AI tools company acquired by Meta in 2020.</p> on December 18, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Mark Airs/Ikon Images When COVID-19 struck in early 2020, Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky faced a devastating crisis: Bookings on his vacation-rental marketplace plummeted 80% almost overnight, and the company was forced to postpone its planned initial public offering. Chesky responded by abandoning what he has described as a hands-off leadership style. He laid off 25%
- DOGE Pushes RTO Mandates: What Leaders Should Knowby MIT Sloan Management Review. on December 17, 2024 at 3:00 pm
The incoming Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, slated to be led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, has entered the return-to-office mandate debate. Musk is publicly pushing for federal workers to return to their agencies’ offices. The quiet part being said out loud: Soft layoffs of federal employees are part of the
- Bonus Episode: Collective Learning With Generative AIby Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh. <p><a href="https://sloanreview.mit.edu/sam-ransbotham/">Sam Ransbotham</a> is a professor in the information systems department at the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, as well as guest editor for <cite>MIT Sloan Management Review</cite>’s Artificial Intelligence and Business Strategy Big Ideas initiative. Shervin Khodabandeh is a senior partner and managing director at BCG and the coleader of BCG GAMMA (BCG’s AI practice) in North America. He can be contacted at <a href="mailto:shervin@bcg.com">shervin@bcg.com</a>.</p> <p class="mt20"><cite>Me, Myself, and AI</cite> is a collaborative podcast from <cite>MIT Sloan Management Review</cite> and Boston Consulting Group and is hosted by Sam Ransbotham and Shervin Khodabandeh. Our engineer is David Lishansky, and the coordinating producers are Allison Ryder and Alanna Hooper.</p> on December 17, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Over the past year, we’ve seen generative AI explode. In this episode, we review insights shared with us from five prior guests — from Microsoft, GitHub, Meta, Partnership on AI, and NASA — and consider what’s changed, what’s the same, and what new concerns organizations face. With GenAI tools becoming ubiquitous and democratized, organizations grapple
- Five Hybrid Work Trends to Watch in 2025by Brian Elliott. <p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/belliott/" target="_blank">Brian Elliott</a> is an executive adviser and speaker. He is a coauthor of <cite>How the Future Works: Leading Flexible Teams to Do the Best Work of Their Lives</cite>.</p> on December 16, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Just a few months ago, many people thought the battles over the value of the hybrid work model — and, on the flip side, return-to-office (RTO) mandates — were finally dying down. Two-thirds of U.S. companies had settled into a flexible work policy, according to Flex Index data on