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To Reform Meritocracy, Put Character at the Center
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/to-reform-meritocracy-put-character-at-the-center/
Published: November 13, 2025 18:00
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The idea of meritocracy is under attack: It has been called a “myth,” a “sham,” a “trap,” a “tyranny,” and an “alibi for plutocracy.” While meritocracy, as historically and currently practiced, is clearly in…
Leaders at All Levels: AI Enables Innovation at Cascade Engineering
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/video/leaders-at-all-levels-ai-enables-innovation-at-cascade-engineering/
Published: November 13, 2025 12:00
What happens when you deploy AI tools to enhance workers’ capabilities instead of replacing people? At Cascade Engineering, a $400 million plastics manufacturer, “physical AI” — the use of intelligent machinery alongside human problem solvers — is giving…
Unlock Creativity Through Analogical Thinking
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/unlock-creativity-through-analogical-thinking/
Published: November 12, 2025 18:00
Chris Gash/theispot.com Creativity is widely recognized as a cornerstone of long-term business success, yet many leaders find it frustratingly elusive. Research confirms the paradox: Nearly all executives view creativity as essential, but few are able to…
Agentic AI: Nine Essential Questions
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/agentic-ai-nine-essential-questions/
Published: November 12, 2025 12:00
Getty Images In January, MIT SMR columnists Thomas H. Davenport and Randy Bean predicted that agentic AI would be “a sure bet for 2025’s ‘most trending AI trend.’ ” They called that one correctly. “Agentic AI seems to be on an inevitable rise: Everybody in…
How U.S. Foreign Aid Policies Affect Global Business Operations
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-u-s-foreign-aid-policies-affect-global-business-operations/
Published: November 11, 2025 18:00
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images The second Trump administration’s rapid dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and uncertainty regarding the new U.S. foreign aid architecture create a significant shift for U.S.…
From Rabbit Holes to Recommendations: Reddit’s Vishal Gupta
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/audio/from-rabbit-holes-to-recommendations-reddits-vishal-gupta/
Published: November 11, 2025 12:00
Vishal Gupta, engineering manager, machine learning at Reddit, joins the Me, Myself, and AI podcast with host Sam Ransbotham to explain how the social media community uses artificial intelligence to improve user experience and ad relevance. Much of the…
What Jane Goodall’s Career Teaches Us About Allyship and Sponsorship
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/what-jane-goodalls-career-teaches-us-about-allyship-and-sponsorship/
Published: November 10, 2025 12:00
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Colin McPherson/Corbis Premium historical via Getty Images When Jane Goodall died in October, the world lost more than a scientist. It lost a moral compass: a woman whose quiet persistence taught humanity to see connection…
The Case for Quiet Corporate Activism
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-case-for-quiet-corporate-activism/
Published: November 6, 2025 12:00
Neil Webb/theispot.com Not long ago, business leaders were under constant pressure to speak up on climate, diversity, or social justice. Making bold commitments and pledges was not only encouraged but demanded and, for a time, seen as a hallmark of good…
What Stablecoin Regulation Means for Business
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/what-stablecoin-regulation-means-for-business/
Published: November 5, 2025 12:00
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images For much of the 20th century, speaking on the phone across state lines was a luxury good — a conversation that ran a tab by the minute, all controlled by the Bell System in its private fiefdom. Decades later,…
The Perils of Algorithmic Pricing
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/the-perils-of-algorithmic-pricing/
Published: November 4, 2025 12:00
Alex Nabaum/theispot.com For decades, hotels, airlines, casinos, and other companies have used revenue management systems to help them set prices, maximize revenues, and gain competitive advantage. Now, in a series of legal cases, plaintiffs have argued…
Hybrid Work Is Not the Problem — Poor Leadership Is
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/hybrid-work-is-not-the-problem-poor-leadership-is/
Published: November 3, 2025 12:00
Alice Mollon / Ikon Images “My CEO just came back from another CEO event, and he’s on a rampage about return-to-office.” The three of us coauthors hear a variation of this every week. The pattern is familiar: CEOs return from a peer gathering convinced…
Five Traits of Tech-Driven CEOs
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/article/five-traits-of-tech-driven-ceos/
Published: October 30, 2025 17:00
Fabien Gilbert/Ikon Images When the chief executive of a global retailer recently faced mounting pressure from online rivals, he chose an unconventional response. Instead of relying on the playbook that once powered the company’s growth, he immersed…