“Nobody wants to work anymore.” Or at least that’s what many employers have been claiming, especially those who have trouble hiring workers. The National Federation of Independent Business, for example, found in its January 2026 report that 88 percent of small businesses looking to hire workers reported there were few or no qualified applicants to…
Sometimes, a near miss can feel almost as bad as an actual disaster. A soccer team may give up a last-minute goal that gets overturned on review. The stock market could approach the point of crashing. Or tensions between two countries may reach the brink of violence, before being negotiated back at the eleventh hour. …
There are times when we can be sticklers for punishment, demanding retribution for even the smallest mistake. But what drives us to behave this way? That’s the question that Kellogg’s Maryam Kouchaki, along with Rajen A. Anderson of the University of Leeds and Benjamin C. Ruisch of the University of Kent, sought to investigate. Because…
Negotiation is a core skill in business, essential for discussing salaries, bargaining contracts, and making deals. But does the ability to resolve conflict and find agreement in the office translate to tricky situations with friends and family? Only if you handle those negotiations with care, says Leigh Thompson, J. Jay Gerber Professor of Dispute Resolution…
Michael Austin/theispot.com The Research The authors conducted in-depth interviews with senior leaders with direct experience guiding large, complex systems through unexpected shocks. Their sample included a former prime minister, CEOs, board chairs and directors of multinational corporations, a central bank governor, a national chief of defense, and a national fire marshal. Participants represented a diversity…
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images AI promises to make managers more productive and give them access to more information more quickly. It can draft plans, summarize reports, and even coach you on how to deliver feedback. Yet the same technology that accelerates decision-making can also erode your judgment, if you let it. Rely on…
It’s a word that keeps economists up at night: “stagflation.” The ugly combination of inflation and recession maximizes the pain for consumers and businesses while also leaving policymakers without their usual levers for steering the economy. It creates a crisis that’s more than the sum of its parts, says Kellogg economist Phillip Braun. “Stagflation is…
Aleksandar Savic Many investors rely on Morningstar for independent financial analysis and insights, but few people are familiar with the company behind the ratings. From Morningstar’s origins rating mutual funds, the company has expanded its product line, customer base, and global footprint and realized a tenfold increase in revenues and profits between 2005 and 2025.…
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images For decades, human resource leaders have talked about the need to shift their focus from having responsibility for compliance to acting as architects of talent strategy. And for decades, the pattern of HR being stuck in age-old roles has persisted. But there is new pressure to redefine the role.…
In this episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, host Sam Ransbotham speaks with Taylor Stockton, chief innovation officer at the U.S. Department of Labor, about how artificial intelligence is reshaping the workforce. Taylor emphasizes that AI is having an economywide impact, transforming tasks within nearly every job rather than affecting only certain industries…