Nathalie Lees In the face of alarming political polarization, environmental degradation, pressure to acquire the latest emerging technology, and unrelenting, divergent stakeholder expectations, these times call for leaders to engage in collective, thoughtful, and wise decision-making. But at a moment when leaders might see an opportunity to galvanize their teams to be at their most…
It’s graduation season, and nepotism is in the air. It’s a critical time for business-owning families considering the merit of offering jobs to their new grads. Many families may hesitate because hiring them at this career stage might be based more on genes and their name than specific skills or qualifications. In other words, it’s…
Peter Hansen/Getty Images The recent spate of news in the quantum computing space is raising hopes that we’re finally on the cusp of broad commercial availability of this game-changing technology. Microsoft, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Google have unveiled chips billed as major advances, while scientific journals have reported some impressive results relevant to commercial…
Photo courtesy of Grammarly Shishir Mehrotra joined Grammarly as CEO following its December 2024 acquisition of Coda, the AI productivity platform he founded in 2014. The MIT graduate began his career by cofounding Centrata and subsequently spent several years at Microsoft and then at Google as chief product officer/chief technology officer for YouTube. MIT Sloan…
visualspace/Getty Images Five years into the large-scale shift to remote working — and with mandates to return to the office proliferating — what are current employees’ attitudes toward flexible work? We conducted a survey of 1,450 professionals across the U.K. and U.S. in 2024 to learn how much workplace flexibility is valued by employees of…
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the rules of business and technology leadership in real time. Given that fact, what leadership skills are most important right now? We asked AI experts and business and technology leaders at the 2025 MIT Sloan CIO Symposium to weigh in on the most important traits for AI leadership. You might expect…
Matt Chinworth What if your productive new digital employee was also your greatest vulnerability? AI agents — powered by large language models (LLMs) — are no longer futuristic concepts. Agentic AI tools are working alongside humans, automating workflows, making decisions, and helping teams achieve strategic outcomes across businesses. But AI agents also introduce new risks…
At a time of increased uncertainty throughout our business, I feel that it’s important to be a rock, and to show positivity, for the people on my team. But I know it’s important to show more vulnerability at times like this. How can I do both? It’s easy to equate vulnerability with sharing your own…
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR Recent harsh backlash against diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices marks a pivotal moment for organizations worldwide. Once seen as essential to social progress and organizational success, these programs now face intensified scrutiny, with critics challenging their fairness and many seeking to dismantle them entirely. In this contentious climate, organizations must grapple…
Alex Nabaum/theispot.com The United States’ dominance in STEM research and innovation is at a critical crossroads as the country’s STEM research industry faces unprecedented erosion that will be difficult to reverse. At the heart of this challenge lies a growing crisis in human capital: the weakening pipeline of international doctoral talent that has historically powered…