and coauthors
Take 5: Ways to Kindle Workplace Creativity
From brainstorming a little longer to incentivizing risk, these ideas can help your organization think differently.
Researchers: Jacob D. Teeny, Leigh Thompson, Florian Zettelmeyer, Loran Nordgren, Jeroen Swinkels and and coauthors
December 1, 2025
Can Email Reminders Help Fix the Savings Crisis?
A megastudy finds that a simple nudge can make a meaningful difference.
Researchers: Katherine Milkman, Sean Ellis, Dean Karlan and and coauthors
December 1, 2025
Take 5: Feeling Stuck? Try a Career Makeover.
Whether you’re considering a job change or looking for a hot streak, research and insights from Kellogg faculty can help.
Researchers: Carter Cast, Benjamin F. Jones, Dashun Wang, Anne Chow, Ellen Taaffe, Jillian Chown and and coauthors
October 21, 2025
How Durable Design Can Save Lives
Kellogg researchers partnered with UNICEF on target product profiles for newborn medical devices for low-resource settings.
Researchers: Rebecca Kirby, Kara Palamountain and and coauthors
September 1, 2025
Take 5: AI’s Past, Present, and Future
Artificial intelligence is transforming business, science, marketing, and labor. Kellogg faculty tell us how we got here and what could be next.
Researchers: Sergio Rebelo, Dashun Wang, Matthew Groh, Hatim Rahman, Jacob D. Teeny and and coauthors
August 22, 2025
Is Tenure a Golden Age for Research?
A large study finds that there’s a trade-off. While tenured researchers may publish less, they often come up with more novel ideas.
Researchers: Giorgio Tripodi, Benjamin F. Jones, Dashun Wang and and coauthors
July 24, 2025
Take 5: Making Communication Work … at Work
Embrace vulnerability, know when to keep silent, and other strategies from Kellogg faculty.
Researchers: Niko Matouschek, Michael Powell, Bryony Reich, Eli J. Finkel, Jillian Chown, Craig Wortmann, Sanjay Khosla and and coauthors
July 15, 2025
When Experts Pivot, They Pay a Price
“It’s not like we can’t enter a new area and hit a home run, but there’s just a far, far lower chance of that happening.”
Researchers: Ryan Hill, Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones and and coauthors
May 28, 2025
Do Gut Feelings Change Over Time?
New research challenges the long-held belief that unconscious attitudes are set in stone.
Researchers: Tessa Charlesworth and and coauthors
May 1, 2025
How to Encourage Authenticity at Work
The right conditions can help people, particularly those from marginalized groups, feel more comfortable with expressing their true selves.
Researchers: Cynthia S. Wang and and coauthors
March 1, 2025
What Happens to Communication When Part of a Team Is Relocated?
As one cancer center expanded, relocation of some clinicians led to fewer in-person interactions for all.
Researchers: Jillian Chown and and coauthors
February 1, 2025
Take 5: Work Is Changing. What Does the Future Hold?
Remote work, technology, and climate change are all set to transform the labor market. Here’s how.
Researchers: Dimitris Papanikolaou, Bryan Seegmiller, Hyejin Youn, Sergio Rebelo, Jacopo Ponticelli, Hatim Rahman and and coauthors
July 30, 2024
Take 5: The Psychology of Charitable Giving
What makes us give? Research reveals the surprising factors that shape our generosity.
Researchers: Ike Silver, Maryam Kouchaki, Rima Touré-Tillery and and coauthors
November 22, 2023
Are People on Social Media Actually That Outraged?
One reason we think Twitter is such a polarized place: we’re bad at inferring how angry people are from their posts.
Researchers: William Brady and and coauthors
April 10, 2023
Take 5: Research-Backed Tips for Scheduling Your Day
Kellogg faculty offer ideas for working smarter and not harder.
Researchers: Maryam Kouchaki, Maria Ibanez, Nicola Persico, Robert L. Bray, Jan A. Van Mieghem, Itai Gurvich and and coauthors
April 1, 2023
Take 5: How Fear Influences Our Decisions
Our anxieties about the future can have surprising implications for our health, our family lives, and our careers.
Researchers: Chethana Achar, David A. Matsa, Derek D. Rucker, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Cynthia S. Wang, Gregory Carpenter and and coauthors
February 23, 2023
Take 5: What We’ve Learned about Tackling Public-Health Crises
Covid-era research sheds light on how policymakers can guide the economy and the public through future emergencies.
Researchers: Scott R. Baker, Efraim Benmelech, Paola Sapienza, Angela Y. Lee, Benjamin F. Jones, Ryan Hill, Dashun Wang and and coauthors
January 21, 2023
4 Science-Backed Strategies to Curb Partisan Animosity
Vilification of the other side is at a fever pitch. But research suggests ways to bridge the gap.
Researchers: Eli J. Finkel and and coauthors
December 1, 2022
Take 5: The Surprising Ways Emotions Shape Consumer Behavior
Companies, take note—emotions like anger, fear, and anticipation can impact what ends up in consumers’ shopping carts.
Researchers: Michal Maimaran, Gregory Carpenter, Aparna Labroo, Derek D. Rucker, Matthew D. Rocklage, Loran Nordgren and and coauthors
November 9, 2022
The Thorny Challenge of Measuring Success in “Systems-of-Care” Networks
These networks, which help direct people to the medical and social services they need, must tread carefully in choosing which metrics to use in decision-making.
Researchers: Karen Smilowitz, Michelle Shumate and and coauthors
September 6, 2022
Take 5: How to Improve the Odds of Breakthrough Innovation
Thorny problems demand novel solutions. Here’s what it takes to move beyond incremental tweaks.
Researchers: Sara Moreira, Dimitris Papanikolaou, Niko Matouschek, Kieu-Trang Nguyen, Dashun Wang, Benjamin F. Jones and and coauthors
August 26, 2022
Take 5: Learn to Love Networking (or at Least Tolerate It)
First, you got to nail the basics.
Researchers: Ellen Taaffe, Craig Wortmann, Edward (Ned) Smith, Leigh Thompson, Brian Uzzi and and coauthors
July 29, 2022
Take 5: Democracies and How They Thrive
A look at this form of government at a time when democracy is under stress around the world.
Researchers: Georgy Egorov, Ameet Morjaria, Sandeep Baliga, Nancy Qian and and coauthors
June 8, 2022
Tackling Global Poverty Takes More Than Cash
New research points to the power of including psychosocial interventions—such as group problem-solving—alongside economic ones.
Researchers: Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry and and coauthors
May 1, 2022
When a Bunch of Economists Look at the Same Data, Do They All See It the Same Way?
Not at all, according to a recent study, which showed just how much noise can be introduced by researchers’ unique analytical approaches.
Researchers: Robert Korajczyk, Dermot Murphy and and coauthors
January 7, 2022
Take 5: What Good Does It Do a Company to Do Good?
Kellogg faculty look at how ESG initiatives are received by investors, customers, and employees.
Researchers: Aaron Yoon, Ravi Jagannathan, Jacob D. Teeny, Alexander Chernev, Brayden King and and coauthors
January 4, 2022
Measuring COVID’s Devastating Impact on Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Global surveys of more than 30,000 people revealed widespread drops in income, rising food insecurity, and an increase in domestic violence.
Researchers: Dean Karlan, Christopher Udry and and coauthors
July 1, 2021
