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Leadership & CareersLeadership

Why Warmth Is the Underappreciated Skill Leaders Need

The case for demonstrating more than just competence.

Business InsightsInnovation

Take 5: How to Encourage Innovative Thinking

Kellogg faculty on what it takes to ensure your new product or great idea takes off.

Policy & the EconomyPolicy

How Uber Took Manhattan

A Q&A on how startups can anticipate and navigate regulatory challenges.

Policy & the EconomyHealthcare

A Healthcare Policy Expert on Four Key Differences Between the ACA and the AHCA

Craig Garthwaite explains how the GOP proposal could impact patients, insurers, and hospitals.

Leadership & CareersLeadership

Getting More Women into the C-Suite Means Keeping Them in the Talent Pipeline

How to support women through three “pivot points” in their careers.

Business InsightsStrategy

How Bell’s Became So Many People’s Local Beer

A Q&A with CEO Laura Bell on preserving company culture while growing aggressively.

Business InsightsMarketing

The Secret to Ulta Beauty’s Success: Joy

A Q&A with Ulta’s marketing head on how consumer insights helped a brick-and-mortar chain thrive in the age of Amazon.

Business InsightsOrganizations

The Psychology Behind Fake News

Cognitive biases help explain our polarized media climate.

Take 5: How to Nurture Your Work Relationships

Ways to improve negotiations and better manage conflict at the office.

Policy & the EconomyPolicy

Companies Want to Hire the Best Employees. Can Changes to the H-1B Visa Program Help?

The current lottery is not optimal for top foreign applicants or the companies that want to hire them.

Business InsightsEntrepreneurship

Finding the Right Partner Can Make or Break Your Startup

A Q&A on why you should “date before you marry” with an entrepreneur who took the plunge.

Business InsightsInnovation

Four Tips to Persuade Others Your Idea Is a Winner

Want to shake up the status quo? Use psychology to your advantage.

Leadership & CareersCareers

Take 5: Lead Better Teams, Engage More Customers, and Find Your Next Market

Kellogg professors offer tips to grow your career and your organization.

Business InsightsMarketing

How to Ensure Your Great New Product Reaches the Right Customers

Don’t neglect distribution-channel strategy: “disaster lurks around the corner if you don’t pay attention.”

Business InsightsInnovation

Four Ways Innovators Can Use Time to Their Advantage

For creative success, here’s when to hustle and when to reflect.

Leadership & CareersLeadership

How Self-Reflection Can Make You a Better Leader

Setting aside 15 minutes a day can help you prioritize, prepare, and build a stronger team

Business Insights

How Transparent Accounting Leads to Smarter Decisions

For companies and governments alike, massaging the numbers is a losing long-term strategy.

Business InsightsOperations

From Long Checkout Lines to Departure Gate Chaos, Can Companies Reduce Holiday Hassles?

An operations professor explores better ways to form queues, ride escalators, and deliver packages.