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Podcast: Former PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi on Her Climb to the Top

On this episode of The Insightful Leader, Kellogg’s Ellen Taaffe interviews her mentor about success, self-belief, and supporting the next generation of leaders.

Researchers: Ellen Taaffe and Indra Nooyi

Organizations

What Drives Corporate Activism?

When companies take a public stance on contentious social issues, the impetus often comes from within.

Researchers: Anna McKean and Brayden King

Marketing

How a Weak Sense of Self Encourages Bad Behavior

“When people don’t know who they are, they think their moral actions don’t really reflect who they are.”

Researchers: Jane Jiaqian Wang and Rima Touré-Tillery

Strategy

Scientists Don’t Want to Get Scooped—and It’s Hurting Science

Researchers are rewarded for being the first to discover and publish new findings. But the incentives can come at a cost.

Researchers: Ryan Hill and Carolyn Stein

Leadership

Podcast: How to Get Delegation Right, Part 3 of 3

On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” we finish our conversation by getting real about the emotional stakes that make delegating hard.

Researchers: Brenda Ellington Booth

Leadership

Podcast: How to Get Delegation Right, Part 2 of 3

On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” our conversation continues with a discussion of which tasks and functions to delegate—and which to keep.

Researchers: Brenda Ellington Booth

Leadership

Podcast: How to Get Delegation Right, Part 1 of 3

It’s a tricky skill to master. On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” a Kellogg professor and executive coach says it begins with assessing your team members and playing to their strengths.

Researchers: Brenda Ellington Booth

Leadership

How New CEOs Can Start Off on the Right Foot with Their Board

Building a constructive relationship requires setting expectations, communicating clearly, and holding each other accountable

Researchers: Harry M. Kraemer

Economics

Overnight Success? AI Has Been a Century in the Making.

For clues about the future of AI, it helps to understand the past.

Researchers: Sergio Rebelo

Finance & Accounting

Online Sports Betting Is Draining Household Savings

Most impacted are the bettors who can least afford it, new research shows.

Researchers: Scott R. Baker, Justin Balthrop, Mark J. Johnson, Jason D. Kotter and Kevin Pisciotta

Organizations

When Our Work Is Disrupted, the Story We Tell Matters

Pandemic-era lab, school, and daycare closures threatened the careers of people in “up or out” professions. Employees benefited from the opportunity to frame these productivity lapses as temporary and out of their control.

Researchers: Lauren Rivera, Katherine Weisshaar and András Tilcsik

Finance & Accounting

Half of All Species Might Face Extinction. Could Biodiversity Bonds Help?

Maybe. But don’t expect investors to cut governments a break.

Researchers: Fukang Chen, Minhao Chen, Lin William Cong, Haoyu Gao and Jacopo Ponticelli

Finance & Accounting

How Should Investors Price a Block Trade?

These off-market trades have their advantages, but the terms can be hard to manage.

Researchers: Markus Baldauf, Christoph Frei and Joshua Mollner

Organizations

Feeling Outraged? Think Twice Before Hitting “Share.”

Misinformation fuels outrage—which in turn leads to mindless social-media shares, a new study finds.

Researchers: Killian L. McLoughlin, William Brady, Aden Goolsbee, Ben Kaise, Kate Klonick and M.J. Crockett

Leadership

Podcast: The AI Risks Your Business Should Avoid

On this episode of The Insightful Leader, why your trade secrets may not be safe, and other considerations.

Researchers: Kristian Hammond

Strategy

The Goldilocks Approach to Searching for Something New

Whether it’s the right dosage to a new drug or the right style of tennis racket for a novice player, it’s important to get your strategy right.

Researchers: Suraj Malladi

Organizations

Why Firms Should Lean into Sustainability

“If companies don’t change, then they won’t exist in the future.”

Researchers: Brayden King and Klaus Weber

Finance & Accounting

Wage Inequality Decreased Dramatically in the 1940s. But Was This “Great Compression” a Mirage?

New research offers a stress test to a seminal economic finding.

Researchers: Carola Frydman and Raven Molloy

Leadership

Podcast: How Huy Fong’s Sriracha Went from Hot to Not

When missteps knocked the famous “rooster sauce” off its pedestal, a competitor seized the moment. On this episode of The Insightful Leader: why one brand sizzled and the other fizzled.

Researchers: Achal Bassamboo and James G. Conley

Careers

Forget Retirement. Think “Rewirement.”

A former CEO of AT&T Business offers tips for jumpstarting your next career phase.

Researchers: Anne Chow