Operations
Say Hello to Your New AI Study Buddy
As students continue to use generative AI for their homework, professors have found a way to enrich rather than combat the experience.
Researchers: Robert L. Bray and Sébastien Martin
January 1, 2026
Innovation
When It Comes to Creativity, AI Doesn’t Always Have the Answer
A classroom experiment shows why you shouldn’t short-circuit the brainstorming process.
Researchers: Brian Uzzi
January 1, 2026
Leadership
How to Set the Most Effective New Year’s Resolutions
It’s time to think about what you want to do, try, and change in 2026. Here’s a plan for making your resolutions a success.
Researchers: Harry M. Kraemer
January 1, 2026
Economics
Can America Win the New Race for Scientific Leadership?
If the U.S. has truly entered a second Cold War, it should repeat the strategy that helped it win the first one: expanding the scientific frontier at home.
Researchers: Nancy Qian
December 11, 2025
Policy
Should I Feel Guilty about Using AI?
While AI queries have a modest carbon footprint, power-hungry data centers need more transparency and regulation.
Researchers: Matthew Roling
December 9, 2025
Operations
When Supply-Chain Disruptions Strike, Preparation Is Everything
“Disruptions expose the difference between firms that merely survive and those that gain strategic ground.”
Researchers: Akhil Singla, Wallace J. Hopp, Seyed Iravani and Zigeng Liu
December 9, 2025
Careers
Podcast: Focus on Your Story, Not Your Résumé
As your career progresses, it can be easy to get stuck in a narrow professional lane. Learn how to break free on this episode of The Insightful Leader.
Researchers: Suzanne Muchin
December 8, 2025
Leadership
3 Tips for Ethical Decision-Making
As a leader, you often have to make morally complex choices. Here’s how to do so when there’s no single right answer.
Researchers: Brooke Vuckovic
December 5, 2025
Marketing
As AI Eats Web Traffic, Don’t Panic—Evolve
An SEO expert offers three tips for adapting to “zero click” searches and chatbots.
Researchers: Kelly Cutler
December 1, 2025
Marketing
When It Comes to Giving, People Value Time over Money
Monetary donations are generally more helpful for charities. So why do people prefer to donate their time instead?
Researchers: Samantha Kassirer and Rima Touré-Tillery
December 1, 2025
Organizations
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
Finance & Accounting
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
Organizations
Houston, We Have a Solution
Kellogg researchers reveal a set of best practices—based on simulated missions to Mars—to keep teams working together effectively.
Researchers: Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch
December 1, 2025
Leadership
Podcast: I Respectfully Disagree
From ketchup on hot dogs to politics, it can be hard to talk constructively about polarizing issues. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we play a game to recognize the traps we often fall into and learn how to avoid them.
Researchers: Steven Franconeri
November 24, 2025
Economics
The Economic Price We Pay for War
A study of armed conflict in the post–World War II era finds that no matter the outcome on the battlefield, economies suffer on all sides.
Researchers: Efraim Benmelech and Joao Monteiro
November 20, 2025
Strategy
The Growth Factor Fueling Industry Behemoths
Standardizing production has helped massive companies like IKEA, Starbucks, and Coca-Cola outscale their competitors.
Researchers: David Argente, Sara Moreira, Ezra Oberfield and Venky Venkateswaran
November 11, 2025
Leadership
Podcast: In Workplace Negotiations, Put the Relationship First
It’s not just about salary. On this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight,” we hear how to approach some common work tensions by finding common ground.
Researchers: Leigh Thompson
November 10, 2025
Organizations
What Does It Mean to Be Rational?
It’s more than just being logical and analytical, research shows. But misperceptions can affect how people are treated and how much they are paid.
Researchers: Charles Dorison and Tessa Charlesworth
November 4, 2025
Operations
Sure, AI Can Automate. But How Can You Use It to Innovate?
A Kellogg professor’s experience deploying AI in the classroom shows how domain knowledge and experimentation can lead to true breakthroughs.
Researchers: Sébastien Martin
November 2, 2025
Politics & Elections
When Campaigns Backfire
A leaflet campaign during the 2023 Argentine presidential election was expected to hurt an outsider candidate but had the opposite effect. What went wrong?
Researchers: Georgy Egorov, Sergei Guriev, Maxim Mironov and Ekaterina Zhuravskaya
November 1, 2025
