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
Marketing
Political News? Not in My Feed.
A new study of smartphone habits reveals that, in the runup to the 2024 U.S. presidential election, political content was mostly an afterthought.
Researchers: Guy Aridor, Tevel Dekel, Rafael Jiménez-Durán, Ro’ee Levy and Lena Song
November 1, 2025
Leadership
Why Your Network Is the Answer to Everything
The people you meet over your career can be an invaluable resource for discovering what you needed to know.
Researchers: Harry M. Kraemer
November 1, 2025
Marketing
What Happens When a Luxury Brand Loses Its Iconic Founder?
Whoever inherits the role must strike a balance between remaining true to the founder’s vision and not getting stuck in the past.
Researchers: Gregory Carpenter
November 1, 2025
Leadership
Podcast: Managing Layoffs without Compromising Your Morals
There’s no “correct” approach to laying people off, but on this episode of The Insightful Leader, we discuss how you can maintain your integrity through the process.
Researchers: Brooke Vuckovic
October 29, 2025
Careers
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
Organizations
Agree to Disagree? 5 Tips to Cool Down a Heated Argument.
A new game helps people find common ground on divisive issues. But you don’t need to play to practice its principles.
Researchers: Steven Franconeri
October 17, 2025
Leadership
Podcast: When We Get Too Comfortable, It’s Tough to Take Flight
On this episode of The Insightful Leader, an executive coach offers three tales of leaders who let complacency get in the way of success.
Researchers: Sanjay Khosla
October 13, 2025
Innovation
Do Scientific Prizes Reward Innovation or Reputation?
Scientists who receive the Nobel Prize and other accolades do more-novel work both before and after winning, new research finds.
Researchers: Chaolin Tian, Yurui Huang, Ching Jin, Yifang Ma and Brian Uzzi
October 7, 2025
Strategy
Free or Paid Subscription? For Online Platforms, It's a Dance.
Whether they are selling your data or selling you the product, companies have to wrestle with competition and privacy concerns.
Researchers: Sarit Markovich and Yaron Yehezkel
October 1, 2025
