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
December 12, 2024
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
December 11, 2024
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
December 9, 2024
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
December 3, 2024
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
December 1, 2024
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
December 1, 2024
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
December 1, 2024
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
December 1, 2024
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
December 1, 2024
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
November 26, 2024
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
November 15, 2024
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
November 13, 2024
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
November 12, 2024
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
November 12, 2024
Careers
Forget Retirement. Think “Rewirement.”
A former CEO of AT&T Business offers tips for jumpstarting your next career phase.
Researchers: Anne Chow
November 5, 2024
Organizations
Why We Struggle to Hold Colleagues Accountable
Physician-led medical boards rarely took strict disciplinary action against doctors who overprescribed opioids. A new study explores why.
Researchers: Ece Kaynak and Hatim Rahman
November 1, 2024
Marketing
It Literally Pays to Love Your Work
When products or services are also a labor of love, customers perceive them as more valuable—and are willing to pay more.
Researchers: Anna Paley, Robert W. Smith, Jacob D. Teeny and Daniel M. Zane
November 1, 2024
Strategy
What’s the Best Way for Large, Disparate Teams to Communicate?
Modular production has revolutionized manufacturing. But it’s critical to ensure the right information reaches the right people—without information overload.
Researchers: Niko Matouschek, Michael Powell and Bryony Reich
November 1, 2024
Social Impact
Take 5: Doing Business in a Warming Climate
What should leaders understand about sustainability? A collection of the latest research and ideas from Kellogg faculty.
Researchers: Jacopo Ponticelli, Aaron Yoon, Brayden King, Adam Waytz and Meghan Busse
October 30, 2024
Leadership
Podcast: How to Grow as a Leader without Burning Yourself Out
In this episode of The Insightful Leader, a former president at Kraft Foods explains why “sometimes just working harder is a complete waste of time.”
Researchers: Sanjay Khosla
October 28, 2024
