Leadership
Are Your Individual Contributors Feeling Isolated?
A lot of employees could benefit from a structured “lab” setting to inspire meaningful collaboration.
Researchers: Florian Zettelmeyer
May 1, 2024
Leadership
Podcast: When AI Becomes a TA
Curious about using AI at work? On this episode of The Insightful Leader, we hear from one professor who found a fascinating, low-stakes way to bring AI into his workplace: the classroom.
Researchers: Sébastien Martin
April 29, 2024
Marketing
How Much Evidence Do You Need to Make a Decision? Depends on Your Mindset.
When a choice is framed as a responsibility, we’ll go the extra mile to be accurate—even when it costs us.
Researchers: Galen Bodenhausen and Michalis Mamakos
April 22, 2024
Leadership
Leaders, Do You Have a “Climate Capable” Mindset?
“We are going to have to be as transformative as the Industrial Revolution, but we have thirty years to do it rather than 150.”
Researchers: Meghan Busse
April 19, 2024
Entrepreneurship
Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy Is Going Mainstream. How Will the Industry Grow Around It?
While significant barriers remain—including regulatory uncertainty and the difficulty of scaling a labor-intensive treatment method—industry leaders see a path forward.
Researchers: David Schonthal, Michael Cotton, David Esselman and Ryan Reid
April 19, 2024
Marketing
The Future of Targeted Advertising in a Cookie-less World
Apple’s and Google’s responses to regulatory shifts may end up squeezing out small online retailers.
Researchers: Guy Aridor
April 16, 2024
Careers
The Path to the Boardroom Can Be Opaque. Here’s a Roadmap.
An expert offers 6 tips for becoming board-ready.
Researchers: Victoria Medvec
April 15, 2024
Leadership
Podcast: What’s It Take to Get on a Board, Anyway?
It’s not like applying for a job. On this episode of The Insightful Leader, an expert demystifies the process.
Researchers: Victoria Medvec
April 15, 2024
Economics
Humanizing the U.S.–China Relationship
Escalating tensions between U.S. and Chinese governments make preserving in-person interactions between ordinary Chinese and Americans even more important.
Researchers: Nancy Qian
April 12, 2024
Leadership
Podcast: AI Is a Tool. How Do We Want to Use It?
Generative AI is like “a hammer looking for a nail.” On this episode of The Insightful Leader: we have to decide what the nail should be.
Researchers: Hatim Rahman
April 3, 2024
Policy
AI Has Entered the Court. Is This Changing Umpires’ Calls?
The Hawk-Eye review system in professional tennis has made umpires more accurate in many cases—but not all.
Researchers: David Almog, Romain Gauriot, Lionel Page and Daniel Martin
April 1, 2024
Organizations
Why Artists Are Punished More Harshly Than Scientists for the Same Misconduct
It’s tough to separate the artist from the art, a new study finds—but easier to separate the scientist from the science.
Researchers: Joseph J. Sieve and Jacob D. Teeny
April 1, 2024
Finance & Accounting
Do Green Bonds Actually Lead to Rosy Returns?
And are the companies that issue them truly addressing climate issues? New research investigates.
Researchers: Aaron Yoon and Sanjai Bhagat
April 1, 2024
Finance & Accounting
The Hedge Fund in Your Pantry
Many households utilize excess cash to support shopping habits that generate high financial returns.
Researchers: Scott R. Baker, Stephanie Johnson and Lorenz Kueng
April 1, 2024
Policy
The Truth about U.S. Immigration
It is possible both to maximize the benefits of immigration and still maintain border security and support workers in sectors that immigrants may enter.
Researchers: Nancy Qian
March 26, 2024
Strategy
What Game Theory Can Teach Us about RICO Prosecutions
“If you’re on trial with 17 other people, the fear that somebody else will confess becomes much more realistic.”
Researchers: Ehud Kalai
March 19, 2024
Leadership
Podcast: Need to Make a Point? Tell a Good Story.
Plus: more leadership advice in this episode of The Insightful Leader’s “Ask Insight” series.
Researchers: Harry M. Kraemer
March 18, 2024
Finance & Accounting
What Would a Capital One–Discover Deal Really Mean?
A financial expert considers the acquisition’s potential impact on credit-card networks, merchants, and consumers.
Researchers: Lulu Wang
March 11, 2024
Marketing
When Persuading a Group, Beware the Allure of Consensus
We tend to favor strategies that win broad-but-weak support over narrow-but-strong support—and this preference can lead us astray.
Researchers: Derek D. Rucker, Jesse D'Agostino, Mark Dyer and Zakary L. Tormala
March 8, 2024
Marketing
How to Grow in a Multichannel World
As e-commerce continues to expand, companies need to adapt their channel strategies to stay relevant. A marketing expert offers guidance for reaching customers.
Researchers: Jim Lecinski
March 7, 2024
