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Organizations

How Peace Can Be Good for Business

Expanding ESG strategies to include conflict reduction can benefit both companies and the regions in which they operate.

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Organizations

Take 5: Making Communication Work … at Work

Embrace vulnerability, know when to keep silent, and other strategies from Kellogg faculty.

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Organizations

Does an Athletic Past Give Job Applicants a Lift?

The competitive edge athletes get in the job market may come at the expense of candidates with other life experiences.

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Entrepreneurship

5 Tips for Preparing to Scale Your Startup

Before hitting “go” on a growth strategy, founders need to make sure they are ready. Here’s a pre-flight checklist for entrepreneurs.

Maintaining business relationships can be invaluable.
Leadership

Why "I’m Sorry" Are Two of the Strongest Words for Leaders

Sincere apologies show those around you that you understand and are willing to learn from your mistakes.

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Economics

When Memory Leads to Wrong Moves

In new situations, we tend to rely on past strategies to guide our decisions—even when a fresh approach may be better.

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Marketing

Knock Knock. Who’s There? Generative AI.

Learning that a joke, a story, or art came from AI boosts our confidence in our creativity.

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Economics

Fixing a Market Mismatch

Nurturing markets in areas where products or services are needed but conspicuously absent is about more than supply and demand.

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Finance & Accounting

Investment Transparency Encourages Copycats—and Creates Risks

While regulations nudge insurance companies toward prudent portfolios, they may also increase systemic fragility.

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Careers

New Job, Different Industry. How to Succeed When You Make the Leap.

When you don’t just switch companies but entire sectors, you need to do your homework, focus on the culture, and build credibility fast.

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Organizations

Slowing AI’s Domino Effect on Workplace Inequality

Choices we make during model design and implementation can ease AI’s downstream damage—and amplify its benefits.

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Finance & Accounting

What Makes the U.S. Dollar So Special?

Despite its ups and downs, the dollar has maintained global dominance for years. New research shows why that is—and why it might not last forever.

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Operations

How Your Business Can Adapt to Tariffs—and Come Out Ahead

Start by finding alternative sourcing locations. And if you don’t have them, build them now.

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Careers

Podcast: How to Stay Resilient in the Face of a Major Setback

When Kellogg’s Craig Wortmann lost a portion of his leg to cancer, he felt like he lost part of his identity, too. On this episode of The Insightful Leader podcast, he offers a guide to “bouncing back better.”

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Organizations

Nepotism Can Be a Good Thing in Family Business—If You Get These 4 Things Right

Here’s a cautious promotion of strategic nepotism in the family business.

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Organizations

The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals

Teams that acquire players from their competitors gain an advantage that goes beyond pure skill.

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Marketing

No Credit History? No Problem.

A new type of score looks at people’s shopping behaviors and utility payments to determine their eligibility for loans and credit cards.

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Finance & Accounting

The AI Tidal Wave Doesn’t Have to Drown Workers

As AI replaces job responsibilities, it creates just as many opportunities, new research shows.

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Leadership

The Powerful Lesson Pope Leo XIV Can Teach Leaders

Leaders across industries can learn from Pope Leo XIV’s balanced perspective.

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Strategy

When Experts Pivot, They Pay a Price

“It’s not like we can’t enter a new area and hit a home run, but there’s just a far, far lower chance of that happening.”

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