Workplace, Teams, & Culture

Research points to ways companies can help employees of all ages thrive in today’s multigenerational workplace.

Reimagined workspaces can enable interactions that foster more meaningful human connections in our work lives.

A global study of online hackathons offers best practices for designing virtual ideation sessions.

Nudges for less-biased hiring, networking to drive inclusion, and defusing opposition to racial equity initiatives.

The pandemic has upended business. Let’s consider how managers should respond.

The Special Report in MIT SMR‘s Summer 2021 issue looks at how businesses can support a more inclusive workplace culture. Also in this issue: ways to communicate — and disagree — using candor and logic, business’s role in national emergencies, how volunteering helps workers’ skills, and changing the rules to suit turbulent times.

Evaluators can be nudged to make less biased decisions in hiring and other contexts.

Early analysis suggests that three networking behaviors can drive inclusion in organizations.

PepsiCo’s Colin Lenaghan discusses AI’s role in the company’s pricing strategy and ongoing digital transformation.

Companies have a unique opportunity to rebuild employees’ social connections when they return to in-person work.

Good arguments at the core of great strategy, the risks of concurrent change initiatives, and the courage to be candid.

Help your team become more capable and productive by encouraging key behaviors and mitigating risks.

Practical strategies for hybrid work, linking good intentions to intentional actions, and Daniel Kahneman on “noise.”

A dedicated team can help maximize the utility — and competitive advantage — of automation systems.

Businesses that pledged to support racial equity in 2020 must maintain their commitments to effecting change.

The hub-and-spoke model of work offers a middle ground between packed offices and the isolation of working at home.

Identifying the right change strategy, boosting stagnated skills, and managing demand fluctuations.

Supplier diversity initiatives can drive positive change, boost earnings, and build resilience.

As hiring begins to accelerate, companies may need to retrain workers whose skills stagnated while they were unemployed.

“Absorbing by observation” while working remotely, prospering in turbulent times with dynamic rules, and centering ESG in quarterly earnings calls.