Though these words by American businessman Harvey Mackay are mostly meant to be provocative, they’re not too far off from capturing what it’s like to navigate the business world today. Whether it’s a ...

Studies of aid groups in Ghana and Uganda show why it’s so important to coordinate with local governments and institutions. She found herself wondering what the implications of this move might be. On ...

Researchers identified a program that helps rural students learn—and improves their incomes later in life. Even within nations, there tends to be a yawning gap between urban and rural education ...

As AI takes over the menial tasks interns and trainees perform, it also raises the ceiling for what they can do. This push and pull may dictate the future of apprenticeships. The experience of ...

It’s the hot new C-suite role, but not every business needs the same strategy. With the advent of the internet came the rise of the chief technology officer and chief information officer. As mobile ...

Recent developments suggest that prediction may be more wrong than anyone had imagined. Unveiled last month, a “Fake Drake” song, as just one example, shows that the creative class – artists, ...

Members of the Business Roundtable, a prestigious group that includes the heads of Apple, GM, Walmart, and BlackRock, recently updated their statement on the purpose of a corporation. Most notably, ...

For one, scour for details that defy the laws of physics. The process by which diffusion models—AI systems that transform text to images—learn to create images tends to generate what Matt Groh calls ...

This practice, which he referred to as “conspicuous consumption,” has been going on for millennia. Studies of Neolithic societies, for example, show evidence of elaborate headdresses to mark their ...

In 2018, they took in an estimated $14 billion. That amount has been steadily growing, driven primarily by TV revenue. Yet, unlike professional athletes, college players aren’t the beneficiaries of ...

A new body of research by Lauren Rivera, an associate professor of management and organizations at the Kellogg School, suggests applicants’ socioeconomic backgrounds play a large role in the hiring ...

Johnston’s decision was an example of “passing”: identifying as a different race. During the Jim Crow era, when Black people were systematically denied opportunities and lived under the threat of ...