Idea posted: December 2022

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

Meritocracy is an ideal that today's organizations strive for. However, the practice of meritocracy doesn't often live up to the aspiration. For example, studies continue to show that women and…

Idea posted: April 2024

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management    University of Hong Kong; Northwestern University   

Because of new communications technologies, including a proliferation of video-conferencing options over the Internet, many have declared the “death of distance.” Geographical separation of even thousands of miles is no…

Idea posted: November 2017

Institutions: Open University of the Netherlands    Artevelde University College Ghent   

The digital native is a myth, according to an extensive review of the research by by Paul Kirschner of Open University of the Netherlands and Pedro de Bruyckere of Artevelde…

Idea posted: May 2014

Institutions: Aalto University School of Business    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

The ‘2D:4D’ ratio — the ratio of the length of the index (2D) and the ring finger (4D) — is an established biomarker for the level of testosterone to which…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

The type and amount of information collected by organizations today is on a scale never seen before. This explosion in the volume of data received through sources such as social…

Idea posted: June 2024

Institutions: Drucker School of Management    Claremont Graduate University    Chulalongkorn University   

The retirement of boomers from the workforce offers opportunities for companies to fulfill their promise to diversify their leadership by encouraging and enabling more women, LGBTQ+, people of color, Native…

Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

Though formal hierarchies continue to be an integral part of organizational structures, in recent years individuals have been required to look beyond these towards the informal and invisible structures supporting…

Idea posted: June 2013

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)    Lingnan University   

Across the world, effective leaders are needed now more than ever; China is no exception, but the experiences of Chinese leaders may certainly warrant a different perspective for their development.…

Idea posted: February 2015

Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)   

The next generation of leaders will emerge from the young people entering the workforce today. The best organizations and their leaders have begun thinking about the strengths and weaknesses of…