Kristina Kennedy (EMBA ’14) Of Kickstand Communications On 5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees

By David Liu | Authority Magazine | January 13, 2022

As a part of my series about the “5 Ways That Businesses Can Help Promote The Mental Wellness Of Their Employees” I had the pleasure of interviewing Kristina Kennedy.

As COO of …

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How Nobel laureate Maria Ressa built a business amid chaos

By Sara Brown | MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter | November 24, 2021

Startup founders often face obstacles during the first years of their companies. Then there’s Maria Ressa, the co-founder, CEO, and editor of the Philippine digital news website Rappler, …

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THINKING FORWARD – Ideas for your work from MIT Sloan School of Management

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1. Far too many organizations are suffering from broken culture syndrome, according to new research from organizational effectiveness expert Douglas …

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H-1B Visa Denial Rates Plunge After Trump Immigration Policies End

By Stuart Anderson | Forbes | January 12, 2022

H-1B denial rates have returned to pre-Trump levels after court decisions and a legal settlement ended the Trump administration’s restrictive policies, according to a new report. The changes started in the fourth quarter …

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This exec sees interest in ESG tipping scales for women in tech

By Meredith Somers | MIT Sloan Ideas Made to Matter | January 12, 2022

A 2021 women’s leadership study from LeanIn.org and McKinsey & Co. found that American women held 41% of corporate management positions, and women continue to fight underrepresentation when …

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Reducing food waste to increase access to affordable foods

MIT alumni-founded Spoiler Alert matches major food brands with discount grocers to sell perishable products.

By Zach Winn | MIT News Office | January 5, 2022

About a third of the world’s food supply never gets eaten. That means the water, labor, …

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Your people want purpose. Take these 3 steps to define your ‘why’

By Tony Tran | Fast Company | January 11, 2022

In the early days of a company, or when just starting out as a team lead, it’s easier to stay focused on the main problem you’re trying to solve. But when you …

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THINKING FORWARD – Ideas for your work from MIT Sloan School of Management

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1. Finance leaders are taking key performance indicators to a new level, aided by big data and automation. During a …

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Why The Future Of Business Rests On Modern Ecosystems

By Jim Houghton & Rupert Chapman | Forbes | December 20. 2021

The post-pandemic economy is shaping up as the age of innovation. It’s an experimental time in which accepted norms have been discarded and future success depends in large part on …

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The year in tech: Space tourism lifts off, NFTs go mainstream and Big Tech faces reckoning

By Catherine Thorbecke | ABC News | December 29, 2021

Over the past year, routine space tourism emerged from science fiction to reality, digital art you can’t even touch auctioned for millions at Christie’s, and malicious attacks emanating from cyberspace crippled real-world …

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