Who Pays the Price When Cochlear Implants Go Obsolete?
Blog, Corporate Culture, Fairness, IncentivesIn 2021, my research assistant and I interviewed Nikhil, a father in Delhi, about his family’s experience getting their deaf son Vikas a cochlear implant.
The Case Against Social Media Is About to Get More Interesting
Blog, Personality & PersonnelIn late March, Reason, a libertarian-leaning politics and culture magazine, ran the emphatic headline: “The Statistically Flawed Evidence That Social Media Is Causing the Teen Mental Health Crisis.”
Political Polarization and Ignored Incivility: A Catastrophic Combination?
Blog, Corporate Culture, Speak-Up and Call-Out CultureWe’re in for what should be an explosive election cycle that very well might inflame or provoke workplace conflict and incivility.
The Secrets of Cooperation
Blog, IncentivesPeople stop their cars simply because a little light turns from green to red.
The Science of Performing Under Pressure
Blog, Corporate Culture, PodcastAn episode of Re:Thinking with Adam Grant featuring cognitive scientist Sian Beilock.
How Ted Lasso Underscores the Importance of Clear Goals and Positive Feedback
Blog, Leadership, TrustApple TV’s wildly successful comedy, Ted Lasso, has returned for a third season.
How to Forge Partnerships That Drive Organizational Change
Blog, Corporate Culture, Leadership, TrustIt’s a surprisingly common problem—businesses become stagnant and stuck in a rut.
What the Right Gets Wrong in Its War with “Woke Capitalism”
Blog, Corporate GovernanceRon DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor and likely future presidential contender, has opened up a new front in his party’s war on “woke capitalism.”
New Evidence That CEOs Rarely Combine Integrity, Innovation, and Risk-Taking
Blog, LeadershipCorporate chief executive officers who have a high degree of integrity—that is, a commitment to act by a morally justified set of principles and values—tend to be less creative, more risk-averse, and less likely to take initiative than other CEOs, according to new research I co-authored.
Why the Biden Administration Needs to Preserve the Right to Asylum
Blog, Human Rights, LawImmigration policy has become a third rail in U.S. politics, especially for Democrats who have been cast unfairly as indifferent to border security and even supportive of “open borders.”