Ideas Made to Matter Future of Work

A better way to count remote workers

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Government statistics often undercount how many people are working remotely, according to a new study.

Jun 29, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Study: Generative AI helps inexperienced workers

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Less-experienced contact center agents become more productive with assistance from generative artificial intelligence, a new study finds.

Jun 26, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Organizational Culture

Don’t miss these 3 opportunities to improve work culture

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Machine learning, hybrid work, and even layoffs can offer companies a chance to promote a positive work culture.

Jun 20, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Social Media

Bot detection software isn’t as accurate as it seems

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Bot detection models may return a high rate of accuracy, but that’s due to a critical limitation in the data used to train them, a new study finds.

Jun 12, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Gender

Altering gendered language in job postings doesn’t attract more women

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A new MIT Sloan study finds that tweaking the amount of masculine or feminine language in online job postings doesn’t increase gender diversity in the applicant pool.

May 30, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Behavioral Science

Voters are open to messages that go against their party doctrine

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Research finds Democrats and Republicans react to persuasive messaging in ways that don’t always align with their party leader’s stated positions.

Apr 6, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Marketing

Blockchain for marketing? Maybe, but privacy issues abound

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Blockchain’s permanent record is one of its strengths, but it can cause problems for marketing strategies and consumer privacy.

Mar 20, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence can design more appealing cars

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Carmakers can spend $3 billion on a single design. Machine learning models can streamline the process — and bring fewer duds to market.

Mar 6, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Economy

Harvard Square: A Love Story

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A new book by MIT Sloan professor Catherine Turco explores how street-level markets are a central, and centrally important, social institution in American life.

Mar 1, 2023
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Ideas Made to Matter Financial Markets

The dark side of stock market circuit breakers

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Circuit breakers are meant to calm the markets. But new research shows that they can backfire and create more volatility if not properly designed.

Feb 16, 2023
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