2023 marked the 50th anniversary of Mary P. Rowe’s tenure at MIT, where she began as the Special Assistant to the President and Chancellor for Women and Work—a role that evolved into an early organizational ombuds, listening to workplace concerns, from both men and women, throughout the Institute.

For decades, MIT Sloan Professor Lotte Bailyn has been calling for changes in the way work is organized -- often in ways that have proven prescient.