Thought Leadership
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How income inequality can drive Covid infections
A look at lockdowns in Chile finds that wealth played a major role in who stayed home and who risked infection
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Psychological safety unlocks the potential of diverse teams
The dissimilar backgrounds of diverse team members often result in clashes unless care is taken to create a psychologically safe environment
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Can you buy creativity in the gig economy?
It's possible, but creators need more of a stake. A study by Feng Zhu of 10,000 novels in the Chinese e-book market reveals how tying pay to performance can lead to new ideas
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How quick commerce can become a game-changer in the ecommerce business in India
Understanding the true urgency of customers and finding the right balance between delivery promise time and availability of resources would help the Q-commerce service sustain and grow in the long run
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Autonomy of gig work: Myth or reality?
The short-term experience of performing tasks by choice and getting paid immediately is gratifying. However, there may be less apparent long-term consequences
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Why are some people more reluctant to network than others?
The key seems to be how people perceive their own success and professional value
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Business must maximise public trust and embrace new expectations: Bill Boulding
Boulding, dean of Duke's Fuqua School of Business, believes that the public's trust in business now as compared to after the Great Recession indicates how business has led during the pandemic
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Why WeWork didn't work as planned: Four lessons on corporate governance
Hype vs. discipline. Charisma vs. responsibility. The buzz around Adam Neumann's WeWork went from enthusiasm for a unicorn with billions in venture capital to backlash for a company with a plummeted valuation and scrapped IPO. Yet with new leadership and governance structures, long-term profit may be in sight. What might we learn from WeWork?
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Six questions for Efosa Ojomo, Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation
An expert in disruptive innovation talks about how market-creating innovation can reverse the negative effects of the pandemic on emerging economies
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The tipping point: The subtle psychology and economics of taxi fares
Passengers hate mental math — and other lessons from one billion New York City cab rides
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Sales numbers are up? It may only be inflation
Managers need proper information systems to decipher the real causes of any bump in sales revenue and decide whether investments are required