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What Can Other Companies Learn from Patagonia’s Model?
Patagonia “is in business to save our home planet.” We talked with Vincent Stanley, the company’s director of philosophy, about the lessons for Patagonia’s peers in its approach to doing business.
Podcasts
You could argue that the most generous person is the one who is willing to look like a braggart in order to have more impact.
Prof. Deborah Small
on her research exploring how people see generosity and the sometimes-irrational ways we make choices about others' welfare.
Editors’ Picks
Video: Why You Should Care about Antitrust
We asked Prof. Fiona Scott Morton, former chief economist for the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division and the founder of the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, to explain why antitrust violations are bad for consumers and how the government can respond.
A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar: How Gender Changes the Perception of a Bad Joke
Yale SOM’s Taly Reich has found one situation in which women, rather than men, are more likely to get the benefit of the doubt: when they tell jokes that fall flat.
The Roots of America’s Exceptional Inequality
Yale political scientist Jacob Hacker joined Yale SOM’s Global Leadership: Big Issues course to discuss the tax, policy, and political forces that have disproportionately benefited the richest Americans—and caused many to feel left behind.
Does Performance-Based Pay Improve Teaching?
Yale SOM economist Barbara Biasi studied what actually happened when some school districts in Wisconsin started paying partly based on effectiveness.
Where Did Madoff's Money Go?
Yale SOM’s Rick Antle on the complexities of making restitution in the wake of a Ponzi scheme.
Confronting the Climate Crisis
Yale Insights is talking with the scholars and practitioners who are providing the expertise and leadership to make the adaptation and mitigation of this unprecedented challenge a reality.
Leading through COVID
COVID-19 has created leadership challenges for every kind of organization. Some are working to help the sick or the hungry, or to maintain vital services. All are scrambling to stay connected with their employees and remain economically viable. We've been talking with Yale SOM alumni about the challenges that they are facing, and hearing about their professional and personal lives during the global pandemic.
Values Propositions
All leaders encounter complex situations without easy answers, where they must navigate conflicting priorities, cultural differences, and human emotion. We talked with Yale SOM alumni about how they draw on their core values in critical moments.
