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When Crises Hit, Shovel-Ready Ideas Can Get Greenlighted Quickly
Frontline staff and managers often face years of resistance and red tape when they try to improve organizational processes. But a Yale SOM study suggests that crises can create windows of opportunity to get those changes implemented—if advocates move fast and demonstrate the short- and long-term value of their ideas.
When Is It OK to Use Connections to Land a Job?
New research co-authored by Yale SOM’s Laura Adler explores how people reconcile conflicting beliefs about the roles of social capital and merit in the job search. Their results show that widely held attitudes about when it’s acceptable to make use of connections can help perpetuate inequality.
Podcasts
Climate and Investing
Can We Do Business in Space?
Two decades into the era of private space flight, companies are establishing ventures in low-earth orbit, sending private citizens into space, and pursuing exploration and development on the moon and beyond. We talked to Yale alumni and other leaders about how finance, law, and other day-to-day details of business get translated into space.
Are You Ready for AI?
Of the many technologies that have changed our lives since the invention of the microchip, generative AI may have had the most dramatic debut. ChatGPT is likely the fastest-growing internet service ever, and every major tech company is scrambling to incorporate Large Language Models into their products. We’ve been talking with Yale faculty and alumni about the potential of the technology to both advance and disrupt our society.
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.
