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Management in Practice

  • Recovering from Regime Change after the Monsoon Revolution

    Student protestors ousted Bangladesh’s authoritarian prime minister earlier this summer. At a Yale SOM conference, academics, policy experts, and businesspeople discussed how the country can build a more just and equitable economy.

    Anti-government protesters in Dhaka on August 5, after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned from office.  
  • Talking about Child Sexual Abuse Can Help End Child Sexual Abuse

    Child sexual abuse is preventable, according to Joan Tabachnick ’86, if families and communities actively engage in uncomfortable conversations.

    A color, abstract painting of people talking
  • The Joy and Opportunity of Living in Space

    Retired NASA astronaut Cady Coleman describes the wonder of living in orbit and calls for a wiser, more inclusive approach in a new age of space exploration.

    An astronaut in the International Space Station
  • Streaming Seeks a Path to Profitability

    Only Netflix and Disney turn a profit from streaming. Media analyst Michael Nathanson ’90 says that streamers are turning to bundles, ads, and password crackdowns to survive the disruption and consolidation hitting the industry.

    Directional signs with logos for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+.
  • SEC Chair Gary Gensler on the Future of Systemic Risk in Financial Markets

    The SEC chair talked with Yale SOM’s Andrew Metrick about lessons in resilience following the Global Financial Crisis and a fast-approaching future where AI and quantum computing will deliver transformative, potentially destabilizing, impacts on the financial system.

    Gary Gensler testifying at a congressional hearing
  • Is Space Becoming the Next Front for War—and Traffic Jams?

    Satellites enable everyday tools like GPS and weather forecasts, and allow militaries to track troop movements and target weapons. But the most desirable orbits are increasingly crowded and vulnerable to attack. Jamie Morin, an expert in space defense and policy issues, explains how we avoid squandering this shared resource.

    A time-lapse photo showing the arc of a rocket launch
  • To Make Greener Buildings, Try Innovating around the Edges

    The building industry is slow to change. But three Yale alumni are finding ways to make changes on the margins and in the process offer solutions that aren’t easy to ignore.

    A aerial photo of a 20th-century building retrofitted with solar panels.
  • How to Build a Space Station

    Nanoracks, co-founded by Chris Cummins ’89, started as a niche startup that facilitated research on the International Space Station. Now it’s building a space station.

    A rendering of a space station in orbit
  • A Whole-Person Approach to Mental Health

    Christina Mainelli ’11, CEO of Quartet Health, explains how the company solves bottlenecks around access, quality, and fragmentation to deliver whole person care.

    Acolorful illustration of a woman's face
  • Is AI a Savior or a Peril—or Both?

    With applications of artificial intelligence spreading from the realm of data science to the apps at your fingertips, a day-long conference at the Yale School of Management considered how to unlock the technology’s positive potential while containing possibilities for misuse, misinformation, and labor-market mayhem.

    A wide angle of an auditorium with speakers on the stage