Leadership
Can Mark Zuckerberg Spend His Way to AI Success?
Meta has lured a string of top researchers from rivals with nine-figure pay packages in an effort to close the gap with AI leaders like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. But splashy hires rarely end up rescuing flailing enterprises, write Yale SOM leadership expert Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian.
Three Questions: Dr. Greg Licholai on Biotech After Theranos
We asked Dr. Greg Licholai, a lecturer at Yale SOM and and a biotech entrepreneur, what other healthcare startups can learn from the Theranos debacle.
Perspective: The Philanthropist
How can philanthropy contribute to regional economic development in Appalachian Ohio? Cara Brook explains the sector’s critical role in retaining wealth and enabling local initiatives.
Perspective: The Governor
Former Ohio governor Ted Strickland talks about the people, poverty, politics, and possibilities of Appalachian Ohio.
Perspective: The Small-Town Mayor
What can a town of 1,481 people in Appalachian coal country do in the face of long-term cyclical changes in global markets? Quite a lot, actually.
Colonel Rich Morales ’99 on Integrity as an Organizational Foundation
We talked to U.S. Army Colonel Rich Morales ’99 about the complexity of integrity and its roles in leadership and learning.
Disney CEO Bob Iger Again Shows Moral Leadership With Roseanne Fiasco
Yale SOM’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld writes that CEO Bob Iger did the right thing by swiftly cancelling the highly rated show.
Three Questions: Prof. Marissa King on the Cost of Loneliness
There is increasing evidence that isolation has a powerful negative effect on health and productivity. We asked Yale SOM’s Marissa King, an expert on social networks, how we can reinforce the connections that help sustain us.
Can Personal Values Survive a Politically Extreme Era?
Political polarization is growing and long-established norms that used to serve as landmarks are fading. Experts discuss navigating the challenges of working in and engaging with an administration that has torn up the playbook.
AT&T, Novartis CEOs Wise To Take Responsibility
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld says the CEOs of AT&T and Novartis were right to respond swiftly and directly to their companies’ connection to the scandal around Michael Cohen.
Three Questions: Prof. Jack Balkin on Facebook and the Risks of ‘Data Capitalism’
What does the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal say about the risks of trusting Facebook and other tech companies with our data? We talked with Yale Law School's Jack Balkin.
