By Angela Duckworth MIT Sloan Management Review The act of answering survey questions can increase awareness, which opens the door to development. “Know thyself.” — Socrates I’ve been studying grit for 15 years, but the notion that some people stick with things much longer than others is not at all…Read More
By Reb Rebele MIT Sloan Management Review We need a more nuanced approach to predicting job performance. Have you ever taken an aptitude or work personality test? Maybe it was part of a job application, one of the many ways your prospective employer tried to figure out whether you were…Read More
By Adam Grant MIT Sloan Management Review Confirming what people already believe can help organizations overcome barriers to change. A few years ago, the people analytics experts at Google stunned me with one of their recommendations to managers. They had been studying how to onboard new hires effectively. After running…Read More
By Cade Massey Behavioral Scientist This week the Cleveland Browns will decide which, if any, of the top quarterback prospects to acquire with the first pick in the NFL draft. There are four leading contenders, and the team has been evaluating them in detail for more than a year. They…Read More
By Scott Judd, Eric O’Rourke, & Adam Grant Harvard Business Review Once upon a time, surveys were a staple for every leader to solicit feedback and every company to assess engagement. But now, surveys are starting to look like diesel trucks collecting dust in the age of electric cars. Companies…Read More
Italian designer Brunello Cucinelli on challenging authority, being a kind boss, and the importance of gazing at the stars.…Read More
Cade Massey, a practice professor at the Wharton School, and Rufus Peabody, a Washington-based sports analyst, developed a ranking system for projecting future performance. Ratings represent a team’s predicted point differential against an average team on a neutral field. A look at the College football playoff race.…Read More
Kids, Would You Please Start Fighting? When Wilbur and Orville Wright finished their flight at Kitty Hawk, Americans celebrated the brotherly bond. The brothers had grown up playing together, they had been in the newspaper business together, they had built an airplane together.…Read More
Bidwell Discusses Contractual Obligation
Wharton People Analytics’ own Professor Matthew Bidwell discussed the perils for contract workers in today’s workplace on Knowledge@Wharton. While the gains are alluring to employers, the results can be counterproductive by establishing second-class status, changing the workplace dynamic and causing friction.…Read More
Generosity has a dark side: If we don’t put boundaries around it, we run the risk of burning ourselves out-and hurting the people we’re trying to help . Though we want a workforce of givers, not takers, the givers need to rein themselves in for everyone’s sake. Find out how to do that by joining HBR for this weeklong series with Wharton’s Adam Grant and Reb Rebele. It includes a new feature article about how to help others more effectively, a video explaining the research, audio “postcards” from leaders who get how to give, a self-assessment, and more.…Read More
