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Hub Insights
WOMEN MONEY POWER: A Conversation with Josie Cox
Student Leadership and Ethics Board alumna Josie Cox '22 returned to Columbia Business School to discuss her first book, Women, Money, Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality, with Anushka Salinas '10, chief executive officer of Nanit. The conversation focused on the social and political hurdles at the center of the battle for gender equality at work and beyond. Josie also spoke to her inspiration and motivation for writing the book, which was based on her expertise as a business journalist for more than a decade.
Lessons from Bridging the American Divides
Division in America has been on the rise in recent years, and few areas of US public life remain untouched. Whether it's a discussion at a family gathering, over social media, or at a coffee shop, Americans are more polarized than ever. There is frustration that others “don’t get it” and that they don’t want to talk about it.
Rethinking Capitalism: Is the Current System Working for America?
Hundreds of students graduating from prestigious business schools every year will go on to run global companies, economies, and even countries. As part of their education, significant swathes of those graduates will have studied the theories of modern political economists like Adam Smith, David Ricardo, and other proponents of classical liberalism, as well as champions of the neoliberal school, like Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.
The Future of Decision-Making: An Orthotic for Your Brain
Research highlights the significant potential and promise of innovation within the field of neuroscience when combined with emerging technologies.
How Data Happened: A History from the Age of Reason to the Age of Algorithms
AI is not a relatively new concept, but instead a ‘moving target,’ argues Columbia University Professor Chris Wiggins in his new book, How Data Happened.
Brainstorming is overrated. Do this instead
Article provided by: FastCompany
To remain relevant or to disrupt an industry, you need to innovate. Many organizations turn to brainstorming as a method for generating new ideas, but it’s not the best way to be original, says Sheena Iyengar, author of Think Bigger: How to Innovate.
Understanding the Impact of AI on Team Performance: Challenges and Insights for Successful Integration
New CBS research uncovers the surprising impact on performance, team coordination, and morale of integrating artificial intelligence into teams of human workers.
Corporate Boards Tackle Oversight of Technology, Innovation
Board-level committees can help companies look beyond ‘internal echo chambers,’ says Columbia Business School’s Sheena Iyengar.
Russian Media During the War: Making Sense of an Opaque Landscape
Andrey Simonov wears many hats. He’s an expert on digital markets, and can speak authoritatively on advertising, news and other features of the media landscape, but there’s one topic that has recently piqued his interest and is proving a particular challenge.
Democratizing Sustainability: Donnel Baird ’13 on How Businesses and Technology Can Save the World
The BlocPower CEO joined CBS Professor Bruce Kogut at an event held by The Hub, a new think tank. Donnel Baird ’13 has a sharp eye on the future but constantly thinks about the past.
Joseph Stiglitz on Business, Inequality and the Case for an Economists’ Hippocratic Oath
CBS recently hosted the Nobel Prize-winning economist for a discussion on the future of capitalism led by Dean Emeritus Glenn Hubbard. About a decade ago, Joseph Stiglitz’s book The Price of Inequality laid bare the actual and potential consequences of a dramatically imbalanced distribution of wealth across America.
Innovation and Investment in Woman's Health
In pursuit of reliable returns in the ever-competitive world of business, identifying the right opportunity at precisely the right moment can feel impossible. For investors, many sectors are oversaturated, rendering the risk profiles of the companies in them unappealing. Other industries are too cyclical, especially amid the current economic backdrop. And then there’s women’s health.
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