~ February 4, 2021 ~
TEACHING INNOVATIONS
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program: Elke Schüßler, Leonhard Dobusch

What does it take to teach the world-changing issues that surround the Covid pandemic, and to do it in record time? Johannes Kepler University Linz's Elke Schüßler and University of Innsbruck's Leonhard Dobusch talk about their award-winning course, Organizing in Times of Crisis: The Case of Covid19.
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FUTURE OF WORK
NPR: Cardiff Garcia, Stacey Vanek Smith

It's an important and complex debate, with good-faith arguments on both sides. What are the pros and cons, and is there a way for us all to come out ahead? (includes links to supporting research and commentary)
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Intelligencer: Scott Galloway

"Trafficking in misinformation is wrong. Trafficking in misinformation with a structurally unsound business model is wrong and futile." Can companies with less to lose leapfrog the pack? (also see Tim Cook on Why It's Time to Fight the "Data-Industrial Complex")
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GRAND CHALLENGES
The Atlantic: Conor Friedersdorf

Reverse engineering emotion: Can we bridge people's differences by better understanding what they love?
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SUSTAINABILITY
The Guardian: Patrick Greenfield

How can we address the harmful incentives caused by paying more to exploit nature than to protect it? (also see Economics' Failure over Destruction of Nature Presents and ESG and Sustainability: Key Considerations for 2021)
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TEACHING INNOVATIONS
BusinessBecause: Simon Lovick

Teaching methods weren't the only things that changed in the past year. How has business-school content also been transformed by the pandemic?
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