Will AI accelerate or undermine the way humans have always innovated?


Technological innovation has always relied on experts collaborating across time and geography. EtiAmmos/iStock via Getty Images In graduate school, my experimental archaeology professor told a student to create a door socket – the hole in a door frame that a bolt slides into – in a slab of sandstone by pecking at it with a […]

Are women board members risk averse or agents of innovation? It’s complicated, new research shows


The number of women on S&P 500 boards has increased in recent years. Fang Xia Nuo/Getty Images Do women board members make a company more innovative or risk averse? The answer is both, according to our recent study. It all depends on how the company performs relative to its goals. Professors Małgorzata Smulowitz, Didier Cossin […]