Pandemic life continues to take its toll. Managers who let down their guard and acknowledge their employees' emotions can ease distress and build trust, says research by Julian Zlatev and colleagues. [...]

Many companies want employees back at desks, but workers want more flexibility than ever. Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business School professor, offers three rules for senior managers trying to forge a new hybrid path. [...]

Silvio Memme dreamed of designing engines for Ferrari. Despite the naysayers, he made that dream a reality. He then dreamed bigger and set his sights on a new goal, one many said was impossible and would require a career switch. Memme shares how he broke into Venture Capital from the automotive industry and launched a new stage of his career utilizing his unique perspective and transferable skills. [...]

The HBS class of 2021 weathered quite a few setbacks with the rapid changes to their internships in the summer of 2020, some of which were pulled entirely, others that were quickly transitioned to all remote. Despite the challenges of hybrid learning and a world forever changed, this class managed to secure fabulous opportunities at 335 organizations all over the world. [...]

Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) who has a background in mechanical engineering and on-the-ground experience in actual conflict zones such as Afghanistan, where the so-called Iron Man would be deployed, couldn’t understand why the military would design a high-tech armored suit for a person when artificial intelligence could do the job with significantly less risk. “Why wouldn’t they just put in a computer to control the suit?” [...]