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Drawing on 200+ studies, learn how modern work design fuels office loneliness, harming engagement and performance, and how leaders can respond.
8.20.2026
How We Work and Live
Business schools excel at teaching models and optimization, but often fall short on preparing students for messy, high-stakes operational reality. To meet the future, they need a radical shift: embedding students and faculty in resource-constrained small businesses to build true execution grit, confront real data and constraints, and turn analytical training into lasting impact.
8.19.2026
When Business and Technology Intersect
Range is built into an economics career, from forecasting growth to analyzing incentives, competition and data to guiding mergers, litigation, and AI policy and improving real-world decisions.
8.18.2026
How We Work and Live
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