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Ideas Made to Matter

Our top 5 ‘Working Definitions’ of 2020

By

Meredith Somers

Dec 2, 2020

Why It Matters

These evolving ideas about decision-making and leadership provided managers with useful context in a year marked by uncertainty.

In 2019, MIT Sloan launched “Working Definitions,” a weekly Instagram series exploring exciting and interesting new ideas to advance management practice and build a better, smarter world.

The most popular ideas and phrases last year centered around innovation and potential. This year’s most-liked Working Definitions dealt with decision-making and leadership — an unsurprising theme given all that’s happened in 2020.

Here’s a closer look at those ideas:

For more info Meredith Somers News Writer (617) 715-4216 msomers@mit.edu

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