Tomorrowʼs Minds at Work
News, insights, tips, and commentary from members of the Columbia University School of Professional Studies.
Dr. KimLoan Tran, Vice President and Head of Talent Management at Allstate, Visits Integrated Talent Management Strategies Class
Dr. Tran shared the insurance company’s approach to leading practices in onboarding new employees.
People Like to Breathe: The Importance of EPA’s New Air Particulate Proposal
"Air pollution control has long been able to demonstrate benefits that wildly outpace costs."
The Transition to Environmental Sustainability is Underway, But It Won’t Be Easy
“The transition has begun, and its pace will be influenced by technology, capital, and public policy.”
Year-End Predictions Are a Fool’s Game. Let Me Make One.
Columbia SPS lecturer Frank J. Oswald: Attacks on “woke capitalism” will escalate in 2023; communicators need to plan ahead.
End-of-Semester Message: Reasons to Celebrate
Read Dean Eggers' end-of-semester note to the SPS community.
Technology’s Costs and Benefits
"The central issue of our time is understanding and mitigating those costs when we can, and adapting to them when we cannot."
Lekshmi Geetha, Head of People, India at Snap. Inc., Joins Integrated Talent Management Class
Geetha discusses the power (and the challenges) of matrix organizations.
A Fierce Advocate for Kindness
Elizabeth Ndungu is advocating for mental health and DEIA in Columbia’s student government.
Dr. Rachel Fichter, global talent leader and executive coach, Joins Organizational Strategy & Learning Class
Fichter discusses how the performance management process can be transformed into learning and career-development opportunities.
Lecturer Jess Goldberg: Compassionate Communication Can Solve Some of Our Biggest Problems
The Emmy Award-winning producer teaches a section of the Compelling Communicator course.
Is Anyone Paying Attention to the Biodiversity Conference of the Parties?
Steve Cohen on the 15th UN Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP15) and reducing massive species loss
Rick Hardin, Founder of Rick Hardin Associates, Visits Integrated Talent Management Class
Hardin draws from his 30-plus years of organization design and culture change experience.