Latest Impact Stories

Understanding People: The Key to Unlocking AI Transformation

Organizations often approach AI as a technology problem. Lasting transformation begins with understanding how knowledge, decisions, and work actually flow through the organization.

Who Gets Credit When Intelligence Changes Hands

IKNS student Christina Georgiadi addresses the gendering of AI skills and how women can avoid the pitfalls of a jargon-driven narrative that may favor men.

From Principles to Practice: Operationalizing Responsible AI

IKNS lecturers Nicole Alexander and Manail Anis Ahmed offer expert guidance for integrating AI both ethically and responsibly across an entire enterprise.

From Problem to Solution: Creating Real-World Impact Through the Information & Knowledge Strategy Capstone

How the IKNS capstone projects prepare graduates to tackle real-world challenges and help sponsors achieve their strategic goals.

AI Through a Human Lens: Business Anthropology and the Future of Work

At a discussion hosted by Columbia’s Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS) program, anthropologists Dr. Drew Jones and Dr. Matthew Hill explored how people and AI can collaborate in the workplace.

How to Thrive in the Age of AI-Assisted Work

An event hosted by the Career Design Lab and the M.S. in Information & Knowledge Strategy (IKNS) program considered how AI is shaping the workforce.

Hesitation Is Hazardous: The Hidden Cost of Delaying GenAI Training

IKNS alum and Associate Director of Data & AI at Accenture Naureen Aziz reflects on the real cost of waiting in the GenAI era.

From Mumbai to Manhattan: How IKNS Expanded My Definition of Leadership

Student Takshika Jambhule shares her journey from engineer to strategist—and lessons from her time in the IKNS program.

New IKNS Course Brings Anthropology to Business Strategy

IKNS lecturer Jessica Malloy shares insights into her new course, which equips students with ethnographic tools to better understand people, culture, and power as drivers of innovation.

Pushing Personal Boundaries to Gain Bigger Breakthroughs

HBCU Fellow Tre’von Conner shares how the IKNS curriculum at Columbia is helping him learn how to effectively tackle organizational challenges.

Redefining Knowledge Management in Philanthropy

What if knowledge, not money, is philanthropy’s greatest asset?

How Generative AI Is Becoming a Powerful Force in Business Decision-Making

The IKNS program’s recent “Beyond Chatbots” seminar explored how AI is ushering in a new era of organizational intelligence.