Professor Michael Roberto's Blog
Have We Failed to Prepare Gen Z Properly for the Workforce?
Transparency + Clarity: Information Dumps Don't Work
NASA Issues Investigative Report About Starliner Failure
Overestimating What We Know: The Trap of Effortless Search
Careful How You Handle Familiar Faces on Your Team
What Happens When We Can Quantify Some Aspects of a Decision But Not Others?
How Good is the Second Act for a Leader?
Training Your Team Members Boosts Your Productivity
Don't Just Observe Customer Pain Points; EXPERIENCE Them!
Lessons from Patriots Coach Mike Vrabel's Leadership Journey
Using AI to Create a "Fantasy Board of Directors" for Yourself?
Why Big Projects Run Over Budget and Behind Schedule
Don't Use AI to Brainstorm for You!
Recommended Books I Read in 2025
Netflix, Warner, and Vertical Integration
Are Others Pretending to Listen to You?
Testing Your Assumptions
Educating Students More Effectively, Preparing Them for the Workforce
Reviewing the Performance Reviews
How Quickly Should a Leader Respond to Feedback?
What's Good for Our Kids is Great for Us Too!
Leaders Should Always Consider How Their Team Members Might Answer The Question: “What’s in it for me?”
Does Your Boss Know Your Strengths and Help You Pursue New Roles Based on Those Skills?
Can Cold Hard Facts Mitigate Overconfidence Bias?
When Should You Launch Your Startup?
Teaching Yourself New Ideas & New Skills
You Can't Make It Up on Volume!
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify
Breaking up Kraft Heinz: When Will Executives Learn?
Bad Office Conversations
New Case Study: Savannah Bananas
Porsche vs. Ralph Lauren: The Danger of Diluting Brand Equity
What Happens When We Compare Ourselves to Generative AI?
Scarcity, Pricing, and Luxury Goods: The Case of the Birkin Bag
Rethinking the Exit Interview
Will Using AI at Work Damage Your Reputation?
Deep Curiosity to Solve Hard Problems
Are You Leaning on AI Because You Are Afraid To Speak With Your Manager?
The Pressure To Appear Confident
Hiring and Collaborating with Higher-Paid Employees
How to be a Supercommunicator
The Value of Companies with Many Occupational Options for Employees
Role Playing the Competition at Dick's Sporting Goods
Indecisive? Do You Know The Right Thing to Do, Yet Still Hesitate?
Can AI Enable Us To Focus More on the Work We Love to Do?
Does Competing Outside of Work Harm Collaboration at Work?
Can Data Analytics Make Your Product Boring?
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy on Shaping Your Career Journey
Southwest Pursues a Me-Too Strategy
Interviewing Candidates Who Have Prepared Using Generative AI Technologies