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Dean Susan Christoffersen is one of the winners of the 2025 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, presented by WXN, along with other Rotman graduates www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...
Dean Susan Christoffersen is one of the winners of the 2025 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, presented by WXN, along with other Rotman graduates www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...
October 30, 2025 at 7:06 PM
New column by @lauradoering.bsky.social and András Tilcsik explaining their research published in Organizational Science.
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
"We need to double down on some of the human skills. The things that make us human are what’s going to differentiate us," Dean Susan Christoffersen tells a Dean's Panel for @bloomberg.com on challenges facing business school Deans and what's next. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Challenges Facing Business School Leaders—and What’s Next
The rise of AI, fragmented geopolitics and a risk of divergence fuel heightened uncertainty, our panelists say.
www.bloomberg.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Congratulations to Prof. Dimitry Anastakis who is the inaugural winner of the Waugh Family Foundation Book Prize in Canadian Business History for his book "Dream Car." www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-... @artsci.utoronto.ca @uoftpress.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Congratulations to @dilipsoman.bsky.social and the BI-Org partnership who is a Finalist for an Impact Award from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...
September 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Congratulations to @joshgans.bsky.social who has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...
September 4, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“Nobody wants to fool around with a second-rate team.”
Prof. Ajay Agrawal discusses $100 million job offers from AI companies w/ Lila MacLellan of @fortunemagazine.bsky.social fortune.com/2025/08/29/a...
What’s better than a $100 million job offer?
The AI talent war reveals lessons for hanging on to your top performers.
fortune.com
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Personalized pricing can hurt companies' profits, according to a new @rotmanschool.bsky.social study #UofT 📊 uoft.me/bMy
August 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Congratulations to Mahtab Soin, one of @poetsandquants.bsky.social Best and Brightest Executive MBAs for 2025! Read more about Mahtab and his story. www.rotman.utoronto.ca/news-events-...
August 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Four Rotman professors were recently honoured with the the King Charles III Coronation Medal for their contributions to Canadian society. Congratulations to Ajay Agrawal, Nouman Ashraf, Sandford Borins, and Walid Hejazi. ow.ly/Y6wY50WzIgx
August 5, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Almost Done? That’s When Boring Tasks Are Most Unbearable. Research by Prof. Clair Tsai and colleagues from The Society for Personality and Social Psychology spsp.org/news/charact...
Almost Done? That’s When Boring Tasks Are Most Unbearable | SPSP
Can shifting your time frame make dull tasks feel less draining?
spsp.org
August 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
4 Steps to Combat Knowledge Theft in Your Workplace with research and comment by Prof. David Zweig of @utsc.utoronto.ca / Rotman
www.shrm.org/executive-ne...
4 Steps to Combat Knowledge Theft in Your Workplace
Prevent knowledge theft by leading with integrity. Discover key strategies to foster a culture of trust and recognition at work.
www.shrm.org
August 1, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Canada must diversify its trade relationships and reduce its economic dependence on the U.S. and address our productivity issues. Prof. Walid Hejazi writes for
@torontostar-rss.bsky.social www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Finally, Canada is taking action on trade reliance with the U.S.: Will it be enough?
Canada must diversify its trade relationships and reduce its economic dependence on the U.S. This doesn’t mean abandoning our largest trading partner, but it does mean expanding where we sell
www.thestar.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Modeling computers and AI as cognitive tools provides a lens to interpret evidence on inequality, workflows, and teams, from Ajay K. Agrawal, @joshgans.bsky.social, and Avi Goldfarb https://www.nber.org/papers/w34034
July 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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The Economics of Bicycles for the Mind. Working paper with @joshgans.bsky.social and Ajay Agrawal. A bicycle amplifies human locomotion. Computers & AI amplify human intelligence. We model cognitive tools, showing when they affect productivity, inequality, & teams. www.nber.org/papers/w34034
July 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Rotman Enters Acceleration Race With Two New One-Year Business Degrees - @poetsandquants.bsky.social covers the launch of our One-Year MBA and Master of Management programs poetsandquants.com/2025/07/08/r...
Rotman Enters Acceleration Race With Two New One-Year Business Degrees
With a new one-year MBA & Master of Management, Rotman joins a growing number of North American schools to offer accelerated degrees.
poetsandquants.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It’s the gut punch that comes in a meeting when your idea is echoed by someone else and suddenly applauded, as if you never spoke at all. Research by Prof. David Zweig via
@theglobeandmail.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...
How knowledge theft is quietly disrupting workplaces
According to researchers, 91 per cent of the participants said they’d either experienced knowledge theft, seen it happen or they did it themselves
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 7, 2025 at 2:55 AM
AI Can Strengthen Canada’s Economy — If We Let It - @avigoldfarb.bsky.social joined the Canada’s Economy, Explained podcast from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce chamber.ca/ai-can-stren...
AI Can Strengthen Canada's Economy — If We Let It - Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Avi Goldfarb joins host Marwa Abdou to explain why Canada’s early leadership in research hasn’t led to widespread adoption.
chamber.ca
June 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. A thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that says an article from The Globe & Mail on research by @decelles.bsky.social and colleagues in @nature.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...
Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. Thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that
The ratings gap has financial consequences and non-white workers were found to earn 91 cents for every dollar their white counterparts made for the same work
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
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#UofTGrad25 and Dean’s List Scholar Richter Heintz reflects on being a two-time Ironman participant and president of the University of Toronto Sports and Business Association.

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June 16, 2025 at 8:07 PM
How Close Is Commercial Quantum Computing? “Simply by experimenting with quantum, companies are generating or deriving quantum-inspired algorithms that can be run in their classical hardware" Prof. Francesco Bova sloanreview.mit.edu/article/how-...
How Close Is Commercial Quantum Computing?
New chips offer novel approaches to quantum computers’ error-correction challenges, but there’s work still to be done.
sloanreview.mit.edu
June 9, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Looking for consulting services? Four new principals have been appointed at the Rotman School's Impact Consulting Group, which provides innovative and high-quality tailored solutions for clients both large and small in a wide range of sectors. Read more about the new team here. ow.ly/KIVZ50W53YJ
June 5, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Some professors are also diving into AI’s potential.
Joshua Gans and his colleague Kevin Bryan, have created an AI teaching assistant that can answer student queries. Prof. Gans said the student reaction has been “phenomenal.” www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Some university professors say AI is here to stay, so students should learn how to use it
AI is being embraced in postsecondary schools as a study tool or research assistant
www.theglobeandmail.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Congratulations to Professor Maja Djikic! Her book, The Possible Self A Leader's Guide to Personal Development, was a Gold Winner in the psychology category in the 2025 IBPA Book Awards announced earlier this month. ow.ly/JOWh50W07Oy
May 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM