Yale Insights is published by Yale SOM, covering a wide range of topics at the intersection of business and society.

Jan 21, 2025 · Recent advancements in AI have made it possible to infer personality traits from a single photograph of a person’s face. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Kelly Shue applies these techniques to a large set of photos of MBA graduates to assess the effects of personality on labor market outcomes.

Jan 30, 2025 · So Shue was intrigued by a 2020 paper that used AI to analyze facial features taken from over 12,000 volunteers who submitted their photos and also completed a personality survey. It found that facial features were reliably correlated with the “Big Five” personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism.

3 days ago · According to Prof. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and co-author Steven Tian, the college and university presidents who attended the Yale Higher Education Leadership Summit on January 28 are ready to fight back against attacks and make the case that American higher education is an “irreplaceable beacon of light and truth.”

5 days ago · Join host Blake Eskin as he explores key business and leadership ideas from some of Yale SOM’s most popular classes. New episodes every two weeks. Join us for a preview of the first season of Lessons from the Yale School of Management. On this podcast, you’ll visit the Yale SOM classroom and ...

Dec 5, 2024 · Recent advancements in AI have made it possible to infer personality traits from a single photograph of a person’s face. A new study co-authored by Yale SOM’s Kelly Shue applies these techniques to a large set of photos of MBA graduates to assess the effects of personality on labor market outcomes.

4 days ago · Daniel Weiss ’85, an art historian and the former president and CEO of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, discusses the complexities, joys, and challenges of leading mission-driven organizations.‌ Art is elemental. Civilizations across the planet and across time have used art to tell stories ...

Jan 2, 2024 · Raise the Bar: Research-Based Ideas to Improve Your 2024. January 02, 2024. Harness your own creativity, learn to leverage ChatGPT, and have some fun are three of the suggestions from our faculty to help you make your new …

Jan 5, 2023 · This year, Yale SOM research examined sustainable investing, the dynamics of social media, the role of race in school discipline, and the complexities of airline pricing. And faculty offered expertise on issues in the news, including the changing workplace, noncompete agreements, the politics of ESG investing, the effectiveness of masks, the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, and the Barbie ...

Oct 8, 2024 · This year, faculty and alumni experts helped us understand issues including the expanding role of AI in our society, the new space economy, the impact of gender in the workplace, the keys to financing a greener economy, and the psychological quirks that lead us toward irrational economic choices.