Media & Talks
Podcasts, talks, interviews and writing for practitioners and policy audiences. For speaking requests, please contact Stern Strategy Group.
Podcasts
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Apr 2026Transform Work with Raffaella Sadun, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business SchoolTransform Work (Open Assembly)
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Nov 2025Harvard's Raffaella Sadun on why it's so hard to become a Frontier FirmWorkLab (Microsoft)
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Oct 2025
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Mar 2025Reskilling the Workforce With AI: Harvard Business School's Raffaella SadunMe, Myself, and AI (MIT Sloan Management Review / BCG)
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Oct 2023How Job Training Must Change in the AI AgeHBR IdeaCast (Harvard Business Review)
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Aug 2023Raffaella Sadun on Effective ManagementSocial Science Bites (SAGE / Social Science Space)
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Mar 2021Episode 9: Raffaella Sadun on Communication in OrganisationsThe Visible Hand (Jordi Blanes i Vidal)
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Sep 2020S1 Episode #3 - Raffaella Sadun - "Management"Economists on Zoom Getting Coffee (Dany Bahar)
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Jan 2018What Does a C.E.O. Actually Do?Freakonomics Radio
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Aug 2017Basic Competence Can Be a Strategy (ep. 591)HBR IdeaCast (Harvard Business Review)
Talks
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Jan 2026
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Dec 2025Management and Reskilling in the Age of AIFederal Reserve Bank of San Francisco (EmergingTech Economic Research Network)
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Nov 2025Harvard's Raffaella Sadun on why it's so hard to become an AI-first organizationMicrosoft (YouTube) / WorkLab
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Sep 2024The impact of AI on the workforce, education and the economyWashington Post Live
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May 2024Riqualificare il lavoro nell'era dell'Intelligenza ArtificialeITFestival Internazionale dell'Economia (Turin)
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Dec 2023Inaugural Lecture A.Y. 23/24 - Reskilling in the Age of AICollegio Carlo Alberto (Turin)
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Nov 2023Reskilling in the Age of AIHarvard Business Review webinar
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Oct 2022Academy of Behavioral Economics 2022 Interview: Raffaella SadunFehrAdvice / Academy of Behavioral Economics 2022 (GDI)
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May 2022
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2020Il management della sanita' durante la pandemia (in conversation with Tito Boeri)ITFestival dell'Economia di Trento
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May 2019
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May 2018Lecture on productivity, new technologies and management practices (intro by Roberto Mania)ITFestival dell'Economia di Trento
Writing
Articles in Harvard Business Review, VoxEU and other outlets.
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Jun 2026The U.S. Research Talent Pipeline Is in TroubleHarvard Business Review (online) · with Pierre Azoulay and Daniela Scur
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Jan 2026A Systematic Approach to Experimenting with Gen AIHarvard Business Review · with Johannes Berndt, Florian Englmaier, Jorge Tamayo and Nikolaus von Hesler
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Sep 2024The Economics of Organisational StrategyVoxEU · with Ghazala Azmat, Florian Englmaier, Alfonso Gambardella, Maria Guadalupe and Catherine Thomas
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Jul 2024Designing a Successful Reskilling ProgramHarvard Business Review (online) · with Jorge Tamayo, Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel and Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic
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Sep 2023Reskilling in the Age of AIHarvard Business Review · with Jorge Tamayo, Leila Doumi, Sagar Goel and Orsolya Kovács-Ondrejkovic · HBR Prize, 2023
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Apr 2023Using Job Postings to Quantify Remote WorkVoxEU · with Stephen Hansen, Peter John Lambert, Nicholas Bloom, Steven J. Davis and Bledi Taska
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Nov 2022The Myth of the Brilliant, Charismatic LeaderHarvard Business Review (online)
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Sep 2022100 Years of HBRHarvard Business Review (online) · with Nicholas Bloom and Tejas Ramdas
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Jul 2022The C-Suite Skills That Matter MostHarvard Business Review · with Joseph Fuller, Stephen Hansen and PJ Neal
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Jan 2022Opening the Black Box of Hospital MergersVoxEU · with Martin Gaynor, Adam Sacarny, Chad Syverson and Shruthi Venkatesh
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Dec 2020Where Did the Commute Go?Harvard Business Review (online) · with Andrew Kun, Orit Shaer and Thomaz Teodorovicz
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Apr 2020How Hospitals Can Manage Supply Shortages as Demand SurgesHarvard Business Review (online) · with Richard M. J. Bohmer, Gary P. Pisano and Thomas C. Tsai
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May 2020The Case for a New Marshall PlanVoxEU · with Alexia Delfino
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Mar 2020Lessons from Italy’s Response to CoronavirusHarvard Business Review (online) · with Gary P. Pisano and Michele Zanini
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Oct 2018Why Doctors Need Leadership TrainingHarvard Business Review (online) · with Lisa S. Rotenstein and Anupam B. Jena
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Aug 2018Worker Representation on Boards Won’t Work Without TrustHarvard Business Review (online)
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Oct 2017A Survey of How 1,000 CEOs Spend Their Day Reveals What Makes Leaders SuccessfulHarvard Business Review · with Oriana Bandiera, Stephen Hansen and Andrea Prat
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Sep 2017Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?Harvard Business Review · with Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen · McKinsey Award, 2018
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Aug 2017Google’s Secret Formula for Management? Doing the Basics WellHarvard Business Review (online)
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Nov 2012Does Management Really Work?Harvard Business Review · with Nicholas Bloom and John Van Reenen
Press & interviews
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Sep 2026
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Sep 2026The next generation of American scientists is fading awayFinancial Times · Anjana Ahuja
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Aug 2026
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Jun 2026Want Workers to Reskill? Show Them Who They Can BecomeHarvard Business School Working Knowledge
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Jun 2026Economists Weigh In on the Future of Work and AIThe Wall Street Journal
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Jan 2026If no one's complaining about AI, you're doing it wrongWorkLab (Microsoft)
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Sep 2025The 'Secret Ingredient' for Effective Training: Middle ManagersHarvard Business School Working Knowledge
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Jun 2025Meet the Author: Raffaella SadunSSRN Blog
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Jun 2025'Misfits' in Power: When a Company Needs a Leader CEO, But Gets a ManagerHarvard Business School Working Knowledge
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Feb 2024
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Sep 2022
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Sep 2022
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Feb 2022
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Apr 2021L'intervista a Raffaella Sadun, economista ad Harvard: "Crisi, lezione per il futuro"ITPagine Ebraiche (reprinted on Moked)
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Jan 2021Will we ever get back to the office?CBS Sunday Morning
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Apr 2020Da Roma ad Harvard, l'economista Sadun nella task force coordinata da ColaoITMoked (Italian Jewish community news)
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Oct 2017
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Apr 2016Information vs. Communication: The Battle to Influence Decision MakingMIT Sloan Management Review
Op-eds
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Apr 2021
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Mar 2020