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Navigation & Guidance in the Age of AI: 5 Trends to Watch

By: Julia Freeland Fisher, Anna Arsenault

Will college and career navigation & guidance become more relational in the age of AI, or will it spur further opportunity gaps for students?

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High grades are presumably the goal. So why is everyone freaking out?

Let schools ban phones, not policymakers

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Less sugar, more life: Jobs to Be Done Theory reveals why some parents reduce their kids’ sugar-sweetened beverage consumption

By: Ann Somers Hogg

Existing research on what leads caregivers to buy sugary drinks for their kids—and their perceived reasons for not stopping this behavior—has asked about what they would do. Our research focuses on what they actually did.

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3 Health Care Predictions for 2026

What will happen now that the US is withdrawing from the World Health Organization? An innovation theory sheds critical insight.

What impact will the Most Favored Nation order have on drug prices?

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Accelerating the adoption of solar energy in Nigeria: A market-creation strategy

By: Efosa Ojomo, Sandy Sanchez

Why has Nigeria’s solar market not grown faster—and how can it be accelerated? To answer these two questions, we have taken a different approach and have analyzed the sector through the lens of market creation.

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Solving Africa’s electrification paradox: Why mass demand must be created, not assumed

Why development aid fails to scale: A tale worth revisiting

Innovators are building the foundations of affordable healthcare in Africa

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Global Prosperity

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What actually determines AI’s impact on humanity? Incentives, value networks, and the forces shaping AI’s future.

By: Thomas Arnett

Rather than asking whether AI will “save” or “destroy” humanity, this report argues we should ask a more grounded question: what forces are steering its development right now, and how might those forces change?

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Netflix round 3: Can the ultimate disruptor transform itself—again?

How will you measure your life? Choose your value network.

Mass intelligence or dumbing down? Either way, disruption will win.

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Meet our researchers and unpack the emerging research topics we are covering — from autonomous vehicles to online lending.

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