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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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The latest from our education researchers:

Disrupting US schools wasn’t possible before. That may be changing.

A new era for teachers as AI disrupts instruction

Beyond VC: Embracing alternative investment models for education startups

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Meet our education researchers and unpack the education topics we cover — from students’ networks to higher education business models.

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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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The latest from our health care researchers:

Why America won’t have a baby boom

Offering clarity in the chaos

2 predictions about making America healthy again (part 2)

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Meet our health care researchers and unpack the health care topics we cover — from family health to new business models.

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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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The latest from our global prosperity researchers:

Market creation is not just on entrepreneurs—It’s a whole ecosystem effort

Five market creation lessons from McDonald’s

Three things learned from a one-week immersion in Nigeria’s entrepreneurial ecosystem

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Meet our global prosperity researchers and unpack the research topics we cover — from from market-creating innovations to new funding models.

Global Prosperity

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The Christensen Institute’s Year in Action: 2024

By: Christensen Institute

Discover how the Clayton Christensen Institute has made an impact in healthcare, education, and global development in 2024, how it’s expanded it’s community, and its upcoming research for 2025.

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The latest from our researchers:

Hacking the job interview: Know what you ‘suck’ at

Can AI help employees love their jobs again?

What if humans don’t outperform AI in ‘human skills’?

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

Emerging Research

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