At a recent lab meeting, Frank Nagle (@frank_nagle) presented his paper 'Generative AI and the Nature of Work': "We seek to build upon research on #AI and productivity to better understand how #GenAI changes how people do work.
We look at how the release of a GenAI coding tool (GitHub Copilot) changed how developers allocate their efforts to different types of tasks. We find that GenAI leads workers to spend more time on core work activities and less time on managerial tasks.
We show two mechanisms drive this effect - workers with GenAI allocate more of their work efforts to things they can do by themselves (and less to collaborative work) and also do more exploration (new projects, new languages, etc.) and less exploitation (existing projects). Further we find the effects are greater for workers with lower ability.
Finally, we do a back-of-the-envelope calculation and show that using GenAI allows developers to start coding in languages that have higher wages, leading to a labor market value impact of nearly $500 million (this would likely diminish in the long run).
Though our empirical setting is open source software #OSS, we argue, and find evidence, that the results generalize to private work settings as well."
https://t.co/VlAOBFrfYl
New paper alert: We (w/ @ichbinsnicht, @samjboysel, Sida Peng, Kevin Xu) just released the working paper version of our study “Generative AI and the Nature of Work” - https://t.co/wgFFbD8k1e. We seek to build upon research on #AI and productivity to better understand how #GenAI
"As companies wean themselves from an employee-centric approach to their workforce, they are often forced to experiment with new management techniques."
@bigthink excerpts "Workforce Ecosystems" by @lizaltman, @DavidKiron1, Jeff Schwartz, & Robin Jones:
https://t.co/8sidzvS7ix
New @BrookingsInst research with @UMassLowell@bkhumberd on the impact of #AI & #AutonomousVehicles on the #gender imbalance of household labor. Can we really reduce the mental load of coordinating, organizing, planning, deciding, etc.?
https://t.co/pbchqArTSV
New case alert (now w/ teaching note): @lizaltman and I dug into the @UNDPAccLabs attempts to address global-scale problems (poverty, hunger, etc.) by using the distributed innovation technique of a "network of ecosystems" to diffuse new ideas across the world. Works well for
Flip to page 62 of @mitsmr fall issue! @lizaltman , @CarmeloCennamo and myself discuss a crucial strategic question for any platform: who should price a gig? The answer is not always straightforward but there is a way how platform managers can get it right #gigeconomy#platforms
To all Strategic Management Society members: our annual Knowledge & Innovation IG Business Meeting is on September 22nd (online). Please register https://t.co/yK04Had59L to hear about the latest happenings and conference highlights! Look forward to seeing you there!
Managers across all levels and functions must reevaluate what it means to lead in a workforce ecosystem structure. This orchestration framework can help. @DavidKiron1@lizaltman@JL_Schwartz https://t.co/LoYAk9YO0b
Excited to see this excerpt of our book published in the most recent print & digital editions of @mitsmr. This article focuses on #integrationarchitectures or how to coordinate all manner of workforce ecosystem contributors https://t.co/1AN9YnnOjJ
"It was a day full of empowering stories, wisdom and insight." "The in-person energy was awesome."
"Overall, I left feeling re-energized and inspired!"...
Will you be in the room this year? Join us for what is sure to be a fun and worthwhile day! https://t.co/EST2QBTDzz
Register now for the June 21st @UMassLowell Women's Leadership Conference (in person)! Fantastic speakers and sessions. Please join us for an inspiring day of insights, connecting, and fun. https://t.co/1cJeZ9U3k7
Great notes from @abhishekn on the value of qual research to quant scholars. (I knew I liked Abhishek from our class at @MITSloan; he sat in the back coding, raised his head every now and again to contribute an insightful comment, then went back to coding... 😀)
One day I will write something longer about the value of qualitative research methods for quantitative (esp. applied micro) researchers. But 👇 is a short thread
TLDR: Qual methods super useful even if you never present/analyze qual data in published work
#ResearchMethods
Thank you to everyone who made it out to the @MIT 🌺 📘 Spring Books & Plants Sale 🌺 📘 today. It was a lovely day for book browsing and green thumbing.
Missed us? @mitpbookstore is open tomorrow 10 am - 4 pm.
👏 to MIT's Endicott House for partnering on this event.
Do you remember Blackberry? It's been a while since someone asked me for a perspective as a Motorola exec. Had the great opportunity on Nora Young's CBC show. Young uses the Blackberry film to discuss innovation. (I first appear at ~22min.) Enjoy!
https://t.co/DQvRqoEWpm