8 Business Lessons We Learned in 2021

How to network virtually, what police body cameras reveal about employee monitoring, and why using Google makes us overconfident.

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During the past year, Texas McCombs experts applied their hard work and careful insights to a variety of opportunities and challenges.

Below, we take a look back at stories covering some of the most important research and ideas from the McCombs School of Business.

How to Strengthen Your Network
A communication expert shares advice for connecting with new people in our virtual times.

Watch Me Work
Workplaces that monitor employees can learn something from police attitudes about wearing body cameras.

We’re Not as Smart as Google Makes Us Think We Are
Looking up answers online can leave us overconfident about what we know.

The Role of the Office in a Post-COVID World
A year of remote work will have lasting effects, expert says.

Virtual Reality Provides Real-Life Sales Forecasts
Having shoppers test in-the-pipeline products allows companies to develop more user-friendly durable goods.

Fighting Bias in Machine Learning
A researcher focused on bias seeks to improve fairness in the life-changing decisions made with algorithms.

9 Research-Based Revelations About Multitasking
Think you’re great at completing multiple tasks at the same time? Here’s why you’re probably wrong.

More Direct Flights, Improved Organ Donations
In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers looked at the impact of direct airline flights on kidney sharing and transplantation.