Our Top Teaching Takeaways of 2022

Articles, videos, and podcasts that capture great teaching and memorable lessons.

December 06, 2022

| by Jenny Luna

Colorful illustration of three people walking through a dark and slightly ominous doorway surrounded by large intertwining pillars. Credit: Illustration by Dalbert Vilarino

Over the past year, Stanford GSB students tackled real-world problems and ventured into virtual reality.| Illustration by Dalbert Vilarino

If you’re a lifelong learner, we can help you expand your curriculum. Through series like Back to Class, Podcases, and Class Takeaways, we share ideas and research coming out of Stanford Graduate School of Business — lessons that help shape tomorrow’s leaders. Here’s some of our most memorable classroom content from the past year.

Obstacle Course

Business and Government: Power and Engagement in the 21st-Century World

Professor Anat Admati and lecturer Robert Siegel pushed students (and themselves) to question their assumptions in a new elective focused on real-world challenges that aren’t typically addressed in management and finance courses.

Meta Moment

Back to Class: Creativity Workout

Leaders can learn important lessons from adopting an “improviser’s mindset,” say lecturer Dan Klein. His students recently got a unique chance to practice their improv skills during a two-hour class held entirely in virtual reality.

Go Team

Class Takeaways — Managing Successful Groups and Teams

How do you build successful, diverse teams? How do you maintain structure while also inviting participation? In this video, professor Deborah Gruenfeld shares five key lessons for team leaders.

Our Best Shot

This podcast based on a Stanford GSB case study dives into development of COVID-19 vaccines and the practical and ethical questions raised by this unprecedented effort.

Data-Driven Decisions

Class Takeaways — People Analytics

The first step in using data is understanding what it can and cannot do. In his class People Analytics, associate professor Amir Goldberg teaches how to utilize data analytics and prediction models to make better decisions.

Street Smarts

Want to Fix Homelessness? Students Followed the Data — When They Could Find It

Public Policy Lab: Homelessness in California, taught by finance professor Joshua Rauh, took an immersive dive into one of the biggest issues facing the state. Its capstone was a meeting with state lawmakers where students presented proposals for housing and health care policies.

Working Together

Class Takeaways — How to Lead Through Workplace Culture

A company’s workplace culture is key to its success. Management professor Glenn Carroll teaches how to build that culture and maintain it in times of crisis.