Our mission is to prepare leaders to navigate and shape a rapidly changing world. We bring together expertise from Stanford and beyond to address the critical issues of our time and inspire leaders to make a positive impact in their organizations and the world.
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Leadership Institute Initiatives
Culture Initiative
Bolstered by recent breakthroughs in behavioral science, neuroscience, network experiments, AI, and social data spanning cultures and modalities, this initiative aims to shape our understanding of culture and its impact on leadership, decision making, and policy.
Markets, Institutions, and Organizational Governance Initiative
Drawing on expertise in management, corporate governance, politics, policy, and market design, this initiative seeks to frame new approaches for markets, institutions, and firms to improve accountability and ensure they work effectively to increase prosperity for all.
Sustainability Initiative
By preparing leaders to make high-impact decisions using cutting-edge research and practical solutions, this initiative equips leaders with the tools and frameworks needed to accelerate a global transition toward a more sustainable future.
Technology Initiative
This initiative brings together experts across industries and disciplines to explore how innovation is reshaping markets and institutions and create strategies and solutions to drive beneficial change in business and society.
Upcoming Events
We bring leaders together to promote dialogue, mutual understanding, and practical solutions to pressing economic and societal challenges.
Featured Research
The Stanford Leadership Institute advances interdisciplinary research on the world’s most pressing societal issues. By generating deep, evidence-based insights, we aim to inform strategy and policy across the private and public sectors.
Academic Experiences
Informed by the institute’s research, we develop curricula and programs to help leaders be more aware and agile, proactive and principled.
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