Rotman Management

Published in January, May and September by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, Rotman Management explores themes of interest to leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs. Each issue features thought-provoking insights and problem-solving tools from leading global researchers and management practitioners. The magazine reflects Rotman’s role as a catalyst for transformative thinking that creates value for business and society.

Rotman Management

The Hybrid Issue

AI AS STRATEGIST: Integrating Human Intuition with AI Analysis • The future of strategic leadership lies not in choosing between human intuition and AI analysis, but in designing organizational structures that effectively integrate both.

Thought Leader Interview: John Hull • A world-renowned financial engineer looks back on a career brimming with academic achievement and insights that have stood the test of time.

John Hull on the Future of Finance

THE ART OF PROBLEM-FINDING: From Inspiration to Exploration • The key to creativity isn’t problem-solving, it’s problemfinding—the process of identifying opportunities for creation and interrogating existing ways of doing things.

AI + HUMANS: MAKING THE RELATIONSHIP WORK • We are in an era where the greatest success will come from mixed teams of humans and AIs working together. And when it comes to managing those teams, hard-won lessons from decades past still have much to offer.

The Age of the Decision Worker

The Future of CSR: Private Innovation in the Public Interest • There is a new agenda for corporate social responsibility, and an initiative at the Burnes Center for Social Change headed up by a Rotman Professor is leading the way.

Learn More About Private Action in the Public Interest at rotmanmag.com/pi2

AI and the Risk of Disembodying CEO Leadership • Ethical leadership requires AI to be used as a supportive tool rather than a substitute for genuine executive presence.

A ChatGPT-Generated CEO Speech From the Research

How Great Ideas Happen: The Hidden Steps Behind Breakthrough Success • In his new book, Rotman Professor George Newman shows why the creative process is an adventure of ideas that is similar to Archeology: The key is knowing where to look, how to dig—and how to sift and sort.

Decisions, Decisions, Decisions: HOW TO MAKE BETTER ONES • Too often, biases, blind spots and bad data lead to poor decisions. Raising your awareness about these obstacles and following five best practices will improve your decision-making going forward.

Unsticking Your AI Transformation • Treating genAI as a tool isn’t working. It’s time to redesign work, rethink operating models and lead from the top.

The Dawn of Agentic AI Commerce

Our Nuclear Future: Five Trends Shaping Tomorrow • The next decade will determine whether Canada emerges as a global nuclear leader—or watches from the sidelines as others drive the energy transition.

The Internal Leadership Challenge: How Your Beliefs Can Block You • Our beliefs have concrete effects on our health, happiness and professional success. With so much riding on them, we can all benefit from taking a closer look at how they help and hinder how we lead.

THE FUTURE OF DISRUPTION • Disruption continues to transform how we work, play, live and communicate. There is a lot to take in—and the insights of disruption’s founding father are more useful than ever.

Design Principles for Human-Centred AI

Q & A • A former Google executive and start-up CEO describes how AI has transformed marketing—and why human marketers still have plenty of work to do.

The New Aesthetic of Leadership

How We Decide Who to Trust—and Why it Matters

Q & A • A neuroscientist and former Googler describes how she...