MITAvatars           At the MIT Sloan School of Management, technology helps remote workers remain involved in the day-to-day activities of the workplace when they are not on site. A forced move for the executive education team to an office away from Sloan’s main building due to construction, combined with an increase in workers’ interest in cutting down on commute times, prompted Peter Hirst, PhD, Executive Director of Executive Education at the Sloan School of Management, to explore avenues for allowing more worker flexibility without adversely impacting team productivity. Enter two robots, which are...
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