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Zeynep Ton

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Zeynep Ton

@zeynepton

Operations prof researching how companies can make money AND provide good jobs, mother of four kids.

Joined April 2010

Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
May 20, 2020
In my last lecture to MIT students yesterday I shared this hope: As you consider which business leaders to look up to, I hope you’ll choose those who have created "good” businesses—financially, competitively and morally, versus those who went for creating the biggest at all costs
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Oct 23, 2016
Politicians talk incessantly abt bringing back manufacturing jobs.Howabout improving lowwage service jobs?That's where millions already work
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Sep 9, 2018
Advice for MBA students: get a part time frontline job for at least two months. You will learn a ton! It will be an experience that will make you a stronger and more humble leader and manager.
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
May 4, 2020
Of the hundreds of retail workers I interviewed I can't stop thinking of one who told me she felt like a "throwaway" a "human robot." She's now an essential worker. When will workers like her earn a living wage, get stable schedules, and be treated with respect and dignity?
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Mar 15, 2020
With social distancing we are now shopping online. Those orders are filled by humans working at fulfillment centers.They are likely not ready for peak demand.This is the time to give up some convenience to flatten the demand curve. If you don't need something, delay the purchase
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Nov 7, 2020
Wearing my Penn State hat with extra pride today.
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Mar 7, 2019
We would see a lot more good jobs in the economy if operational excellence (or running the business well) did not take a back seat to "cool" things like growing super fast, raising lots of money, breaking things, acquisitions, technology...
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Apr 16, 2020
Customers: I know you're anxious but please respect store workers who provide you food & toilet paper. Keep your 6ft distance. Wear a mask. If something is out of stock, don't yell at the workers. You are lucky they are working. So thank them instead.
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Oct 22, 2020
Have you voted yet? It is a privilege I don’t take for granted.
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Nov 14, 2023
Thank you @thinkers50. I am deeply honored to receive this recognition.
Thinkers50
@thinkers50
Nov 14, 2023
In ancient Greece, talent was a unit of currency, and today, it is the global currency of our time. At #Thinkers50, we celebrate it with the Talent Award, which we had the pleasure to present to @zeynepton of @MITSloan. Learn about Zeynep and her work: thinkers50.com/biographies/ze…
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Apr 5, 2019
I’m thinking not only about the future of work but also the now of work. Millions of people have bad jobs now. I feel that all this attention to what may happen in the future is making us lose sight of a big problem we need to fix. Now.
Brianne Kimmel
@briannekimmel
Apr 4, 2019
Who else is thinking about the future of work?
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
May 10, 2018
One advice to graduating MBA students: don't work for companies whose values are not aligned with yours. If the company you are considering doesn't treat their employees or customers right, ask yourself: do they really deserve your time and hard work?
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
Apr 24, 2019
I told my MBA students today that I feel sorry that during their adult life the companies & leaders who have been celebrated are often those that subscribe to growing super fast, breaking things, not paying attention to processes, good management. That was not always the case.
Zeynep Ton
@zeynepton
May 24, 2018
Artwork from class. I love these!