Zeynep Ton

MIT management professor

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Zeynep Ton helps companies redesign low-wage and production jobs to improve business performance as well as quality of life for workers. A professor at MIT Sloan School of Management, she is the cofounder and president of the nonprofit Good Jobs Institute and the author of two books: The Good Jobs Strategy and The Case for Good Jobs.

Zeynep Ton’s TED Talk

Zeynep Ton
The case for good jobs — and why they're good for business too
13 minutes 42 seconds
Many of the jobs that keep the world running — like cleaning bathrooms, picking up trash, caring for the elderly — pay so poorly that workers can barely make ends meet. Nonprofit leader Zeynep Ton is intent on changing that, showing why everyone wins when companies pay their people livable wages and offer opportunities for growth.
Posted Aug 2024

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Zeynep Ton

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Zeynep Ton’s TED Talk

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System Changers: Notes on Session 3 of TED2024