Dr. Kelly Monahan is a Managing Director at Upwork, leading their future of work research program. She built and leads the Upwork Research Institute, whose mission is to change work, one insight at a time. Her research has been recognized and published in both applied and academic journals, including MIT Sloan Management Review, Harvard Business Review, and the Journal of Strategic Management. In 2018, Kelly released her first book, How Behavioral Economics Influences Management Decision-Making: A New Paradigm (Academic Press/Elsevier Publishers).