Team Roles - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

substantial investment of $3 million to $5 million and work extensively with the management team as strategic advisors to help them build that organization. And in fact, some of our investment partners have made significant strides—real... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Roscini January 2025 J 3.0 Institutions, Macroeconomics, and the Global Economy Vincent Pons Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Managing International Trade and Investment Meg Rithmire Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 The Role of Government in Market Economies... View Details

18 Sep 2012
First Look

First Look: September 18

often diverting you from your original plans and desires. Sidetracked will help you identify and avoid these influences so the decisions you make do stick-and you finally reach your intended goals. In this book, I explore inconsistent decisions played out in a wide... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Public Education Goes to School

relationships, roles and responsibilities, spans of control, departmental arrangements, teams and task forces, accountability and reporting mechanisms, compensation and resource allocation systems, and... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education

24 Sep 2020
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The Race for a Vaccine

government group, which reports to the prime minister, after the tragic scope of the pandemic had become clear. Her job—not that different from the role of a VC—is to build and lead a team to identify... View Details

Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services

14 Apr 2021
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The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)

roles do each of you fill within the organization? MGA: “My official title is Secretary and Treasurer, but we are small enough to remain flexible and fill whatever role is needed at the time. Austin still... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

a team they trusted—and especially me. Our near-catastrophe became a source of guidance: Which decisions, large and small, would most likely preserve and strengthen the confidence of our backers? It has proven a useful guide then and in... View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

01 Dec 2003
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Business Answers the Call

sector, was quickly given a major role implementing an important new “customer service” outreach to parents. Utilizing input from principals and parents, a “parent coordinator” was hired for every one of the city’s 1,200 public schools to... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

28 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Rethinking the Fairness of Organ Transplants

In order to test their methodology, the research team performed a series of case studies on policies with different criteria for matching. In the first instance, using the criteria and constraints of the current dominant policy, their... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Health

07 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West

teamed with Tibetan Buddhist meditation master Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche to present a conference on "mindful leadership," a secular process to explore the roles of self-awareness and self-compassion... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14

a major role in Japan's success in manufacturing-driven industries (e.g., Toyota in automobiles and Nintendo with videogames). First, hierarchical industry organizations can "lock out" certain types of innovation indefinitely by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 Jan 2009
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008

just as they would any other asset. Harvard Business School professors Teresa Amabile, Mary Tripsas, and Mukti Khaire discuss where creativity comes from, how entrepreneurs use it, and why innovation is often a team sport. 13. Connecting... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 20, 2007

design-driven innovation is pushed by a firm's vision about possible new product meanings and languages that could diffuse in society. Design-driven innovation, that plays such a crucial role in the innovation strategy of design-intensive... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Growing CEOs from the Inside

outsider riding in on a white horse. I'd rather have an Anne Mulcahy than a Bob Nardelli (CEO of Chrysler) or even a Jim Kilts (former CEO of Gillette). Q: In a company that does manage succession well, what role should a CEO play in... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Employment

01 Oct 2002
News

Books

boardrooms, academia, and the business press to examine their roles in sustaining or promoting worrisome flaws in the process corporations use to fill their top office. — Laura Singleton (MBA '88) HBS Press Books in Brief As the recent... View Details

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Entrepreneurship Outside the Valley - Course Catalog

cultural nuances and language barriers can impact team dynamics, requiring entrepreneurs to cultivate a deep understanding of local work environments and adopt effective cross-cultural communication strategies. Module 2 will examine... View Details

19 Jan 2023
News

Forged in Fire

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When he was just three years old, Chad Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative condition that would ultimately leave him... View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

Spencer Stuart, directed by Julie Hembrock Daum; and independent researcher and management consultant Deborah Bell. The team worked for over a year before that to identify board members from more than 60 countries, in industries including... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots

meetings and repeat frequently that the Internet is overhyped. Form a committee to create a new corporate Internet offering, staff it with people from unrelated areas who are already doing five other things, and don't release them from their regular jobs. Give the... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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