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18 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details

Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology

08 Feb 2023
Op-Ed

Building an Inclusive Workplace? Prepare to Shield It from Economic Fears

encourage productivity, collaboration, and innovation. "But you can protect those gains if you remember the intention and motivation that sparked this movement in the first place." As economic clouds form on the horizon, these efforts... View Details

Keywords: by Hise O. Gibson and Nicole Gilmore

30 Sep 2019
Book

6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees

workers and offers advice to black employees who seek to advance in their careers. It also provides these recommendations for companies that are intent on building diverse workplaces: 1. Encourage employees to talk about race After two... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2021
Book

Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust

smarts—“competence alone is never enough” to ensure trust, Sucher says. The other three elements need to be considered. Motive: Customers are intent on understanding a company’s motive: why they do what they do, and whose interests they... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

31 Aug 2021
Book

Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate

them and not allowing them to share their opinions in meetings, and her adult daughter asked why she was so intent on attending award ceremonies. “Their comments made her pause,” the authors write. “Had she become one of those people who... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

20 Sep 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Sovereigns, Upstream Capital Flows and Global Imbalances

Keywords: by Laura Alfaro, Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan & Vadym Volosovych

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

intent on dominating, and who refuse to engage in problem solving. Skillful negotiation starts with having a clear sense of when to walk away, in order to avoid being browbeaten into accepting unreasonable terms, he explains. It also... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

01 Jun 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Benefits of Oversharing

On Facebook and a myriad of other social media platforms, you can find out who your friends are dating, see pictures of their last vacation, and even know what they had for lunch yesterday. It is now becoming more unusual when someone chooses not to divulge their... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works

industries (computing, telecommunications, and health care) by shadowing them at their jobs. The team recorded every activity in the managers' workday, collecting a total of 256 hours' worth of observations. "As we analyzed data we started to see differences in... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

09 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty

more intent than the other—and that intent might contribute to feelings of being selfish." Putting The Hypotheses To The Test The researchers conducted a series of experimental and field studies to test the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

2012
Article

Evidence for the Pinocchio Effect: Linguistic Differences Between Lies, Deception by Omissions, and Truths

By: Lyn M. Van Swol, Michael T. Braun and Deepak Malhotra

The study used Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count and Coh-Metrix software to examine linguistic differences with deception in an ultimatum game. In the game, the Allocator was given an amount of money to divide with the Receiver. The Receiver did not know the precise... View Details

Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Cognition and Thinking

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May 2011
Article

The Wise Leader

By: Ikujiro Nonaka and Hirotaka Takeuchi

In an era of increasing discontinuity, wise leadership has nearly vanished. Many leaders find it difficult to reinvent their corporations rapidly enough to cope with new technologies, demographic shifts, and consumption trends. They can't develop truly global... View Details

Keywords: Communication Intention and Meaning; Interpersonal Communication; Experience and Expertise; Values and Beliefs; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Leadership; Leadership Development; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Personal Characteristics; Power and Influence

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16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

collaborate, you can become more focused and intentional about how you spend your time. Before this crisis, you may have felt overloaded with too many meetings and relentless emails, making it seem like you never had time to do your... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

that lead to damaged trust may well be "plans and intentions (that are) overtaken by circumstances beyond control." There were even more suggestions about what to do about the trust deficit, other than just making sure that all... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

the catastrophe damaged several of Fast Retailing’s UNIQLO stores, CEO Tadashi Yanai was intent on the company doing its part to restore a sense of normalcy. Although many other retail stores turned off their lights at night to save on... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

barriers that threaten employees' sense of belonging. Encourage practice of the new language. Provide nonthreatening environments where the new language can be studied and practiced. Encourage empathy. Promote sharing of experiences as employees grapple with the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

fold it into a paper airplane and toss it from a city window or into the sea. Instead of writing, you could also use natural objects to represent things (e.g., an acorn to represent your tough outer shell or a dried leaf to represent being fragile in certain... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

18 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions

should at least know what is going on. The number one thing to do is audit your algorithms and check if you have outcomes that are systematically different. And then based on whatever the objective is, whatever your business intentions... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

2010
Working Paper

Introductory Reading for Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This paper is the sixth of six pre-course reading assignments for an experimental leadership course developed by the authors over five years (2004-2008) at the U. of Rochester Simon School of Business working with students, alumni, executives, and faculty from various... View Details

Keywords: Leadership Development; Curriculum and Courses; Strategy; Performance Capacity; Attitudes; Behavior; United States; Netherlands; Texas

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