Joy - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jun 2021
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Setting a Higher Bar on Fatherhood

weekends, but it’s because I’m busy making waffles with my two best little friends. I might be seen jumping off a Zoom meeting in a hurry, but it’s only because some “owies” are only made better by dad. There are compromises, to be sure, but the View Details

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Safecast: Bootstrapping Human Capital to Big Data

By: Ethan Bernstein and Stephanie Marton

On March 11, 2011, at 2:46pm, a 9.1-on-the-Richter-scale, six-minute long earthquake unleashed a tsunami that ravaged the Tohoku region of Japan, damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power facility and releasing sufficient radioactive material into the air and ocean... View Details

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First Look: August 30

video ads. In a controlled experiment, joy and surprise were assessed through automated facial expression detection for a sample of ads. Concentration of attention was assessed through eye tracking and retention of viewers by recording... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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MBA Voices

intimidating. But over time, I have come to understand that being Hispanic is a source of strength and pride. It’s a connection to a rich culture full of traditions, values, and warmth. It’s the joy of finding community with fellow... View Details

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

John E. Jonsson Texas Instruments, 1951–1958 Henry B. Joy Packard Motor Car Company, 1905–1916 K Henry J. Kaiser Kaiser Industries, 1914–1956 Bruce E. Karatz KB Home, 1986–Present Mitchell P. Kartalia Square D Company, 1968–1983 Ewing M.... View Details

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All Industries

with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy Building Iconic Brands and Brighter Futures: Interview with Glossier CEO, Kyle Leahy 11 Dec 2023 Becca Carnahan 04 Dec 2023 Rhea Choudhury My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service My Summer of View Details

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Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

2013) Fellowship The Alex Livingston Fellowship was established in memory of Alex Livingston (MBA 2013) by his classmates and friends. He was a brilliant, funny, and amazing friend to those fortunate enough to spend time with him during his all-too-short 29 years. Alex... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

from it and just offer whatever I was doing. Offer it. Goldberg: But how? How? Winfrey: I say, this is what I'm doing. This is what I would love for you to receive it in the manner in which I'm giving it. If you don't receive that, then the View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

01 Sep 2023
News

Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees

project that began in the 1930s. “I spent a week cranking the microfilm reader,” he says. “When I got home, I could not lift my arm.” But Diamond also remembers the cries of joy he heard in the library when someone was able to decipher... View Details

Keywords: April White; Illustrations by Fabio Consoli; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

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Video Clips - Creating Emerging Markets

rock opera adaptation of the Mahabharata, reflecting on the endurance and popularity of mythological narratives. Duration: 04:26 Amina Laraki Slaoui Amina Laraki Slaoui Art & Music Amina Laraki Slaoui, President of AMH Group, emphasizes the importance of music as a way... View Details

04 May 2021
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Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

store.” Instead, the sales associates—nicknamed “blue shirts” after Best Buy’s trademark royal-blue collared shirts—brought the injured T. rex to a service counter and performed “surgery” on the toy as they surreptitiously traded it out for a new one. “You can imagine... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

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Emotional Experience, Expression, and Regulation

By: Alison Wood Brooks

Once considered irrational, emotions often exert a more profound influence on decision-making and workplace outcomes than logic or reason. Professor Brooks studies emotional experience, emotional expression, and how individuals can regulate their emotions... View Details

08 Mar 2021
In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

18 Jul 2023
News

The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

challenging part? It’s been a joy to chart the direction of a new commercial venture. Starting from the business equivalent of tabula rasa has been extremely invigorating. Some would say launching an entertainment production company... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

01 Sep 2023
News

That Was Then, This Is Now

humble and to be grateful. I was once warning myself of the extreme velocity, but time has made me dizzy with its accelerating, electric buzz. Now married, with children, knowing a love I could have never imagined, having a joy in my... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

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What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization - Recruiting

responsibility for thinking about how you create more joy for people in this world.” After graduating from Duke University with a dual major in Dance and Sociology, and from Harvard Graduate School of Education with an EdM in Policy and... View Details

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Chris Aguemon

amazing to hear the joy in the room and see how close we had come as a section alongside an exceptional faculty member. What is your favorite childhood memory? When I was 10, I started playing youth football. I remember one particular... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

my eyesight would exclude me from any sort of training program, which was devastating.” Breakthrough: “My junior year at Stanford I played Reno Sweeney in Anything Goes. Collaborating to bring joy to other people and finding View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

07 Mar 2023
HBS Case

ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?

Her Gender Shades project with Joy Buolamwini found that facial recognition services offered by IBM, Microsoft, and other companies misidentified Black women as much as 35 percent of the time while performing nearly perfectly with white... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis; Technology

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Adriann Dolphin

occasion he could afford to buy something I was admiring. That feeling of anticipation stayed with me and inspires me to bring those same small joys to others through my career. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most... View Details

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