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February 2024
Case

AGENTS.inc: Pathways to Growth at an AI Startup

By: Frank Nagle, Manuel Hoffmann, Karoline Ströhlein and Susan Pinckney

The case describes the history of AGENTS.inc. Despite being a small startup, with only four employees, that had never had a funding round, the company boasted an impressive client portfolio including multiple Fortune 500 companies. While AGENTS.inc had been an early... View Details

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21 Aug 2018
Blog Post

How to Think About Networking

During the course of the networking activity the focus may change based upon what you are learning in your conversations. Be prepared for different scenarios, and you can make sure you leave the conservation confident and prepared for... View Details

10 Mar 2021
News

Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia

musician to get her first-ever passport for travel outside of Cambodia. In a traditionally hierarchical culture, I showed younger managers how to speak up—and I encouraged their bosses View Details

Keywords: mentorship; nonprofit management; retirement; leadership

11 Sep 2018
News

Bringing Government Up to Code

current events really are helping us all see that society is not working for a lot of people. And the question I get a lot is, well, should I go be a product manager at Twitter and really learn some of the skills of the trade first and... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

The path to philanthropic entrepreneurship

Sherry Coutu (MBA 1993) recalls that one of the things she liked most about attending HBS was that it empowered its graduates to continually strive to have increased impact in their endeavors. This has... View Details

05 Jul 2012
What Do You Think?

Why Is Trust So Hard to Achieve in Management?

Summing Up Do Managers Take Trust for Granted? Trust is a big issue these days judging from the volume of responses to this month's column. Its importance in management is agreed on. There is a long list of behaviors that can damage it.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2018
News

New Ways to Stay Connected

get to talk with them and get acquainted. We learned so much about what’s current in consumer and tech, and enjoyed hearing about their experiences prior to HBS and their... View Details

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

ecosystem of partnerships and collaborations." Three panelists outlined some of those collaborations. Mary L. Fifield, president of Bunker Hill Community College, described that school's partnership with a consortium of local businesses View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

09 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Actions Organizations Can Take to Communicate Their Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging

conduct focus groups with staff. Key lessons learned from staffing culture and climate data, as well as organizational next steps for continuous diversity improvement, should be shared with both employees and candidates. Partnering with... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers

more than halfway through my MBA journey, and I am very happy that I decided to apply two years ago. This past year has been an incredible and full of new learnings for both me and my family. The case method... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Adapting to Meet Changing Needs

it across in a very limited amount of time—typically threeto five-minute learning segments that build on each other. That turned out to be a complicated challenge,” says Mayo, the Thomas S. Murphy Senior... View Details

15 May 2015
Blog Post

Tips for Applying to Business School

effectively lead larger and more complex organizations. The MBA struck me as a way to quickly get out of my comfort zone while learning new analytic and management tools. Every applicant’s decision process... View Details

Web

How to Create a Psychologically Safe Workplace - Recruiting

productivity and safety. In a psychologically safe workplace, when mistakes are made and learned from, the company can move forward instead of repeating them in the future. Psychological safety is also closely aligned with a company’s... View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Democratizing Data to Favor Farmers

cattle ranching. To learn the value of his crop, a farmer could turn on the radio for regular market updates from commodity exchanges. But prices of the seeds and chemical fertilizer used View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

01 Sep 2005
News

Clark Bids Farewell to HBS

CLARK: "It's been a great job and an intense learning experience." In July, after ten years at the School’s helm, Dean Kim B. Clark stepped down to assume the presidency of Brigham Young University–Idaho.... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

27 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

leaders to follow: Companies can’t discriminate against protected classes, and they have to provide reasonable accommodations for people’s religions. But a subtler lesson can also be View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage; Apparel & Accessories

17 Sep 2020
News

HBS Goes Back To School

incoming students to meet fellow classmates and learn about social enterprise related opportunities and resources.” SEPTEMBER 4 Doug Scatterday, senior director of Facilities, and Rich Stewart, director of... View Details

06 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

Motivate Your High Performers to Share Their Knowledge

Sometimes a little push like that is all employees need to get out of a rut. About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in Boston. [Image: Mark Kostich] Related Reading Ignore This Advice at Your Own Peril Knowledge Transfer: You... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2016
News

Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities

preparing for and responding to crises, and investing in the future. Citizens expect mayors to perform at the highest level, but being a public executive—like any other job—is a View Details

2019
Working Paper

Using Technology to Augment Professionals, Instead of Replacing Them, for Innovative Problem Solving

By: Hila Lifshitz - Assaf, Felicia Ng, Aniket Kittur and Robert Kraut

While in some technological and scientific areas innovation is flourishing, in others it is stalling, leaving important problems unsolved for decades. One explanation is professionals’ limitations as problem solvers, as accumulating depth of knowledge enhances one’s... View Details

Keywords: Innovation; Expertise; Future Of Work; Crowdsourcing; Artificial Intelligence; Problem Solving; Professionalism; Experience and Expertise; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Problems and Challenges; Research and Development