Learning To Learn - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2006
News

Whitehead Urges MBAs to Become Lifelong Leaders

way in one sector, you can move to the other rather easily. You’ve learned a style and a way of operating that is very useful in the other sector.” Whitehead concluded by saying, “The world cries out for... View Details

13 May 2013
Blog Post

Leveraging the HBS platform to enter social enterprise

two years at Credit Suisse, I made the decision to leave in order to attend HBS. There are so many things I’m looking forward to at HBS—listing everything would take much more... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

How Much Time Should CEOs Devote to Customers?

strategy, it's not necessary for the CEO to spend time learning how different clients would prefer customized solutions. The CEO should spearhead the identification of three or four customer health metrics.... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

2012
Book

Teaming: How Organizations Learn, Innovate, and Compete in the Knowledge Economy

By: Amy C. Edmondson

Continuous improvement, understanding complex systems, and promoting innovation are all part of the landscape of learning challenges today's companies face. I show that organizations thrive, or fail to thrive, based on how well the small groups within those... View Details

Keywords: Change; Interpersonal Communication; Learning; Values and Beliefs; Innovation and Invention; Management; Performance Improvement; Groups and Teams; Research; Strategy; Complexity; Value

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01 Jun 2016
News

Making It Possible to Explore and Grow

opportunity to learn how to raise institutional capital for their businesses. In two inaugural cohorts that summer— one in San Francisco, the other in New York City —18 female... View Details

01 Dec 2020
News

Take Time to Transition (If it’s Time)

She filed away what she learned and took a job working at IBM in downtown New York. “My colleagues were the sons and daughters of firemen, policemen, and this was the first white-collar job in their families,” recalls Burton. “The word... View Details

10 Jan 2018
Blog Post

EXPERTS SHARE 5 TIPS TO BECOME A BETTER MANAGER

management process–and the one most often neglected–is reflection. Whether you've experienced a huge success or a resounding failure, it is equally important to look back and identify what factors contributed to that result. As professor... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Face Value: Do Certain Physical Features Help People Get Ahead?

empirically predicted with a machine learning model, suggests work by Shunyuan Zhang, an assistant professor at Harvard Business School, and collaborators. “Our research represents the first empirical attempt View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

11 Apr 2016
Blog Post

What You Need to Know about Recruiting at HBS

organization about how the work gets done? Is it a “face time” environment or results driven environment? These are all play into work/life balance and how happy you are. Learn a little bit about some industries you might be interested... View Details

27 Mar 2019
Blog Post

From SNL to Showtime: Pursuing a Career in Entertainment

Since graduating in 2014, Claire Friedman has written for SNL and The New Yorker. We caught up with Claire to learn about what life has been like since leaving the HBS campus and what she misses most. Why... View Details

27 Jul 2020
News

The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

and a strong likelihood of repeat sales. Krasnow learned that dry cleaning was an $8-billion business in the United States, divided among 34,000 owners who operated 45,000 stores. Customers chose the nearest outlet and entrusted it with... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

22 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Getting to Eureka!: How Companies Can Promote Creativity

themselves to open source, however, mainstream companies are learning to incorporate users in a way that benefits everyone. Apple, for example, tightly controls the software... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

21 Jul 2015
Blog Post

3 Things Women Need to Know About Business School

background in chemistry and history, I had learned all of my business skills in a haphazard way at my previous job; I wanted to fill in the gaps in a systematic way. I also wanted View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care

A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals; and insurance executives to the HBS campus for a two-day... View Details

01 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil

curiosity. The emphasis is on learning and discussion, less on making decisions. They set up executive programs, task teams, and scenario rehearsals, all with an eye toward evaluating the new environment. In phase two, leaders question... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2019
News

Case Study: Off to a Fine Art

product/market fit (PMF). On that note, my recommendation would be to continue to test and learn in search of PMF, starting with your sales approach. One way View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

09 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

In fact, researchers are more than twice as likely to study and cite papers of people they know personally, as well as those they learn of through on-campus presentations or seminars or that they receive... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

17 Sep 2020
Blog Post

HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

Bastian Purrer (MBA 2020), a native German, spent most of his career before HBS launching international offices for Groupon and Rocket Internet. After a few years in Europe and Asia, Bastian enrolled at HBS hoping to continue his... View Details

04 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Getting Accepted to HBS through the 2+2 Program

start building amazing experiences that focus on the present and looking into the future. How you got here isn’t too important – it’s what you choose to do with your time here that makes all the difference. Want View Details

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