Shame - Publications - Faculty & Research

culture, history, and more, Edmondson gives us specifically tailored practices, skills, and mindsets to help us replace shame and blame with curiosity, vulnerability, and personal growth. You’ll never look at failure the same way again.... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)

normalcy and finish my degree. My professors knew I had a health condition, but that was all. During case discussions, I thought everyone was talking about me, not the CEO. I only told two friends. The shame and stigma keeps you from... View Details

01 Jun 2017
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3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)

basketball. Have you been to a WNBA game? Shame on you. I was an idealist when I came to HBS, though I can’t say I was confident I could do anything. But when I left, I felt I could create my own job. As crazy as it sounds, who ever... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen

13 Jun 2016
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JetBlue Chairman on How to Handle Betrayal

“You’ve had a part to do with it. It could be that you trusted when you shouldn’t have trusted. You didn’t think about whether the person had high character, was competent and had the authority and therefore shame on you. We don’t like to... View Details

07 Dec 2020
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Lifting The Stigma

was amazing. On the outside, I kept racking up awards. And it hit me. I realized how dangerous the stigma of mental health troubles was.” Delle’s response was a 2017 TED talk, “There’s No Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health.” He... View Details

Keywords: mental health; life experience; entrepreneurship

09 Nov 2016
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The Seeds of Learning

“I think that kids these days are spending way too much time taking tests and doing rote memorization when they need to be outside and learning from experience. It reduces stress and improves behavior; it improves test scores. It is kind of a View Details

24 Mar 2022
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Well Said

huge shame and missed opportunity in these really international environments, that there isn't more cross-pollination, because there is a little bit of that almost shame and stigma when you cannot feel like... View Details

01 Jun 2016
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How Do I Get Your Job?

educate them about these issues. It took a real pivot for me—a real U-turn—to understand that I couldn’t shame customers into feeling bad about past decisions. I could only give them a product that made them feel really great about what... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

reinvesting in the underpinnings of our economy and laying the groundwork for long-term prosperity. That means investing in infrastructure, clean energy, and education. We need to address the health-care crisis and end the shame of tens... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

01 Feb 2000
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The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

deference to authority." "Failure here is treated as a learning experience whereas in other countries it can bring shame on one's family or loss of one's job," she said. "So people elsewhere tend to trust or fear their government or their... View Details

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How to improve Japanese corporate governance: shame (and glory)

Empathy Shaming Is Becoming A Problem

In age of Trump, politics has become a game with no shame

Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future Compensation

The Untold Story of How a Culture of Shame Perpetuates Abuse

Governance through Shame and Aspiration: Index Creation and Corporate Behavior in Japan

Financial Issues Hide Behind The Curtains Of The Middle-Class

When You Can’t Change the World, Change Your Feelings

How Yelp plans to clean up one of the restaurant industry’s most dangerous flaws

Act Like an Entrepreneur Inside Your Organization

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