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Missing the Near Miss: Recognizing Valuable Learning Opportunities in Radiation Oncology
By: Palak Kundu, Olivia Jung, Luca F. Valle, Amy C. Edmondson, Nzhde Agazaryan, John Hegde, Michael Steinberg and Ann Raldow
“Near miss” events are valuable low-cost learning opportunities in radiation oncology as they do not result in patient harm and are more pervasive than adverse events that do. Near misses vary depending on the presence of a latent error of behavior or process, and the... View Details
Kundu, Palak, Olivia Jung, Luca F. Valle, Amy C. Edmondson, Nzhde Agazaryan, John Hegde, Michael Steinberg, and Ann Raldow. "Missing the Near Miss: Recognizing Valuable Learning Opportunities in Radiation Oncology." Practical Radiation Oncology 11, no. 3 (May 2021): e256–e262.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Engineering Serendipity: When Does Knowledge Sharing Lead to Knowledge Production?
By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva C. Guinan and Karim R. Lakhani
We investigate how knowledge similarity between two individuals is systematically related to the likelihood that a serendipitous encounter results in knowledge production. We conduct a natural field experiment at a medical research symposium, where we exogenously... View Details
Keywords: Cognitive Similarity; Knowledge Creation; Knowledge Sharing; Knowledge Dissemination; Relationships
Lane, Jacqueline N., Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva C. Guinan, and Karim R. Lakhani. "Engineering Serendipity: When Does Knowledge Sharing Lead to Knowledge Production?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-058, November 2019. (Revised July 2020.)
- June 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Background Note
How Institutional Investors Think About Real Estate
By: Arthur I Segel
Real estate is an increasingly important component in the portfolios of institutional investors. This note discusses the issues these investors must consider when investing in real estate from the legal forms of ownership, to separate or commingled funds, to property... View Details
Segel, Arthur I. "How Institutional Investors Think About Real Estate." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-152, June 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- 23 Sep 2019
- Video
Blavatnik Fellowship: 5 Years of Thinking Big
- 09 Jan 2018
- News
Think New England Is Cold? Try Antarctica
- 20 Dec 2022
- Podcast
102. Customers Think In Trade-Offs: A Conversation with Pontus Siren and Shahriar Parvarandeh
In an earlier episode of The Disruptive Voice, Pontus Sirén discussed the Jobs methodology and how it relates to customer centricity. Companies exist to address customer problems, i.e. their Jobs To Be Done – and the first critical step for any innovator is to identify... View Details
- July – August 2010
- Article
The Secret to Job Growth: Think Small
By: Edward L. Glaeser and William R. Kerr
Glaeser, Edward L., and William R. Kerr. "The Secret to Job Growth: Think Small." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 7-8 (July–August 2010): 26.
- 25 Apr 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims
- July 2023
- Teaching Note
Zipline: The World’s Largest Drone Delivery Network
By: Tarun Khanna and Felicia Belostecinic
Teaching Note for HBS Case 721-366, "Zipline: The World’s Largest Drone Delivery Network." View Details
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
Wikipedia’s not as biased as you might think
- 06 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI
the World Bank or the IMF would have advised for countries to receive more foreign direct investment. But interestingly, it was slow in coming. And so the reasons for this can be many. I think one that might... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
CEOs Need To Think Carefully Before Backing Causes
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think
- 07 Mar 2011
- News
For International Women's Day, Think Outside the (Shoe)Box
- January 2006 (Revised February 2015)
- Case
Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ryan Raffaelli
Innovation was linked to Timberland's heritage. In 2005, CEO Jeff Swartz and COO Ken Pucker hoped the Invention Factory, an advanced concept lab, would develop new breakthrough products and reinvigorate the company's culture of innovation. Since the 1960s, Timberland... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Organizational Culture; Change Management
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ryan Raffaelli. "Innovation at Timberland: Thinking Outside the Shoe Box." Harvard Business School Case 306-064, January 2006. (Revised February 2015.)
- 08 Jan 2012
- News
Progress Principle: You're More Important Than You Think
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
Kanter takes the brains concept one step further, exploring what savvy leaders really need to know how to do: think across borders and through boundaries, almost as if turning a kaleidoscope to examine the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- May–June 2019
- Article
Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think
By: Joseph B. Fuller, Manjari Raman, Judith K. Wallenstein and Alice de Chalendar
In 2018 the Project on Managing the Future of Work at HBS teamed up with the BCG Henderson Institute to survey 6,500 business leaders and 11,000 workers about the various forces reshaping the nature of work. The responses revealed a surprising gap: While the executives... View Details
Keywords: Management; Employees; Attitudes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation
Fuller, Joseph B., Manjari Raman, Judith K. Wallenstein, and Alice de Chalendar. "Your Workforce Is More Adaptable Than You Think." Harvard Business Review 97, no. 3 (May–June 2019): 118–126.