Emotions - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Feb 2020
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Teachable Moments

session. Students don’t want to be embarrassed, surprised, or shamed. They shouldn’t arrive with those emotions engulfing them. I must illustrate that even when one of them is not prepared or wastes class time with comments that don’t... View Details

01 Mar 2008
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Alumni Books

in unpredictable ways); get it right (insist on finding the right answers to the toughest questions); make a difference (reach beyond your grasp to accomplish the impossible); energize people (create an emotional environment filled with... View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

25 Aug 2022
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The Great Priority Reset

interrupted in the worst way, and we’re now seeing a big return of passengers flying to recapture important emotional connections, whether that’s intergenerational travel as families or spending time with family or friends to celebrate... View Details

01 Dec 2017
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Leadership in Practice

William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) After three decades working with executives in scores of private and public companies, Wellspring Capital Management CEO William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) is convinced that “the most successful business leaders rely at least as much on... View Details

22 May 2017
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Two On-Track Investments

said, describing the feeling of winning the Derby. “It’s an emotional surge that is indescribable.” Read more: 6abc.com: "Owner of Kentucky Derby winner is a native of Bucks County" Baltimore Sun: "After attending race growing up,... View Details

Keywords: horse racing; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2004
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Luxe Redux

differentiated, personalized look. “People live differently today,” says Haupt. Asparagus tongs, for example, are a thing of the past. Multiuse items — like Steuben’s Magnolia bowl, which doubles as a caviar server when flipped over — are in demand. AN View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; luxury; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2012
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The Accidental Pioneers

with a ring of empty seats above, below, and to either side of her own. "It was a lesson in the emotional and intellectual challenges of being a true minority," Lack says. "One of the wonderful things is that isolation lasted such a short... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia

01 Sep 2006
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HBS Students Mentor Kids

Boston. Manville is designed for kids from ages 5 to 15 who struggle in traditional educational settings due to emotional or physical issues. A key element of the school’s approach is the big sister/big brother concept, in which an older... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jun 2011
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New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’

week in August and off campus for a week in September. Wyman’s aha moment seventeen years ago came when program participants were challenged to take colored pens and draw their lives. “Mine was a two-dimensional graph in black, and that’s when I realized I’d squeezed... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Health, Social Assistance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

31 Mar 2017
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Turning Teachers into Leaders

a large failing school in the Bronx. Seeing the students have to walk through metal detectors, seeing the teachers struggling to teach with even the most basic resources lacking, really inspired me on an emotional level that this is... View Details

01 Mar 2006
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Entrepreneur's Notebook with Paul Conforti and Kim Moore (both MBA '97)

centrally, frozen, and distributed to multiple locations, thereby allowing quality control, reduced cost, and consistency. Most importantly, customers have an emotional attachment to their favorite desserts — they come back for more, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; desserteries; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled

took my little video from my 25th wedding anniversary out to her and I rang the doorbell in St. Louis. And I said, “I'm your son—57 years late.” She wasn't emotional at first. We got emotional about three... View Details

01 Jun 2020
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Homeschooled

emotional aspects of schooling. The one thing that this pandemic will help us reevaluate for ourselves is the definition of schooling and learning. This period has demonstrated that it is possible to learn lots of things in a remote... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; online learning; Educational Services

01 Dec 2022
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Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research

and racism are built into markets, business systems, and technology. The T.R.A.P. Lab has developed an algorithm audit platform that collects data about the outcome of an algorithm within a particular context and then assesses its impact on users. The platform studies... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2018
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Money (Actually) Can Buy Happiness

typical month on time-saving purchases is as good for relationship satisfaction as receiving adequate emotional support from your partner. But there’s a funny finding here: When the purchase saves time for the women, who are typically... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2015
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In My Humble Opinion: Leonard Dick (MBA 1990)

episode of House where House diagnoses a young, macho firefighter suffering from male menopause: “Just like female menopause, but without the mah-jongg tiles.” What inspires him: The emotional hook. “I have to latch onto the ‘real’ of an... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2013
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Plugged In

money. That won't work for the ELR. "The consumer we're targeting is not that price conscious," notes Camargo, adding that it's more of an emotional purchase. "When they drive a vehicle, they want it to be a statement about... View Details

Keywords: Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Sep 2015
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The Protagonist Goes Prime Time

question we ask, why should this case be a multimedia case?” says lead multimedia developer Dave Habeeb. “The best multimedia cases have something visual, something tangible that the students need to see, and they have emotional content.”... View Details