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- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
neighborhood real estate, all negotiations are chaotic in that they are fluid and not wholly predictable. Successful negotiators embrace that reality, so when conditions change—and they will—their agility allows them to sidestep pitfalls... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
HySynergy and Crossbridge Energy
incentivized to lean harder into the “dirty” refinery business to recoup investment value before ultimately selling the business in a typical fund cycle. A hopeful view on their capital choice is that private equity has agility... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Alfred L. Cheauré - A Dog's Life
raccoon and then get the raccoon up a tree. Humans who participate wear waders and hip boots, because it is often swampy, and use coal miners' hats with lights, because the event takes place at 11 p.m. There are also timed agility events... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
negotiators thrive in the face of chaos and uncertainty. They don't trap themselves with rigid plans. Instead they understand negotiation as a process of exploration that demands ongoing learning, adapting, and influencing. Their agility... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
the reverse flow of products are complex and are not optimized for the level of returns some retailers will see. Antonio Moreno (@tmorenog) is the Sicupira Family Associate Professor of Business Administration. Leonard A. Schlesinger: Stay View Details
- 03 Apr 2013
- What Do You Think?
Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?
developing their double nature: male-female. Only the third group of people are 'good' leaders with complex thinking, agility and sensitivity." It prompts the question: How important is leadership gender in influencing the way we... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
all possible ways. Pin down whatever balance sheet strengthening, if any, that can be attained. Keep a realistic, but positive public demeanor. Fear is contagious. Naidoo: Use the Agile approach to stay nimble Accept how challenging these... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Q&A: William Kerr and Joseph Fuller
is the extensive research conducted for case development and the creation of primers for instruction about the future of work from undergraduate classes to executive education. We’ve also developed the second-year MBA course Managing the Future of Work and the... View Details
- 02 Oct 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?
Summing Up What's the Future of the Authority Figure In Leadership? Leadership involves the effective management of tensions characteristic of all organizations. Are such tensions exacerbated by today's need for increasing speed and View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Mar 2019
- News
California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change
Fletcher Previn gave his vision of the future workplace that will rely on the agility of technology. The weekend wrapped up with a networking reception and ample time to ski. View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Harnessing the Tools of the Digital Age
faculty to address the most pressing business questions of the day with the same agility and speed at which technology is reshaping the marketplace. “HBS is the premiere business learning platform in the world,” Jacimovic says, “but the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Banking on HBS
institutional agility are also priorities. In addition, Wolfensohn wants to create a "Knowledge Bank," to take advantage of new technology as a repository of the Bank's decades of accumulated data, information, and know-how that could... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
Despite widespread rhetoric about the need for organizational agility, an astonishing number of businesses stay stuck in neutral when they need to implement a new strategy. Consider the situation that Lynne Camp faced in July 2000. Camp, the vice president and general... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- Web
Online Dynamic Teaming Course | HBS Online
Study: Leave blank Grade: "Complete" Activities and Societies: Leave blank Description: Dynamic Teaming is a 4-week, 24-28-hour online certificate program from Harvard Business School. It equips leaders with essential tools and processes to build adaptable, View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
organizations. Whether it's citizens responding to government leaders or employees responding to their company leaders, no one likes being jerked around, but it's clear that versatility and agility is needed for dealing with the pandemic.... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
surprising how few corporate leaders make a genuine effort to foster candor within their companies. Sadly, they lose any chance at building organizations in which speed and transparency contribute to the vitality of their enterprise. Adopting the process we have... View Details
- 03 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 3, 2009
flexibility has emerged as a divisive issue in discussions about the appropriate design of processes for making software. Partisans in both research and practice argue for and against plan-based (allegedly inflexible) and agile (allegedly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
Global Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog
the legal and regulatory landscape is a complex aspect of entrepreneurship in emerging markets. Regulatory frameworks may be less established or subject to frequent changes, creating uncertainty for businesses. Entrepreneurs must be agile... View Details
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
re-loosening or re-tightening, rules that protect employees and, more generally, organizations. Whether it's citizens responding to government leaders or employees responding to their company leaders, no one likes being jerked around, but it's clear that versatility... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
results—the “service trifecta”; (6) use technology to elevate the most important and eliminate the worst service jobs; (7) take steps to develop a core of customers who are “owners”; and (8) build agile service organizations that learn,... View Details