Learning By Thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2001
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Richard Pechter: Learning New Lessons

to figure out why some schools weren’t working. Now, with a humbling year of teaching under his belt, he admits that he still doesn’t have the answers and may never become the “master” he once was on Wall Street. “The truth is, I’ve View Details

Keywords: Lory Hough; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

July 2022
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A Strategic View of Team Learning in Organizations

By: Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, Amy C. Edmondson and Gary P. Pisano

Research in strategic management and organizational behavior has increasingly focused on understanding how organizations achieve and sustain performance in fast-changing environments. Strategy research suggests that senior managers, through their decisions, influence... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Management; Organization Behavior; Teams; Organizational Capabilities; Groups and Teams; Learning; Management; Decision Making; Performance; Organizational Design

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Discussion of "Industrial Policies, the Creation of a Learning Society, and Economic Development" by Bruce Greenwald and Stiglitz Stiglitz

By: Josh Lerner

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16 Jan 2014
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Learning from Helping Others

centers—were school-related. "The most amazing thing we did was when we spent time at a nearby prison with prisoners who were about to go back out in the world," she says. "We were young school children helping people get rehabilitated. I don't View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Health, Social Assistance

01 May 2019
Blog Post

Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset

potential of differences, and the second was the character that deserves trust. Both answers resonated with me and so my question became: “How can I achieve these two goals?” First, to celebrate differences, I believe we should shift from binary View Details

05 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

How New BofA Executives Learn its ’Deep Smarts’

executives. To address these needs, the bank has created an onboarding program for executives one to two levels below the C-suite. The program aims to ensure that the new executives understand role expectations, quickly develop a network among key stakeholders, build... View Details

Keywords: Re: Dorothy A. Leonard; Banking

13 Nov 2020
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Countdown To Remote Learning

members to teach online, and get 1,900 students—who had scattered around the world—ready to learn online,” says Srikant Datar. “It was daunting.” The School quickly convened a task force from across campus. “Most of us didn’t know each... View Details

Jun 22 2016
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Learning from Peers in a Truly Open Environment

30 Apr 2024
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What Managers Can Learn from Jazz Improvisation

February 2016 (Revised December 2016)
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IMAX: Scaling Personalized Learning in India

By: John Jong-Hyun Kim, Michael Chu and Rachna Tahilyani

IMAX is a provider of comprehensive testing and personalized content across mid-range and low-cost private K-10 schools in India. It aims to improve learning outcomes by providing schools with an integrated product suite including textbooks, workbooks, assessments,... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Learning; Acquisition; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Education Industry; India

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01 Sep 2011
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You’re Never Done Learning

The popular Career Webinar series returns this fall with a full slate of targeted, practical sessions presented by Alumni Career & Professional Development. Hoping to increase your personal engagement at work? Looking to launch an... View Details

Keywords: webinars; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

09 Nov 2016
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The Seeds of Learning

Adam Zmick (MBA 2011) is cofounder of Gardeneers, an environmental education organization based in Chicago, Illinois. In this interview, he explains the connections between learning about food and children’s preparation for a healthy... View Details

26 May 2015
Blog Post

5 Ways the Case Method Changes How You Learn

every field ready to explain the more difficult finance, accounting, and operations concepts. The case method makes you think in new ways Jeremy: You learn through the case method View Details

June 2019
Article

Learning From Mum: Cross-National Evidence Linking Maternal Employment and Adult Children’s Outcomes

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Mayra Ruiz Castro and Elizabeth Long Lingo

Analyses relying on two international surveys from over 100,000 men and women across 29 countries explore the relationship between maternal employment and adult daughters’ and sons’ employment and domestic outcomes. In the employment sphere, adult daughters, but not... View Details

Keywords: Female Labor Force Participation; Gender Attitudes; Household Labor; Maternal Employment; Social Class; Social Learning Theory; Social Mobility; Employment; Gender; Attitudes; Household; Labor; Learning; Outcome or Result

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01 Dec 2018
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Lifelong Learning about Leadership

offered in June 2018 by Executive Education and Alumni Programs. It is one of several learning opportunities HBS is developing to enable alumni to remain relevant, connected, and engaged throughout their... View Details

01 Dec 2004
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A Life by Design

As a girl growing up in Riverdale, New York, Ivy Ross (PMD 68, 1994) was surrounded by modern design — and disliked it. The home she lived in and the furniture she sat on reflected the avant-garde sensibilities of her father, an... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; toys; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade