Learning - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Nov 2023
What Do You Think?

Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

skills. Attributes of attitude are learned from birth. They are changed only with great difficulty in adulthood. And few for-profit organizations are in the business of doing it. Generosity falls under the rubric of attitude. “One... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Podcast - Business & Environment

and how the boundary is evolving between voluntary and compliance markets. Amy also shares her insights into the latest trends in carbon markets and offers advice for those interested in learning more about these topics. Strengthening... View Details

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

learned from her depression after a movie she worked on “bombed;” and how to be not necessarily happy all the time, but happier. Here's a transcript of the full conversation. Jeffrey Goldberg: Please join me in welcoming to the stage... View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

09 Jan 2024
In Practice

Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year

remote or hybrid setups; it’s about how AI and generative technologies are reshaping the very essence of work. I continue to have an abiding faith in everyone’s ability to learn and shape our AI-intensive future. Tsedal Neeley is the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

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Marketing - Faculty & Research

Language Model ; Generative Ai ; Artificial Intelligence ; Market Research ; Research ; Marketing ; AI and Machine Learning ; Analytics and Data Science ; Analysis ; Customers ; Consumer Behavior ; Technology Industry ; Information... View Details

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)

to advertisers. Is this an expanding advertising strategy, or something different? Many researchers tell us that one-on-one interviews are superior to focus groups.— Gerald Zaltman A: Probing the unconscious mind of the consumer has tremendous value beyond advertising.... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Mahoney

February 11, 2022
Article

Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise

By: Joseph B. Fuller, Christina Langer and Matthew Sigelman

Two decades ago, companies began adding degree requirements to job descriptions, even though the jobs themselves hadn’t changed. After the Great Recession, many organizations began trying to back away from those requirements. To learn how the effort is going, the... View Details

Keywords: Human Resource Management; Hiring; Recruiting; Selection and Staffing; Recruitment; Competency and Skills; Human Resources

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February 2011
Exercise

Pitch Your Project!

By: Thomas Steenburgh

No matter what you do later in your career, you are going to have to learn how to pitch ideas. Perhaps you will want to convince a venture capitalist to invest in your new business idea. Perhaps you will want to convince your company to develop an innovative product.... View Details

Keywords: Business Plan; Change; Venture Capital; Governing and Advisory Boards; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Marketing; Product Development; Interests; Complexity; Chicago; New York (state, US)

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January 2008 (Revised December 2008)
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Codman Academy: Beyond the Start-up Phase

By: Stacey Childress and Tiffany K. Cheng

As it entered its seventh academic year, Codman Academy, an expeditionary learning charter school located in Dorchester, Massachusetts, was reflecting on its successes and challenges. The school had succeeded in placing every member of its most recent graduating class... View Details

Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Leadership; Performance Improvement; Partners and Partnerships; Education Industry; Boston

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11 Feb 2022
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Skills-Based Hiring Is on the Rise

10 Jan 2023
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19 Jun 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating our Student Fathers

families as well. In honor of Father’s Day, we interviewed four HBS fathers – three students and one recent graduate—to learn more about what it is like to be (or become!) a father at HBS. Zach McNally Graduation Year: 2023 Dad of:... View Details

October 2008
Article

Creativity and the Role of the Leader

By: Teresa M. Amabile and Mukti Khaire

In today's innovation-driven economy, understanding how to generate great ideas has become an urgent managerial priority. Suddenly, the spotlight has turned on the academics who've studied creativity for decades. How relevant is their research to the practical... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Commercialization; Managerial Roles; Creativity; Innovation and Management; Social and Collaborative Networks; Diversity

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09 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

In fact, researchers are more than twice as likely to study and cite papers of people they know personally, as well as those they learn of through on-campus presentations or seminars or that they receive from colleagues. Interestingly,... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand