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- Jan 2010 - 2010
- Conference Presentation
Unconscious Thought Excels when Challenged: Unconscious Thought Does Not Choke under Pressure
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Bos, Maarten W., Ap Dijksterhuis, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "Unconscious Thought Excels when Challenged: Unconscious Thought Does Not Choke under Pressure." Paper presented at the 11th Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, January 2010.
- Article
On the Goal-dependency of Unconscious Thought
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Bos, Maarten W., Ap Dijksterhuis, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "On the Goal-dependency of Unconscious Thought." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 44, no. 4 (July 2008): 1114–1120.
- Article
Predicting Soccer Matches after Unconscious and Conscious Thought as a Function of Expertise
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Dijksterhuis, Ap, Maarten W. Bos, Andries Van der Leij, and Rick B. Van Baaren. "Predicting Soccer Matches after Unconscious and Conscious Thought as a Function of Expertise." Psychological Science 20, no. 11 (November 2009): 1381–1387.
- March 2010
- Column
Think Outside the Building
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Think Outside the Building." Harvard Business Review 88, no. 3 (March 2010).
- June 2024
- Technical Note
Algorithmic Thinking
By: Michael Parzen and Jo Ellery
This note discusses the fundamentals of algorithmic thinking as it applies to enterprise. It covers both the basics of algorithmic thinking, as well as how to cultivate an algorithmic approach to problem solving. View Details
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Parzen, Michael, and Jo Ellery. "Algorithmic Thinking." Harvard Business School Technical Note 624-104, June 2024.
- June 15, 2008
- Article
Think First, Bail Out Later
By: Robert C. Pozen
Keywords: Cognition and Thinking
Pozen, Robert C. "Think First, Bail Out Later." New York Times (June 15, 2008).
- 2005
- Chapter
Living and Thinking about It: Two Perspectives on Life
By: Daniel Kahneman and Jason Riis
- 07 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 7
operates. Through text narrative, cases, and readings, the authors skillfully examine the development of strategy, organizational capabilities, and management challenges for operating in the global economy. Preview the book:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- May 2024
- Article
The Effect of Configural Processing on Mentalization
By: Katrina Fincher, Ting Zhang, Asteya Percaya, Adam Galinsky and Michael W. Morris
Eight studies (N = 2,561) reveal that how we perceptually process a person’s face affects our capacity to understand their mind. Studies 1A and B indicate this relationship functions via two separate pathways: (a) indirectly by increasing our sensitivity to the... View Details
Fincher, Katrina, Ting Zhang, Asteya Percaya, Adam Galinsky, and Michael W. Morris. "The Effect of Configural Processing on Mentalization." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 126, no. 5 (May 2024): 758–778.
- 2019
- Chapter
The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process
BOOK ABSTRACT: The Creativity Reader is a necessary companion for anyone interested in the historical roots of contemporary ideas about creativity, innovation, and imagination. It brings together a prestigious group of international experts who were tasked with... View Details
Amabile, Teresa M. "The Art of (Creative) Thought: Graham Wallas on the Creative Process." Chap. 2 in The Creativity Reader, edited by Vlad P. Glăveanu. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
- Module Note
The Sweet Hereafter Summary: Reasoning from Personal Perspective
By: Sandra J. Sucher
A summary of the major themes discussed in the sixth class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details
Sucher, Sandra J. "The Sweet Hereafter Summary: Reasoning from Personal Perspective." Harvard Business School Module Note 607-070, February 2007. (Revised March 2007.)
- September 2008
- Article
Response to Farjoun's 'Strategy Making, Novelty, and Analogical Reasoning' Commentary on Gavetti, Levinthal, and Rivkin (2005)
By: G. Gavetti, Daniel A. Levinthal and Jan W. Rivkin
Gavetti, G., Daniel A. Levinthal, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Response to Farjoun's 'Strategy Making, Novelty, and Analogical Reasoning' Commentary on Gavetti, Levinthal, and Rivkin (2005)." Strategic Management Journal 29, no. 9 (September 2008).
- 01 Apr 1995
- Conference Presentation
Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving
By: J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and D. Whitney
- 1 Aug 2003 - 6 Aug 2003
- Conference Presentation
The Influence of Time Pressure on Creative Thinking in Organizations
By: Teresa M. Amabile, J. S. Mueller, W. B. Simpson, L. Fleming and C. N. Hadley
- January 1995 (Revised June 1995)
- Background Note
Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference
Examines some of the habitual ways of thinking that are applied to so-called "diversity" questions to reveal the commonalities and limitations of these models--the way they can reinforce unexamined assumptions and destructuve emotional reactions--and to suggest an... View Details
Gentile, Mary C. "Ways of Thinking About and Across Difference." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-117, January 1995. (Revised June 1995.)
- June 8, 2022
- Article
How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep
By: Robin Abrahams and Boris Groysberg
Increasingly, leaders are coming to understand the importance of sleep for physical and mental wellbeing—but nightmares and bad dreams destroy sleep quality. The good news? It's more possible than most people realize to reduce nightmares and have better dreams. View Details
Abrahams, Robin, and Boris Groysberg. "How to Have Better Dreams and Better Sleep." Newsweek (June 8, 2022).
- January 2021
- Article
A Model of Relative Thinking
By: Benjamin Bushong, Matthew Rabin and Joshua Schwartzstein
Fixed differences loom smaller when compared to large differences. We propose a model of relative thinking where a person weighs a given change along a consumption dimension by less when it is compared to bigger changes along that dimension. In deterministic settings,... View Details
Bushong, Benjamin, Matthew Rabin, and Joshua Schwartzstein. "A Model of Relative Thinking." Review of Economic Studies 88, no. 1 (January 2021): 162–191.
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
the past few years, or the fantasy that the market for derivatives could somehow regulate itself—the consequences of all we are dealing with this very day. Denial is not merely being wrong. Everybody makes mistakes. Denial is falling into a View Details
- 01 Apr 1995
- Conference Presentation
Effects of Planning on Problem-Solving Creativity
By: D. Whitney, J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and M. Castle
- 1998
- Article
Looking Inside the Fishbowl of Creativity: Verbal and Behavioral Predictors of Creative Performance
By: J. Ruscio, D. M. Whitney and T. M. Amabile
This study set out to identify specific task behaviors that predict observable product creativity in three domains and to identify which of those behaviors mediate the well-established link between intrinsic motivation and creativity. One-hundred fifty-one... View Details
Ruscio, J., D. M. Whitney, and T. M. Amabile. "Looking Inside the Fishbowl of Creativity: Verbal and Behavioral Predictors of Creative Performance." Creativity Research Journal 11, no. 3 (1998): 243–263.