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Wabantu Hlophe
pastime; it was a trusted teacher, imparting lessons of creativity, exploration, and resilience. In the worlds of God of War, Far Cry, and Uncharted, I internalized a simple truth: the power to affect change comes from imagination and the... View Details
- 09 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual
suppressed the ad hominem insults, and peaked at the right time, confounding the pollsters and media pundits. In every recent speech, he repeated the same messages, inviting voters to imagine the future if they bought into the promises of... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
distributed. To illustrate why it’s important to consider other measurements, imagine what it’s like to buy trousers. You could go to the store and ask for trousers in size medium if that’s the size you usually wear. And in many cases,... View Details
- 11 Apr 2022
- Research & Ideas
A World of Difference: What Keeps Companies from Becoming More Inclusive
“perspective taking,” or the practice of trying to put yourself in someone else’s shoes. He shows across 25 studies with more than 2,800 people that imagining the world through someone else’s eyes leads us to inaccurate judgments. What... View Details
Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How SVMP Helped Me Take My Next Steps (2+2) and Find Myself
my life before college, my undergraduate experience, my time at HBS - has been one of becoming. Baby Alexxis could never have imagined where she would end up. Her path was one of constant evolution towards becoming who she is and being... View Details
- 25 May 2011
- HBS Case
QuikTrip’s Investment in Retail Employees Pays Off
problem yet, but at some point I imagine it could be," Ton surmises. "Opening stores in new markets is typically not a way to sustain internal promotions." Growing Pains? The case turns on the question of future growth for... View Details
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
participants who read the professional networking story gave much higher ratings to the cleansing products than those who imagined the friendly party. The neutral products received similar ratings across the board. The Effect On Job... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 Feb 2022
- Book
Beyond the Cold War: Reinventing Socialism in 5 Countries
Although many view socialism through the rigid lens of Soviet orthodoxy, it has always been a work in progress and an evolving and adaptable ideology on a global scale, says Harvard Business School Marvin Bower Associate Professor Jeremy Friedman. In his new book, Ripe... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
would have accrued a truly permanent population, possibly in large numbers, who would have been able to own private property, enjoy the jurisdiction of American courts, and vote for their own elected government. Under such circumstances, it is difficult to View Details
- 18 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
A Vision of Love@HBS in 2020
only thing falling. That magical weekend was seven years ago, and the rest, as they say, is history! Julio Cedeno, Class of 2020 Never could we have imagined the lives we would have together. Never could we have View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
General” This was the case that hammered home the number-one marketing mistake that is all too common in every type of business: Never assume you are the customer. First-year students fall into that trap every time because the large majority of them cannot View Details
- 16 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Technology Alone Can't Solve AI's Bias Problem
efficacy of algorithms, the researchers set up an online experiment with more than 1,000 participants who were told to imagine they were employers hiring on TaskRabbit for one of three jobs—shoppers, event staffers, or moving workers. The... View Details
- 04 Jan 2022
- What Do You Think?
Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?
the past, offered some thoughts that should get us thinking: “Today, for the first time, I heard some midcareer professionals expressing the hope that they would have the chance to complete some of their work in the metaverse sometime soon. This got me thinking I can... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Art of Haggling
posturing, they settle on a price each can live with, although both know that the deal is likely better for one side than the other. “At some point, it still comes down to determining who gets which slice of the pie.” Now imagine the same... View Details
Keywords: by Katie Johnston
- 15 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax
once again front-and-center in US politics. Sometimes it can seem that these debates go around in circles, with partisans from both extremes advocating reforms that even they don't imagine becoming reality. But we should celebrate these... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
- 25 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why Unqualified Candidates Get Hired Anyway
important decisions like selection and admissions," says Gino, an associate professor in the Negotiations, Organizations & Markets unit at HBS. "And you can imagine that one of the consequences is that you end up admitting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books You Got This! A Straightforward, No-Nonsense Playbook for Crushing 130+ Workplace Challenges By Heidi Abelli (MBA 1993) Palmetto Publishing Stepping into the corporate world can feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially when... View Details
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Is AI Coming for Your Job?
math education changed with the entrance of the calculator, our overall approach to education must adapt to AI technology. There might even be a sub-discipline of critical thinking, not of essays or novels, but of AI models. One can even View Details
- 09 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Tennis, Golf, and White Anxiety Block Racial Integration
spend more time. “The more time they expect to spend at a landmark, the more they concentrate other Whites around that landmark,” the study says. In a similar fictional-city study, White survey participants were asked to imagine living in... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
you to devise the most promising approach to overcoming them. Without an accurate barriers assessment, the strategy and tactics you craft may address the wrong problems. Imagine that a supplier is negotiating with an important but... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace