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31 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

reminds us that, “a recent tidal wave of harassment claims highlights the costs of failing to create a psychologically safe workplace for women.” Edmondson has the numbers to back up her arguments. She has, for example, conducted many... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

22 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

When Agreeing to Disagree Is a Good Beginning

we want our children to be safe and get an excellent education,” said Minson. Finally, expressing a positive emotion also played a role in how the speaker is perceived. Focusing on the elements that contributed to being viewed as... View Details

Keywords: by Clea Simon, Harvard Gazette

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

circles@hbs.edu to their email contacts and safe sender list. JOINING A CIRCLE Alumnae Circles is available to those with HBS alumni status in an active Circles region . Invitations to join (or renew) are sent once a year during the... View Details

10 May 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men

innovative, and, ultimately, competitive, she says. Unlike assessment cultures, development-oriented firms: Encourage candor and risk-taking. Employees feel safe to share what they know and don’t know. They’re not afraid to offer new... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

the one that existed in early March. How will the COVID-19 crisis change the landscape of the industry, and what do restaurants need to do to survive? And, what should consumers, desperate to return to their favorite restaurants but wary about whether it is View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

08 Oct 2020
Research & Ideas

Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated

communicated to employees. Managers who meet the defend drive well: Create a psychologically safe environment Treat people fairly. Encourage team members to speak up and listen to what they say. Overcommunicate. Even without economic... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams

16 Jun 2021
HBS Case

Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm

long-term success may depend on how much its customers feel safe going back into the water. When the company first shut down in March 2020, many cruise executives were hopeful that governments would lift restrictions, and they would sail... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Travel

01 Sep 2023
News

Elevator Pitch: Standard of Care

Illustration by Drue Wagner Mike H. M. Teodorescu (DBA 2018) CEO, SurgiBox Dan Brown (DBA 2019) CFO Concept: Founded in the wake of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake, SurgiBox’s lead product is a portable operating room that fits into a backpack and runs on a rechargeable... View Details

Keywords: entrepreneurship; healthcare; surgery; Ukraine; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2023
News

Startup Success Beyond Silicon Valley

Professor Paul Gompers visited Endeavor Saudi Arabia, a nonprofit that promotes startups in emerging markets. Pictured are Alpana Thapar and Fares Khrais (both of the Middle East and North Africa Research Center), Gompers, Lateefa Alwaalan (Endeavor Saudi Arabia), and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Mele

20 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Language Wars Divide Global Companies

and employee reactions. Managers must prepare for the communications challenges brought on by a new lingua franca system and watch for coping aids used by employees to avoid embarrassment, such as not attending meetings. Create a safe... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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FAQs for Alumni Virtual Programs - Alumni

prior to the program start time. Please add “alumni@hbs.edu” to your safe sender list and check your SPAM/Junk folder if you cannot locate the email. Please email alumni@hbs.edu if you have not received a Zoom link within 1 hour of the... View Details

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

the antigen. What we're hoping to be able to do with these different approaches is to create a vaccine that we can study quickly that can be both safe and effective and can be durable. Those are three different issues. No one knows for... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

01 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

notion that a large segment of consumers might prefer automobiles that were safe and fuel-efficient. Coca-Cola ignored evidence that "New Coke" would fizzle and launched it anyway. Companies in the mechanical-watch and... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

the NTSB later flagged for omitting pivotal facts, Boeing said that its customers “have our assurance that the 737 MAX is as safe as any airplane that has ever flown the skies.” Just five months later, another 737 MAX—Ethiopian Airlines... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Regional Winners - Alumni

Western U.S./Northern California Surgibox Safe surgery, Anytime, Anyplace Mike Teodorescu, DBA 2018, Founder & CEO Region: Northeastern U.S/Boston KEY DATES OCT 1 Tuesday October 1, 2024 2025 Application Round Opened DEC 5 Thursday... View Details

09 Jun 2022
Blog Post

The MBA Class of 2022 Looks Back

with COVID and the regulations that came with it, my section really prioritized getting to know each other in a safe way. We planned lots of outdoors activities and small-group gatherings to build camaraderie and get to know each other as... View Details

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

garage, a safe and secure neighborhood, interior walls in good condition, and natural light. Of the 20 attributes tested, 17 of them were rated significantly less necessary for the lower-income family. "The gap emerged for things... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

28 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

The FDA’s Speedy Drug Approvals Are Safe: A Win-Win for Patients and Pharma Innovation

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, the US Food and Drug Administration faced the task of convincing a skeptical public of the safety of new vaccines when the agency began authorizing them for emergency use less than a year after the pandemic began. Ultimately, the... View Details

Keywords: by Kasandra Brabaw; Pharmaceutical

13 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

When Good Incentives Lead to Bad Decisions

in their paper, Incentivizing Calculated Risk-Taking: Evidence from an Experiment with Commercial Bank Loan Officers. Cole says he was especially surprised to find that the nature of the incentive actually changed participants' perceptions of whether an application was... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

01 Feb 2022
Book

Innovation Isn’t Just for Startups: How Big Companies Can Succeed

runs), and scaling (the development of a full-fledged new product or service). "Becoming a corporate explorer is not a route to a safe or easy career." The authors share the stories of influential explorers, such as retired IBM manager... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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