Cognition and Thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Sep 2018
Research & Ideas

Welcome to Retirement. Who Am I Now?

their work, so they’re searching for something to replace that work identity.” Over four years, the researchers conducted interviews and surveys of 120 professionals at three quite different companies located in different parts of the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Entertainment & Recreation

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams By: Bernstein, Ethan, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee Abstract—Holacracy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Steps to Help You Get Out of Your Own Way

We've all experienced them, days when we are easily distracted from important work, can't think clearly, and make poor decisions. "I can't get out of my own way today," we say. One antidote might be to break... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

started to really think about what I wanted to do, and where a Ph.D. would get me,” Zutshi said. “Did I want to be calling all the scientific shots? Or was I good with being part of a team View Details

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Making Your Threat Credible

In the classic game of Chicken, two drivers on a crash course speed toward each other. The rules are simple: Whoever swerves first and avoids collision loses, and whoever is brave enough to stay the course... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

06 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

Four Strategies for Making Concessions

Richard E. Walton and Robert B. McKersie's book A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations: An Analysis of a Social Interaction System (ILR Press, 1991). The head of a manufacturing firm was preparing to initiate talks with the leadership... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra

08 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 8

Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-041.pdf Publications From Wealth to Well-Being? Money Matters, but Less than People Think Authors: Lara B. Aknin, Michael I. Norton, and Elizabeth W.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2023
News

3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)

talk about the last 100 yards, where it comes down to just a few people and their rifles on each side. In diplomacy, it’s similar in the sense that it’s just two people on either side of a table. The first principle that I bake into my... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

and spared ourselves the trouble, Whillans says. Before booking a trip with connecting flights for a slightly cheaper price, think about whether it’s worth the extra traveling fatigue versus relaxing a few... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Jan 2023
Blog Post

The Importance of Mentorship: A Conversation With Professor Ting Zhang

life. How has your teaching experience been at HBS so far? What do you like most about the case method and classroom experience? The classroom is simply magical. I love its energy. I love how our discussions push me to be a better thinker... View Details

22 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Meet LASO: The HBS Latino Student Organization

insight, advice, and connection. I felt the strength, warmth, and passion of the LASO community before I even stepped on campus and it’s only grown since I’ve been here.... View Details

09 Nov 2023
News

From the Brink

Weiss knew that the island, an unincorporated US territory whose residents are American citizens, was drowning in $70 billion of debt. Hampered by legal limitations on the remedies it could pursue, and desperate for ready cash to meet its... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

02 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

When Goal Setting Goes Bad

in the sciences. It may have also increased the degree to which the United States and the Soviet Union spent limited funds on mutually unhelpful defense expenditures. So, I think the answer is in the eyes of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

05 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

we shouldn’t underestimate how important it is to be seen as humble, grounded, and well-liked.” Related Reading: How to Demotivate Your Best Employees The Power of Ordinary Practices Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your Future... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 Aug 2016
Blog Post

Writing a Case as a Student at HBS

writing, one thing is guaranteed: you will get to know interesting people and become more knowledgeable about a topic of your interest. I can’t think of a better way to have spent some time during my last... View Details

Blog

Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

be afraid of sharing their opinion, insights, and concerns. A leader can start to shift the way employees think by framing the work ahead as a learning problem and making it... View Details

11 Jul 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Deconstructing 'Customer Experience'

Legendary Harvard Business School marketing professor Theodore Levitt warned his students and industry executives against “marketing myopia”—that is, adopting an insular marketing approach where the business puts its own needs ahead of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail; Service

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

think about an alternative approach where there's more room for newcomers' self-expression, Gino says. "This is a pivotal stage of the employee/employer relationship, and there are ways to emphasize people's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

Blog

Eight Steps to Board Success for Female Executives

types of companies might be adjacent to that and would benefit from your expertise. Identify the kind of company you want to work with—large, small, public, privately held, early stage, mature, and so on.... View Details

28 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

What's a Boss Worth?

exploration. “There is a growing literature in the social sciences about the importance of peer effects—many people think about how to form teams and what the right team should look like,” says Stanton. But... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service

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