Bottom Up Attention - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

Accepting this position would be a move back into mainstream media but also a career shift from line positions to a corporate staff role. The case profiles Fili-Krushel's media experiences, and her use of interpersonal influence and negotiation, leading View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2022
Research & Ideas

Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches

tell us what desirability is. If you’re more desirable, the theory is, you should be getting more attention via these messages,” McFowland says. Extremely attractive users might receive 100 messages, whereas middling users might land 50,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

27 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

How the FBI Reinvented Itself After 9/11

organization that not only solved crimes but also prevented attacks. “He thought he was signing up to run a law enforcement agency. He ended up with a job he didn’t sign up... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

18 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

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

won a $200 gift card in a community raffle and decided to buy a $200 flat-screen television. Participants were divided into two groups: in one, Joe was described as lower-income, or in the bottom 25 percent of US households, while in the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

28 Feb 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

Master the Team Meeting

meeting because...” What would they say? Agenda I believe that if a meeting is important enough to have, it should have a time-boxed agenda and always be followed up with notes and action items (AIs). As the team leader, you should... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

01 Mar 2024
News

In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

10 Feb 2021
Research & Ideas

Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

Female representation in movies has been consistently low, with women making up only 4.5 percent of directors and 14.4 percent of writers for top-grossing films. Worse, many women have endured sexual harassment and abuse. In October 2017,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting

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Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

critical component of an effective regional expansion program is centralized scheduling of patients and clinicians by individuals who know the various IPUs and the system. The bottom line of transparency is essential and patients and... View Details

28 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

The Profit Power of Corporate Culture

A: Jim Heskett: One can only speculate on the sources of low job satisfaction. It could be a product of unmet expectations, possibly due to inadequate attention by firms to hiring, training, and subsequent management. Those entering the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jan 2024
News

A Wide Net

Growing up in Mumbai, Navroz Udwadia (MBA 2005) spent most of his time on the tennis court, where he was an internationally ranked athlete. Today, as cofounder and partner of Alpha Wave, a global investment group with a multibillion-dollar stake in India’s startup... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Reset: How the Shift to Skills-Based Hiring Holds the Keys to Growing the U.S. Workforce at a Time of Talent Shortage , Report, The Burning Glass Institute, 2022. With Christina Langer, Julia Nitschke, Layla O’Kane, Matthew Sigelman, and Bledi Taska. Building From the... View Details

20 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Blind Spots: We’re Not as Ethical as We Think

general they don't work, and in fact can cause unethical behavior. What's the problem? A: I would say that we see current programs as limited, due to the limited attention given to bounded ethicality—or the ways in which good people do... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

You're Right! You Are Working Longer and Attending More Meetings

to keep working from home part of the time after COVID-19 abates, researchers are probing how virtual interaction might reshape organizations. In the first large-scale analysis of digital communication early in the crisis, the team—Sadun; Jeffrey T. Polzer, the View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

Toxic workers aren’t just a pain in the rear; they’re also a pain in the bottom line, according to a new Harvard Business School working paper. Dylan Minor, visiting assistant professor of business administration in the HBS Strategy unit,... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

Eddisonphotos SUMMING UP In What Ways Will the Pandemic Stimulate Research in Leadership? Preparation for Black Swan events, to the extent that it is even possible, has to be balanced against the demands for short-term results. It may be... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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The Caring Company

outbreak Liz O’Donnell 23 Mar 2020 | Fast Company Caregiving crisis? Employers slow to catch up to ‘sandwich generation.’ Mark Trumbull 05 Mar 2019 | The Christian Science Monitor How Businesses Can Support Their Caregiving Employees... View Details

30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

up to 22,000 tons of waste, we could hardly smell anything. A key feature of Amager Bakke is its ability to generate both heat and electricity, and switch between the two outputs based on heat and energy prices. Copenhagen is uniquely... View Details

16 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 16, 2015

strategy. Without such a strategy, companies will have a hard time weighing the trade-offs of various practices-such as crowdsourcing and customer co-creation-and so may end up with a grab bag of approaches. They will have trouble... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Feb 2020
Book

Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

they tend to remain silent, fearful that speaking up could put their careers at risk. “A CEO might be trying to execute this corporate strategy and everybody in the organization knows it’s off the rails, but no one wants to be the bearer... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

25 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

Collaborating Across Cultures

says. "I often compare it to the heightened awareness you have when driving in a foreign city, where you will pay more attention to the road signs and traffic signs. It's this kind of heightened awareness and reflection about what I think... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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