Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

they see and hear them—and feel vulnerable just as they do. Leaders don’t need to be grief counselors; all they need to say is, “I’m sorry. I feel it, too. I’m exhausted, too. I’m worried, too. We are in this crisis together. And we need... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

space to talk with each other, offer support, and listen. “Now, more than ever, teams need empathy and to feel like you are all suffering together,” Austin says. “Everyone is dealing with a crisis that is very real. Managers should show their View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

we build, more than hazards. Yet vulnerable development remains legal, profitable, and most consumers don’t know the difference. Many policies indirectly encourage it. Look how the National Flood Insurance Program spurred floodplain... View Details

04 Feb 2014
What Do You Think?

Has Listening Become a Lost Art?

kinds of questions designed to elicit useful information. At the same time, according to Schein, the mere act of asking, if done sincerely, requires that the questioner make himself temporarily vulnerable to the person being questioned.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

responders and vulnerable populations, and then the general population. The diffusion of innovations model indicates that each of these groups will have five customer segments based on their willingness to get vaccinated earlier or later.... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on Social Enterprise

inclusion. I believe in the power of innovative and human-centered technology that can alleviate poverty by providing vulnerable populations with access to financial services including insurance, savings, or lending that can be life... View Details

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

Street Health, an organization focused on value-based primary care for older adults, as a strategy and operations director. Rhea will help Oak Street expand access to care for vulnerable communities across the United States. During your... View Details

13 May 2019
Blog Post

The Many Facets of Becoming a Mother at HBS

of me and my son—bringing us food, keeping us company, and offering encouragement and/or babysitting on days I needed them the most. These incredible individuals demonstrated the beauty of humanity, teaching me to be vulnerable and... View Details

13 Oct 2009
Research & Ideas

7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm

their own weaknesses. Please elaborate; you write in your book that "learning how to express your vulnerabilities on appropriate occasions is an emerging leadership skill." A: One of the great myths of leadership in recent years... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Electricity - Business & Environment

especially vulnerable to the impacts of climate change: hurricanes, wildfires, and sea level rise pose immense risks for the reliable delivery of electricity. As one example, restoring electric power in Puerto Rico following Hurricane... View Details

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

role, that often frustrates entry into their work role, leaving them more vulnerable to the strain of commuting, less satisfied with their jobs, and more likely to quit. In one survey of employees at a UK media firm, the research team... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

vulnerable areas more resilient and decide when to rebuild, restrict development, or retreat Economic development and innovative technologies have contributed to climate change—and are also essential to address it. Government policies can... View Details

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Sexual Harassment - Race, Gender & Equity

any tender or vulnerable emotions (“no sissy stuff”). “Put work first”: a workplace where nothing outside the organization (e.g., family) can interfere with work, where taking a break or a leave represents an impermissible lack of... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

interactivity, inclusion, and intentionality—that reinforce one another. [div class=infogram-embed data-id=_/TcA9lLca7jmZUe3XF3nP][/div] Intimacy Leaders must be honest and vulnerable with their teams, presenting themselves as fully human... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

consequences of this move. The rise of a more authoritarian regime in China and a competition narrative began a rethinking of this model. This was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which shined a spotlight on the vulnerabilities of... View Details

Research Summary

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details

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IT Strategy: Protecting HBS Information and Data Assets | Information Technology

Within the realm of technology protection—including assets, devices, information, and data—HBS IT aims to emphasize a security-first mindset to proactively identify, assess, and remediate vulnerabilities to minimize risk to the School. As... View Details

Portrait Project

Akash Gupta

mental health issues that went undiagnosed. Having watched my mom transition from a comfortable middle-class lifestyle to a life on the streets, I will be a business leader who openly values mental health in the workplace. I will be a champion of View Details

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Hakeem Belo-Osagie | Baker Library

he realized a smaller group like his was vulnerable to being forced out of the market by a large, efficient commercial bank. Therefore, when the Nigerian government decided to sell its shares in the United Bank for Africa, Hakeem... View Details

05 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: Niall Ferguson and the Certainty of Uncertainty

Quelch, professor Niall Ferguson offered a historian's view on globalization and the current financial crisis. Neither globalization nor financial crises are new. What may be new is that today's highly efficient global financial system is so optimized that it appears... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Quelch

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