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- 17 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
Decoding the Artful Sidestep
Question the Right Way," is available for download [PDF]. Todd Rogers, now Executive Director of the Analyst Institute, explained more. Martha Lagace: What observations or experiences got you interested in studying conversational... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Right Connections
she gathered additional data by examining the prospectuses of all public biotech firms over a twenty-year period. The 295 companies and more than 3,000 executives whose career histories she and Gulati analyzed formed the core of their... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel
was a member of the firm's executive committee. The regulatory structure did not keep pace with two decades of deregulation on Wall Street, Rose explained. Deregulation led to intense competitive pressures to which firms responded by... View Details
- 29 Jun 2015
- HBS Case
Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records
Healthsuite is an open platform that provides a secure and private home for data, allowing care providers and consumers to use the information to make decisions about patient care. Philips executives are hoping the company's early entry... View Details
- 29 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
Pride Goeth Before a Profit
At General Motors' Car Assembly Plant in Wilmington, DE, there is a film that managers like to show when times get tough. Dating to 1991, the film opens with a GM executive saying that the plant will be closed in three years. There is no... View Details
Keywords: by Theodore Kinni
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
global executive and coaching experience—explains how people can use these five Cs to find their own “treasure,” that personal or professional achievement that spells success in their own eyes and have greater impact in the world. The... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?
growth. Being self-aware and asking for help is a super power, and no time is too soon to get started. About the Author Julia B. Austin is an Executive Fellow at Harvard Business School. [Image: FatCamera] Other stories by Julia Austin... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 28 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: The Good Struggle: Responsible Leadership in an Unforgiving World
analysis is possible, commit to moving in a particular direction, carefully plan the immediate next steps, work hard to learn from execution and experiment, seize opportunities along the way, and be prepared to recalibrate an... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Badaracco
- 25 Apr 2012
- What Do You Think?
How Will the “Age of Big Data” Affect Management?
the Big Thinker." Gerald Nanninga cautioned us that "the big risk is that it gives executives a false sense of comfort." Clifford Francis Baker added, "My concern is primarily focused on the possibility of complacency data derived from... View Details
Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett
- 01 Dec 2011
- What Do You Think?
Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?
objective observer, non executive board members) serves as an effective moderator of (thinking fast) on the part of executives. The relationship between the Independent Non-Executive Chairman of a Board and the CEO is particularly... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
retention in this Q&A. Making the Move to General Manager Managers face a critical transition when they rise from functional expert to general manager. It's an exciting shift but it's also fraught with pitfalls. A new executive... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jul 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Developing a Strategy for Digital Convergence
other industry executives don't, including: The tech company's most valuable assets in the form of human capital walk out the door every day. Tech companies largely rely on components from other vendors, meaning that complementary assets... View Details
- 16 May 2005
- Research & Ideas
Confronting the Reality of Web Services
terms. The technical problem is that any two applications are virtually guaranteed to contain dissimilar data and execute dissimilar business processes. One might store dates as DD/MM/YYYY and put the date first in the purchase orders it... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Mapping Your Corporate Strategy
outcomes. The discipline of creating the strategy map of linked objectives in the four perspectives engages the executive team, and often promotes much greater clarity and commitment to the strategy. Once created, the strategy map is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
executive branch and in Congress—who lacked the courage to risk political damage and take a stand on the issue. Sometimes, leaders actually set themselves up for predictable surprises. A classic example is the 1998 decision by a coalition... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 02 Sep 2002
- What Do You Think?
What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples?
disclosures hit the headlines. For this reason, it is perhaps a good time to solicit creative ideas about how leading business schools that mint a high proportion of senior executives in large organizations can identify and weed out... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Jun 2001
- Research & Ideas
Caught in the Cogs: When Manufacturing and IT Meet
collaboration to be successful. Based on new kinds of technologies such as structured data exchange, "these collaborative commerce solutions," he said, "will allow firms to plan, integrate, and execute all aspects of their... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
- 26 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
David, Goliath, and Disruption
despite formidable odds. A Cyberposium discussion devoted to the phenomenon, titled "Uncovering Disruption: Moving Your Company Several Steps Ahead of the Incumbents," had several executives weighing Christensen's principles... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Mind of the Market: Extending the Frontiers of Marketing Thought
ZMET in addition to digital imaging, for corporate clients as well as MBA and Executive Education students. He's also involved in Harvard's interdisciplinary initiative Mind/Brain/Behavior, and studies neuroimaging techniques as applied... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups
and execute truly creative solutions. Perhaps the traditional image of the creative genius working alone to create great breakthroughs is not so accurate after all. To shatter conventional wisdom about group creativity is one purpose of... View Details
Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron