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- 02 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 2, 2016
Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test (AMCAT), used machine-learning algorithms to evaluate the abilities of job seekers and provide feedback by measuring not only skills and knowledge, but also personality and behavior traits. Since its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
understanding others' needs and creatively forging compromises. In Schwartz terminology, they tend to be "satisficers" who are generally content with the outcome of a negotiation that meets basic criteria, even if it leaves money on the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
opportunities that people can seek out if they're interested. It is something that will help all employees; that's not a biased favor for women. Organizations can think about people as whole human beings who have family lives as well as work lives. Try to think View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2016
- News
2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
doing. I had no interest, association, or connection to the entertainment industry, nothing—until I met a mentor who took a chance on me.” “When Norman Lear asked me to take over the creative direction of his television shows, it was a... View Details
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
opportunities to address systems of care issues so critical to the treatment of patients with chronic conditions." If curricula are a significant problem, they often reflect limitations in the ability of faculty to address the novel... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
up with tears in speaking of treasured colleagues and students of the past. That combination of qualities makes Howard unique, and beloved.” — HBS professor Teresa Amabile “Howard has such a wide range of interests, he often knows a lot about whatever you happen to be... View Details
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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library
sunglass lenses, camera filters, and desk lamps. Clarence Kennedy in studio, ca. 1930s. Polaroid Corporation Corporate Archives Records, b. IX.39, f. 5. Among the early creative consultants to Polaroid was art historian Clarence Kennedy.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
goals we are chasing are the correct ones.” In I Moved Your Cheese, a few maze-busting mice teach us that many of the presumed constraints (mazes) we face are self-imposed and that we underestimate our ability to alter our circumstances,... View Details
- 22 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #13: Democratizing Climate Returns - Nisha Desai (HBS 1997), Founder and CEO of Invest With Intention
world, but “I went into energy at Enron. I thought Enron was innovative. The company used creative finance to bring power projects to life.” After Enron folded, Nisha continued her career in sustainable energy and infrastructure ventures.... View Details
- 19 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 19
investigate nine open source programming contests in which 875 software programmers submit over 4.7 million lines of code. We conduct our analysis at the individual level and identify how programmers gain the ability to adopt and invent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
those declines. Our argument is built around three core themes. Theme 1: When a Country Loses the Capability to Manufacture, It Loses the Ability to Innovate Innovation and manufacturing are often viewed as residing at the opposite ends... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
above the threat of the law, employers should be motivated by the positive reputational effects of making what is morally the right choice, and the potential negative effects of turning a blind eye. Practical steps employers can take to shield high-risk employees... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 Apr 2021
- News
The First Five Years: Mike Gandy Auzenne (MBA 2016)
think all youth would benefit from gaining these valuable lessons. “It’s impossible to say if my life would have been the same if I only had Austin without sports, but I do know that combined, it worked well. Not all individuals have the desire or opportunity to play... View Details
- 01 Feb 2018
- News
HBS Professor Emeritus Hugo Uyterhoeven Dies at 86
Advanced Management Program for senior executives (AMP), the International Senior Managers Program (now part of AMP), and the General Manager Program. Uyterhoeven’s late friend and colleague Professor Norman Berg once noted that “Hugo had a great View Details
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
will emerge. 2. Listen All The Time Science writer Malcolm Gladwell interviewed two Los Angeles policemen who staked their own lives on their ability to read other people's intentions. One of the officers chose not to shoot a wild-eyed... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Wheeler
- 17 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 17, 2006
the digital music industry. Through its iPod line of portable digital music devices and its iTunes Music Store, Apple controlled more than half of the market for both music player hardware and online music sales. But the evolving ability... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Credential of Digital Innovation and Strategy | HBS Online
smarter Apply design thinking and creative problem-solving principles to generate new ideas, enhance team performance, and innovate collaboratively Gain frameworks, tools, and customer engagement techniques to enhance your organization’s... View Details
- 03 Feb 2020
- What Do You Think?
Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?
Perspective (The ability to “constantly broaden (one’s) view of the world and see it as others do”) Diversity (“The tendency to challenge predetermined social roles”) Authenticity (Remaining open and vulnerable in order to connect with... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
there are no easy solutions to most of these questions. I think her particular skill is the intelligence to understand the issue, the creativity to glimpse a solution or a path forward, and the personal skills to herd everybody in the... View Details
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
national interest was still going strong—but it was losing millions of dollars a year. Something had to change. Bradley, a slim, silver-haired man in his early 50s, spoke clearly but softly—a viral infection had damaged his vocal cords years before, reducing his View Details