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09 Jan 2024
In Practice

Harnessing AI: What Businesses Need to Know in ChatGPT’s Second Year

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Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology

27 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

You Might Also Like: How Partisan Politics Play Out in American Boardrooms From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World Navigating Tradeoffs: How Purpose Becomes a Company's ‘Lighthouse in the Storm’ Feedback... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

28 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

How Workplace Wellness Programs Can Give Employees the Energy Boost They Need

for actually using well-being services. Managers can empower employees to use the services by acting as role models and talking about using the programs themselves. Listen to employees and focus on what works. Create a regular feedback... View Details

Keywords: by Hise Gibson

16 Feb 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Naivete and Cynicism in Negotiations and Other Competitive Contexts

Keywords: by Chia-Jung Tsay, Lisa L. Shu & Max H. Bazerman

September 2009
Article

A Detailed Analysis of the Reduction Mammaplasty Learning Curve: A Statistical Process Model for Approaching Surgical Performance Improvement

By: Matthew Carty MD, Rodney Chan, Robert S. Huckman, Daniel C. Snow and Dennis Orgill

Background: The increased focus on quality and efficiency improvement within academic surgery has met with variable success among plastic surgeons. Traditional surgical performance metrics, such as morbidity and mortality, are insufficient to improve the... View Details

Keywords: Experience and Expertise; Health Care and Treatment; Medical Specialties; Outcome or Result; Performance Efficiency; Performance Improvement

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17 Aug 2023
Research & Ideas

‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto

Retail's Hot Feature Hurts Low-Income Shoppers Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers The Dark Side of Fintech Borrowing Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu.... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

30 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

‘Intrinsic Joy’ Sparks Ideas Better than Cash

and producing things for everyone else.” You Might Also Like: University of the Future: Finding the Next World Leaders in Higher Ed The Best Person to Lead Your Company Doesn't Work There—Yet Why a Failed Startup Might Be Good for Your Career After All View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

12 Sep 2023
Book

Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

objectified as an extension of your work, too. You Might Also Like: Why Giving to Others Makes Us Happy Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars' When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

11 Apr 2023
Op-Ed

The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

Feedback you receive from colleagues about any job candidate will reveal as much about the managers doing the interviewing as it does about the candidate. And if you do make an external hire who doesn’t work out (possibly because those... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

22 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Master the One-on-One Meeting

employees by getting to know them as people, not just workers. Finally, constructive 1:1s throughout the year makes performance reviews a breeze. With routine 1:1s, review time can be more about goals and the year ahead instead of constructive View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

26 Apr 2023
In Practice

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

You Might Also Like: ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster? Swiping Right: How Data Helped This Online Dating Site Make More Matches When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

14 Nov 2023
What Do You Think?

Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

below. References: Arthur C. Brooks, Gross National Happiness: Why Happiness Matters for America—and How We Can Get More of It (Basic Books, 2008). Jenny Santi, The Giving Way to Happiness: Stories and Science Behind the Life-Changing Power of Giving (TarcherPerigree,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Nov 2017
HBS Seminar

Alfonso Gambardella, Bocconi University

September 2009
Article

The Technology Manager's Journey: An Extended Narrative Approach to Educating Technical Leaders

By: Robert D. Austin, Richard L. Nolan and Shannon O'Donnell

Technology management poses particular challenges for educators because it requires a facility with different kinds of knowledge and wide-ranging learning abilities. We report on the development and delivery of an information technology (IT) management course designed... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Management; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Business Education; Multinational Firms and Management; Entertainment; Communication; Curriculum and Courses; Framework; Design; Goals and Objectives; Learning; Information Technology Industry

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01 May 2024
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Have You Had Enough?

Frank or Deceptive Should Leaders Be? (2009) Hurricane Katrina: What are the Lessons of New Orleans? (2005) The Enron scandal: What Can Business Schools Do to Avoid Bad Apples? (2002) The September 11 terrorist attacks: What Is 'Business as Usual' After September 11?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

24 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Part-Time Employees Want More Hours. Can Companies Tap This ‘Hidden’ Talent Pool?

Employees Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note Is AI Coming for Your Job? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/Portra View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

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About - Case Method Project

approached by high school teachers looking to try the cases with their students. This led a handful of high schools to experiment with Moss’s cases in the 2014-15 school year. In response to positive feedback from this 2014-15 trial,... View Details

31 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Why the Largest Minority Group Faces the Most Hate—and How to Push Back

Like: When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security Hate Crime Increases with Minoritized Group Rank Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

26 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions Too Nice to Lead? Unpacking the Gender Stereotype That Holds Women Back When Experts Play It Too Safe: Innovation Lessons from a NASA Experiment Feedback or ideas to... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

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