Voice - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Overcoming Nervous Nelly

others said, "I am anxious" or "I am calm." That simple reframing device dramatically changed the outcome of their performances. Measured by voice recognition software that rated pitch, volume, and rhythm, the "I... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Dec 2017
What Do You Think?

Is It Time To Break Up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, or Google?

on a belief voiced by some that they are evil, destroy jobs, avoid taxes, lie to regulators, or provide a weapon for Russia. Rather, he is concerned about the way they have benefitted from (and perhaps caused) market failure. He asks,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology; Web Services

20 Oct 2010
Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

voiced about the term competitiveness more broadly already more than 15 years ago (Krugman, 1994). As an alternative, the note outlines a growth approach in which exports are a diagnostic instrument and the associated policies focused on... View Details

Keywords: by Christian Ketels

Web

Rare Disease Day – Small Numbers, Big Challenges… and Big Opportunities - Blog: Health Supplement

reflect on how transformational the experience of joining the board of Cure HHT has been for me and how much I’ve learned in the past year alone. I’ve found purpose in working to solve a big challenge, not just for the disease impacting my family, but also in raising... View Details

25 Mar 2015
HBS Case

Tate’s Digital Makeover Transforms the Traditional Museum

mission is built on the idea of curating artwork in a way that leads visitors through an intentional, physical experience. "Web 2.0 is scary to some museums, and some companies in general, because it involves giving audiences a voice... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

evolved in some organizations into policies that gave employees much more information about the activities of the enterprise and more voice in determining what they felt they needed to know. Vineet Nayar, vice chairman and joint managing... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

What Machine Learning Teaches Us about CEO Leadership Style

such as the mobile phone and Internet of Things explosions across many fast-growing Asian economies. Beyond academic questions, business analysts could use these machine-learning techniques, which the researchers say are relatively simple and easy-to-use, to analyze... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

Clubs News Clubs News Houston Alumni Host Annual Energy CEO Summit The HBS Club of Houston presented its fourth annual Energy CEO Summit on April 3, which featured four of the industry’s top CEOs discussing trends and challenges around the theme of “Energy Security and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist

Francisco. She hopes that sharing her story will encourage everyone (regardless of background or prior experience) to make full use of the resources at HBS to explore and develop their interest in venture capital and entrepreneurship, as she would love to see more... View Details

07 Jul 2003
What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

whether or not too much money is a good or bad thing... it depends upon what you do with the money." An equally strong set of voices doubted whether an economy could have too much productivity. Chris Walker summed up many of these... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

Web

Industry Information - Alumni

representing the media and marketing industries. The IAB website includes industry news and its own research and insights. News/Media Alliance Primary advocate and voice for the news and magazine industires. Pew Research Center – Media &... View Details

08 Mar 2021
Blog Post

International Women's Day Featured Stories

the “other” in a room or “other” on an application background question. Repeatedly being told that you are “not enough of x” or that you don’t “belong to y” becomes exhausting. I choose to challenge the simplification of racial identity by elevating the View Details

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

others’ views and insights. Superficial recognition that doesn’t allow women to fully contribute won’t placate employees who feel their voices are unheard. Indeed, lip service can be all the more frustrating, as expressed by one woman... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

dangerously blurred. The notion that those who lead and manage our society's major private economic institutions might provide, or be responsible for providing, a public good is quite foreign to our customary way of thinking about management. Yet this idea was often... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

better,” says Lang, simply. “What’s good for women is good for the bottom line, good for men, good for business, good for customers, and good for communities.” That fact hits home for Lang, who retired from Catalyst in 2015 and remains a strong View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

The Innovator’s Battle Plan

one the disruptor plays best, it is very hard for the incumbents to develop new skills quickly. By the time the Bell companies firmly established themselves, they developed unique competencies related to transmitting the human voice over... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Scott D. Anthony & Erik A. Roth

29 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

For Entrepreneurs, Blown Deadlines Can Crush Big Ideas

just don't know who has the kind of upbringing or life experience that would be relevant to identifying the issues you need to anticipate and plan for.” Wu adds: “It means both adding people and making sure their voices are heard.” About... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

04 Apr 2016
Blog Post

Meet the Middle East & North Africa Club

representing those diverse cultures and promoting them on campus. We aim to foster a better understanding of an often misunderstood part of the world through social, educational, and cultural events, and to provide a voice for MENA... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

to remove a cancerous tumor in his throat. Stripped of his voice box and vocal cords, he had to learn to speak using his esophagus. Batten, an entrepreneur who thrives on difficult challenges, says that coping with cancer was one of the... View Details

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

Climate Base Podcasts: My Climate Journey Slack Groups: Air Miners for the carbon removal community, and New Energy Nexus for the climate tech community Employees: Climate Voice for an employee climate activism group Internships and... View Details

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