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- 06 Jan 2016
- What Do You Think?
Why Do Leaders Get Their Timing Wrong?
bias toward short-term results, as well as any hubris on their part, and to discover blind spots, top management should cultivate and rely on its strategy team, including employees, board members and consultants, to reduce the chance of... View Details
- 17 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
Pro Basketball Coaches Display Racial Bias When Selecting Lineups
isn’t any slack.” Bias in business In a business context, Zhang surmises that racial bias might similarly be more prevalent when performance is high. It’s been well documented that company managers sometimes show hubris when a firm is... View Details
- Portrait Project
Lourdes Long
dedicated his life to healing others, he laughed off the unintended insult, understanding that beneath my hubris grew a desire to affect change not on an individual, physical level – but on a global scale. Global energy systems must shift... View Details
- Portrait Project
Agnes Sauvage
is the last time you did not think about money? I want to die rich. Rich with excitement from the top. Rich with adrenalin-packed memories and extra red blood cells. I want to keep fighting: with the snow, the cold and gravity; against View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
fairness; others are motivated by arrogance ("I can make these people") or hubris ("All it takes is hard work, support, and leadership"). Whatever the rationale, retaining managers with a history of mediocre... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins
- 01 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
Redefining the Term Networking at HBS
however, my experiences were the complete antithesis. In an environment filled with Type A personalities, where one might assume you would encounter hubris and ego, I met the most genuine and thoughtful people. My first memory after... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
America the Difficult
investment, most such arguments are founded on hubris rather than on solid advantages or capabilities. Indeed, Norway, the country with the most experience in investing national wealth, has developed an endowment model that eschews direct... View Details
- 30 Jul 2008
- Op-Ed
Why the U.S. Should Encourage FDI
countries can be tempted to think that they have a unique capability that will allow them to generate returns through direct investment, most such arguments are founded on hubris rather than on solid advantages or capabilities. Indeed,... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Case Study: Farming It Out
fund, with no proof of concept or track record of success—and the competitors he sought to disrupt are already sweeping over him. Hubris gets in the way of hitting singles and doubles; you hit the home runs when you have already swung at... View Details
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Angels Face the Innovator’s Dilemma
we know for sure is that nobody knows the right strategy as the disruption takes root." A Healthy Fear Of Success Sounding a further note of caution, Christensen described the disquieting display of hubris that he'd witnessed a year... View Details
- 05 Jul 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Innovation Save Us From Ourselves?
Summing Up Do We Need to Give More Attention to the Dark Side of Innovation? Innovation may be able to help us deal with problems such as famine, pollution, and even global warming. But unless it can prove to be just as effective in combating destructive human traits... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- HBS Case
What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders
improve efficiency, but on the negative side, he misused those same tools in a way that was very problematic in the military,” says Simons. It’s important to “learn as much from your failures as from your successes” and challenge the View Details
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
ambition. “Hubris and the ubiquity of devices configured to interrupt us make focused work a near impossibility for many.” Time management principles at work are well understood, just terribly hard to implement. Human beings are singularly badly equipped to multitask.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
Commencement 2016 Address | About
not taking selfies, people are watching. You will all become leaders of teams and organizations, and as you assume these roles, people will be watching closely for signs of hubris and self-importance. This is never an attractive quality.... View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
platforms, and hybrid platforms. We suggest that the world is moving towards more and more hybrids, and we identify the key steps in building a successful platform. 3) Failure is more likely than winner-take-all: mispricing, mistrust, mistiming, and View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
danger, or pride motivates greater effort). But emotions can also be at odds with rational behavior (e.g., when pain avoidance leads to an unwillingness to confront difficult decisions, or shame leads to cover-ups, or hubris leads to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne