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Thought Calibration: How Thinking Just the Right Amount Increases One’s Influence and Appeal
By: Daniella Kupor, Zakary L. Tormala, Michael I. Norton and Derek D. Rucker
Previous research suggests that people draw inferences about their attitudes and preferences based on their own thoughtfulness. The current research explores how observing other individuals make decisions more or less thoughtfully can shape perceptions of those... View Details
Keywords: Thoughtfulness; Liking; Social Influence; Decisions; Attitudes; Cognition and Thinking; Power and Influence
Kupor, Daniella, Zakary L. Tormala, Michael I. Norton, and Derek D. Rucker. "Thought Calibration: How Thinking Just the Right Amount Increases One’s Influence and Appeal." Social Psychological & Personality Science 5, no. 3 (April 2014): 263–270.
- November 22, 2021
- Article
Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Matthew Sigelman
In supply-chain management, you get what you plan for. Companies understand that principle when it comes to the goods that they consume and produce, but not when it comes to the people they hire and train. For decades, companies have adopted a short-term, ad hoc... View Details
Fuller, Joseph B., and Matthew Sigelman. "Manage Your Talent Pipeline Like a Supply Chain." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 22, 2021).
- November – December 2011
- Article
Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and Theresa Hamacher
What is the critical factor for success in the U.S. mutual fund industry? Is it top-ranked investment performance, innovative products, or pervasive distribution? In our view, it is none of these factors, despite their obvious importance. Instead, the best predictors... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Success; Investment Funds; Rank and Position; Performance; Investment; Innovation and Invention; Product; Distribution; Forecasting and Prediction; Asset Management; Governance Controls; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Theresa Hamacher. "Most Likely to Succeed: Leadership in the Industry." Financial Analysts Journal 67, no. 6 (November–December 2011).
- November 2024 (Revised March 2025)
- Case
Tim Ferriss: What Might This Look like If It Were Easy?
By: Reza Satchu and Denise Koller
In April 2024, writer-podcaster Tim Ferriss—celebrated as the “Oprah of audio” for his billion-download show and known for NYT-bestsellers like The 4-Hour Workweek—found himself at a crossroads. Despite generating a multi-million-dollar annual revenue with just three... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Personal Development and Career; Business Strategy; Decision Choices and Conditions; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Media and Broadcasting Industry
Satchu, Reza, and Denise Koller. "Tim Ferriss: What Might This Look like If It Were Easy?" Harvard Business School Case 825-091, November 2024. (Revised March 2025.)
- August 23, 2019
- Article
Every Business Owner Should Define What Success Looks Like
By: Josh Baron and Vlad Barbieri
Owners need to decide between growth, liquidity, and control. View Details
Baron, Josh, and Vlad Barbieri. "Every Business Owner Should Define What Success Looks Like." Harvard Business Review (website) (August 23, 2019).
- Column
The Mind of the Negotiator: Negotiate Like a Diplomat
By: M. H. Bazerman
Bazerman, M. H. "The Mind of the Negotiator: Negotiate Like a Diplomat." Negotiation 9, no. 7 (July 2006). (newsletter.)
- August 29, 2007
- Editorial
Why Not Treat Ineffective Presidents Like CEOs: Fire Them
By: A. Zelleke
Zelleke, A. "Why Not Treat Ineffective Presidents Like CEOs: Fire Them." Christian Science Monitor (August 29, 2007).
- September 2006
- Article
With Friends Like These: The Art of Managing Complementors
By: David B. Yoffie and Mary Kwak
Keywords: Management
Yoffie, David B., and Mary Kwak. "With Friends Like These: The Art of Managing Complementors." Harvard Business Review 84, no. 9 (September 2006).
- 2019
- Book
New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth
By: David Kidder and Christina Wallace
Kidder, David, and Christina Wallace. New To Big: How Companies Can Create Like Entrepreneurs, Invest Like VCs, and Install a Permanent Operating System for Growth. New York: Currency, 2019.
- July 2023
- Article
So, Who Likes You? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment
By: Ravi Bapna, Edward McFowland III, Probal Mojumder, Jui Ramaprasad and Akhmed Umyarov
With one-third of marriages in the United States beginning online, online dating platforms have become important curators of the modern social fabric. Prior work on online dating has elicited two critical frictions in the heterosexual dating market. Women, governed by... View Details
Keywords: Online Dating; Internet and the Web; Analytics and Data Science; Gender; Emotions; Social and Collaborative Networks
Bapna, Ravi, Edward McFowland III, Probal Mojumder, Jui Ramaprasad, and Akhmed Umyarov. "So, Who Likes You? Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment." Management Science 69, no. 7 (July 2023): 3939–3957.
- Article
When 'Stars' Migrate, Do They Still Perform Like Stars?
By: Boris Groysberg, Lex Sant and Robin Abrahams
Keywords: Performance
Groysberg, Boris, Lex Sant, and Robin Abrahams. "When 'Stars' Migrate, Do They Still Perform Like Stars?" MIT Sloan Management Review 50, no. 1 (Fall 2008): 41 – 46.
- January 19, 2023
- Article
How to Build a Life: Nothing Drains You Like Mixed Emotions
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Nothing Drains You Like Mixed Emotions." The Atlantic (January 19, 2023).
- Article
Most NFTs Are More Like Baseball Cards Than Fine Art
Kominers, Scott Duke. "Most NFTs Are More Like Baseball Cards Than Fine Art." Bloomberg Opinion (January 20, 2022).
- 16 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why ‘Sleep on It’ No Longer Sounds Like Great Advice
As the holidays approach, we’ll all experience the temptation to overspend on gifts for our loved ones (and maybe a little on ourselves). When faced with difficult decisions like whether to spend $199 on a knife set or a tool set, we may... View Details
- January 20, 2022
- Article
How to Build a Life: Live Like the Ancient Cynics
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: Live Like the Ancient Cynics." The Atlantic (January 20, 2022).
- Article
Marketing, Much Like Democracy, Is Good For You (Yes, Really)
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Quelch, John A., and Katherine E. Jocz. "Marketing, Much Like Democracy, Is Good For You (Yes, Really)." Advertising Age 79, no. 6 (February 11, 2008).
- Column
What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?
The pandemic crisis is almost certain to change many American industries. It would be a shame if health care is not one of them. A number of major practices have been altered to help the country cope with the extraordinary demands that the pandemic has imposed on the... View Details
Huckman, Robert S. "What Will U.S. Health Care Look Like After the Pandemic?" Harvard Business Review (website) (April 7, 2020).
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
approach to the presidency. Their insights follow. Real estate rarely a zero-sum game John D. Macomber, Senior lecturer of business administration You have to start by distinguishing between a branding operation that’s supported by other activities, View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
Want to be different? Change your world, not your tactics. As HBS professor Youngme Moon argues in Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd, competition too often breeds conformity. Yet there is plenty of space for adventurous companies keen to break free of the pack.... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
discussed other key points from the book: Martha Lagace: What do you mean by “possibility government”? Mitchell Weiss: Possibility government is the pursuit of novel programs and services by public officials and their outside private partners that, by virtue of their... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace