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- 05 May 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is Denial Endemic to Management?
Summing Up How best is denial managed? Denial is endemic to management. It is a natural part of human nature, closely related to the survival instinct. It can be useful or disastrous. And it can be managed. That sums up at least many of the reactions to this month's... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Aug 2008
- What Do You Think?
Has the Time Come for “Stretch” in Management?
Summing Up Stretch—its meaning, uses, and pitfalls—could fill a book, judging from responses to this month's column. First, there appears to be limited agreement about what stretch is and how it works. Some saw it as a variation on long-range planning. Others saw it as... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 May 2008
- What Do You Think?
What is the Future of State Capitalism?
Summing Up In state capitalism, is the operative word "capitalism"? State capitalism is neither to be applauded nor feared, judging from the tone of responses to this month's column. That is, "as long as the key decisions are in favor of making money for... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 13 Nov 2023
Military Explore the HBS Case Method with Professor Jim Matheson
You've seen videos of what it is like to be in an HBS Classroom. You've heard stories about cold calls, sky deck, and protagonist surprises. Now is your chance to experience the case method live. Join Professor View Details
- 07 Sep 2007
- What Do You Think?
Are Elite Business Schools Fostering the Deprofessionalization of Management?
own sake," into the thinking of managers and those who train them. Gerald Nanninga comments, "Maybe what we need are fewer professors and more mentors." Karen Dempster suggests that students and faculty with more practical... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 30 Nov 2007
- What Do You Think?
What Is Management’s Role in Innovation?
Summing Up Can creativity and innovation be managed? Judging from responses to questions posed by practitioner panelists at a recent colloquium on "Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future" at Harvard Business School, many feel that... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 06 Jul 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are You Ready to Manage in an Irrational World?
a me-centric view of life, then what seems rational to me as an individual may appear irrational in the context of social norms." Michael Linz asked to what extent a response to the question relies on how we frame the problem? As Jim... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Mar 2010
- What Do You Think?
To What Degree Does “Identity” Affect Economic Performance?
Summing Up Is "identity" a victim of competitiveness? A recent study of organizational behavior published by Timothy Kieningham and Lerzan Toksoy shows that employees' perceptions of their employers' levels of commitment to them track their own levels of... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 10 Nov 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Much Can You Ask of Your Customers?
Summing Up Is customer volunteerism combined with "ownership" a double-edged sword? It's seems okay to involve customers in providing ideas for new products and processes. Encourage them to refer new business. But beware the downside of poorly thought-out... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Apr 2023
Military Explore the HBS Case Method with Professor Jim Matheson
You've seen videos of what it is like to be in an HBS Classroom. You've heard stories about cold calls, sky deck, and protagonist surprises. Now is your chance to experience the case method live. Join Professor View Details
- 19 Oct 2020
- Video
Professor Jim Cash: Why it’s hard to talk about race
- 01 May 2009
- What Do You Think?
Do Innovation and Entrepreneurship Have to Be Incompatible with Organization Size?
different that it is too much to expect one person to be able to do, as Forrest Christian suggested? Referring to the same problem, Jim Johnson invoked my colleague Michael Tushman's work on "ambidexterity" among leaders,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 09 Nov 2021
Military Explore the HBS Case Method with Professor Jim Matheson
Now is your chance to experience the case method live. Join Professor Jim Matheson, Faculty Advisor to the Allied Forces Alumni Association, for this highly interactive virtual class. After leading you... View Details
- 03 Sep 2009
- What Do You Think?
Are Retention Bonuses Worth the Investment?
Summing Up What is the time and place for retention bonuses? Retention bonuses have their time and place but have to be used sparingly, according to many respondents to this month's column. Others were not so sure. Gerald Nanninga perhaps explained the ambivalence... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Jun 2010
- What Do You Think?
How Do You Weigh Strategy, Execution, and Culture in an Organization’s Success?
Summing Up Strategy, execution, and culture: Do we have our priorities right? First, my thanks to all of you who weighed in on the issues of the month regarding ways of thinking and asking questions about the relative importance of strategy, execution, and culture in... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 05 Sep 2008
- What Do You Think?
Is Case Method Instruction Due for an Overhaul?
who commented that the method is dependant on the quality of instructors and students alike. He pointed out the importance of the "quality and quantity of students involved in the discussion" as well as "a professor who is... View Details
- 29 Mar 2022
Military Explore the HBS Case Method with Professor Jim Matheson
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- 27 Sep 2023
A Conversation with Professor Jim Matheson and HBS Alumni on Tech
Wondering how an MBA can help with your professional growth? Learn from Professor Jim Matheson and alumni how HBS helps prepare you for a career in Tech. Our alumni panel will feature Mike LeBlanc (Cobalt... View Details
- 05 May 2011
- What Do You Think?
How Ethical Can We Be?
necessary. Of course one could ask, "Are they cheating, especially when they are probably unaware of what they are doing?" In a new book Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What's Right and What to Do about It, authors Max H. Bazerman, a View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
Summing Up Thoughtful comments are hard to summarize in five paragraphs. That explains why this month's task is impossible. But one thing unites nearly everyone responding to this column, and that is one kind of objection or other to the question: Is choosing an art or... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett