Self-organization - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

A Day in the Life: Ben Hsieh

PM: Lunch time! I am a big meal prepper, so I heat up my food while most of my classmates grab a bite from Spangler. Today I’m grabbing lunch with a few friends that I met on a self-organized social impact retreat the summer before school... View Details

12 Nov 2015
Blog Post

3 Facts About HBS Discussion Groups

required part of your first year curriculum Students are required to participate in assigned discussion groups during the first term of RC year. Second semester, students can choose whether to stick with their original team, self-organize... View Details

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

behavior. There is interesting research that humans are able to self-organize and become very effective without formal bureaucracy in units of up to 100 to 150 people. If you can create components and then effectively create bridges... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

this kind of flexibility. And some of those self-selected, self-organized projects might even result in a blockbuster product or line of business. For 3M, it was the Post-it note. Recognize innovation in every part of the company. To... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

08 May 2018
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Club

topics ranging from “How Should I Think About Equity For Me and My Early Employees?” to “PR 101.” Students are empowered to self-organize throughout the year in dinner groups around industry verticals and self-identified groups (eg.... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

Profile

Ari Medoff

the joint degree students' commitment was demonstrated last January when nine joint degrees students self-organized a trip to Ethiopia, where they met with business and NGO leaders, and helped A Glimmer of Help conduct interviews to build... View Details

23 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

How Corporate Responsibility is Changing in Asia

international labor laws," he said. "You don't want to create a super government that countries will rebel against." Giving workers the ability to self-organize offers the surest path to change, said Ballinger. The number... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

19 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Seven Lessons from the Section Experience

leadership team, but informal members such as trek organizers, small group dinner members/leads, and culture champions through self-organized events. I found myself extremely grateful and thankful for every day I had with my section.... View Details

01 Jun 2011
News

A Growing Drumbeat

starting a business. Tom Eisenmann, the William J. Abernathy Professor of Business Administration, had already noticed the phenomenon of students informally self-organizing into “tribes” around career interests and suggested to Rosenthal... View Details

Keywords: Contests

30 May 2016
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Sound Society

club parties, 1-year Reunion, and the list goes on. For performers, we helped coordinate events like Spangler Night Live and Pub Night @ The Grille. Students self-organized for dozens of concerts this year (too many to keep track), and in... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Case Study: Welcome Aboard

clusters due to population densities. Enable them to congregate with part-time access to coworking offices. They will self-organize according to project necessity or their own desires for face time. Remote-first will not be without... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Mar 2012
News

Get Creative

high-tech companies know that they can’t get the best talent without providing this kind of flexibility. And some of those self-selected, self-organized projects might even result in a blockbuster product or line of business. For 3M, it... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

05 Jul 2016
First Look

July 5, 2016

July–August 2016 Harvard Business Review Beyond the Holacracy Hype: The Overwrought Claims—and Actual Promise—of the Next Generation of Self-Managed Teams By: Bernstein, Ethan, John Bunch, Niko Canner, and Michael Lee Abstract—Holacracy and other forms of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

prices. Philanthropy, seeded by the steel fortunes, played a major role in funding education, culture, and historical preservation projects. City and state government, combined with self-organized private-sector players, played their part... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

change. Encouraging self-organizing networks to let them investigate whatever they want to through company channels can produce new business ideas, as IBM found in the early days of virtualization. When talented employees leave to start... View Details