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- 07 Aug 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Debating the Responsibility of Capitalism in Historical and Global Perspective
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
explanation is elegant: “Personal spirituality functions in a deceptively simple way. When a person who has lived for themselves and their immediacy is thrown into a new and frightening environment, be it a prison camp or a liferaft, a... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 03 Oct 2023
- Research Event
Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips
answered it yesterday. You answer today. “Faith, family, friends, and work that serves, those institutions are in decline. The level of faith and spirituality or a sense of philosophy is in clear decline with every generation.” Brooks:... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff
- 27 Jul 2020
- Book
Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity
reflection, including Meditations by Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, Spiritual Exercises by Jesuit order founder Ignatius Loyola, Essays by philosopher Michel de Montaigne, as well as many diaries and journals of leaders. “We often get... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
my crystallized intelligence. And I wanted to have space to build my love relationships. I wanted to share the knowledge that I had. I wanted to have more time to walk my spiritual journey. I wanted to show myself that I could quit. I... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 04 Apr 2023
- Book
Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues
While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
despite its declining sales, said Steve “understood the soul of Apple. We needed a spiritual leader that could bring Apple back as a great product and marketing company. And nobody else great, who had those skills, was going to take on... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 20 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?
to launch the first private mission to land on the moon, using a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. The mission will use a lander to study the moon’s magnetic field. “One could imagine a trip like this becoming not exactly a rite of passage, but a View Details
- 04 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Life
sticking to principles every day, considering all the hard work involved. "He told me he thought it had 'a negative net present value.'" “It's a travesty that somehow our society has gotten to a point where people have the view that science and academia are... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Rituals Strengthen Couples. Here’s Why They’re Good for Business, Too
at 9 a.m.," one person said. Religious or spiritual experience: Two percent of those surveyed said they regularly got involved in a religious or spiritual activity with their partners. "We pray before I... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Mar 2020
- Book
A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading
scientist who can’t wait to get to the classroom to share the experiment. If you adopt this mindset, students will remain intellectually and spiritually in the classroom with you.” The Baker Foundation Professor of Management Practice in... View Details
- 10 Sep 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Branding Yoga
offered up a religion's spiritual wealth at the altar of crass commercialism." The other side of the argument focuses on business rather than religion. "It's all about creating value for a large audience. By using marketing and... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
hitting best-seller lists lately, and conferences on spirituality and business have been springing up all over the United States and Canada. Web sites dedicated to such topics now pepper the Internet. Even the World Economic Forum devoted... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 04 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009
Balance Achieving a life that balances the pleasures and demands of work and life has never been easy. Here are four HBS Working Knowledge stories from the vault that address everything from spirituality in leadership to understanding... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
issues that profit brings to a social service organization. Founded thirty-five years ago, the small, multiservice nonprofit Haley House is a spiritually based community organization that serves "society's forgotten people"—the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2021
- What Do You Think?
Where Does CEO Activism Go From Here?
business should no longer be the primary motivation for activism—that what is good for business in general (“the strategic environment”) should be an important criterion for action. Terms like “a new great awakening” and “a spiritual... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 May 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can the “Leadership Industry” Fulfill Its Promise?
unless they are willing to question their values, manage their motivation, modify their behavior, and challenge and change their very identities." Kapil Kumar Sopory punctuated this thought with the comment, "It is high time our basic teaching includes some... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 May 2019
- Research Event
The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History
restore harmony between humans, and especially between the natural and spiritual worlds. Business history at Harvard Business School has been unconventional since it began in the 1920s. After all, it was unconventional of the Dean Wallace... View Details
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Religion and Business Learn From Each Other?
Mainstream churches, meanwhile, were not benefiting from the distanced relationship, and indeed were ceding ground to secular spirituality and its offshoots from New Age crystals to personal empowerment. How to bridge the Sunday-Monday... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace