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- 23 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Break the Expert’s Curse
Unfortunately, though, experts frequently make lousy teachers. Experts are sometimes so steeped in expertise that they don't remember what it was like to be a newbie—in terms of both how much they knew and how they felt back then. The memory View Details
- 01 Apr 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower
company installs, maintains and repairs HVAC systems. CB-Emmanuel – a real estate firm in Queens, NY, the company manages some 3,000 units and develops affordable housing. A next project, Keith said, is looking for partners to provide certificates for specific View Details
- 03 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors
are not proactively evaluating potential gaps in their knowledge or addressing their shortcomings.” In addition, Groysberg and Cheng’s survey found that age can be a factor in keeping up with new technology. Among older directors, 39... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 13 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders
McGinn believe that negotiation skills are crucial to closing the gender gap in leadership. Riley Bowles, who earned her doctoral degree from Harvard Business School, is an assistant professor at Harvard's... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
zones As companies expand operations across the globe, they must grapple with time gaps during which employees cannot collaborate (i.e., lost productivity). To study this phenomenon, a research team studied communication patterns among... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
used my first summer internship to put my newly acquired skills to use. That summer, I worked at the Rwanda Development Board, a government agency whose mandate is to facilitate private investment into the country. While there I analyzed... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 03 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
9 Lessons from the Class of 2019
Maha hopes to ultimately run for political office in Pakistan. View Video 3. A Lesson in Creating Innovative Products to Serve Far-Reaching Needs Wil Ely noticed a gap in technology platforms for skilled... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
leaders remain oblivious to an emerging threat or problem—a lack of attention that can plague even the most skilled executives. After European Commission regulators refused to approve General Electric's $42 billion acquisition of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 16 Nov 1999
- Lessons from the Classroom
Leading Change and Organizational Renewal
substantially changed. Tushman: In Leading Change and Organizational Renewal, we begin by helping managers to recognize inertia within their own organizations, and to understand its root causes. But, we don't stop there. We also give them a set of pragmatic tools and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Offshore Learning
growing number of students from high-poverty neighborhoods. “Our core mission is to help close the STEM achievement gap among students of diverse backgrounds in Boston,” Pearson explained in a traveling conversation this summer that began... View Details
- 02 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 2
what are the key drivers of technology; and what are the macroeconomic consequences of technology. We prioritize in our discussion unified approaches to these three questions that are based on direct measures of technology. 2006 pub Dysfunction in the Boardroom:... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 12 Dec 2022
- Research & Ideas
Buy-In from Black Patients Suffers When Drug Trials Don’t Include Them
observed gaps in the prescribing rates of new medicines,” according to the study. The second experiment evaluated the behaviors of 275 patients with hypertension. Patients viewed clinical trial evidence for drugs along with the percentage... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
history, to increase their skills as they relate to this field, and to engage in research that will benefit from the resources of the Harvard Business School and the Boston-area scholarly community. What are you planning to focus on... View Details
- 01 Nov 2024
- In Practice
Layoffs Surging in a Strong Economy? Advice for Navigating Uncertain Times
pressured circumstances, such as a layoff, are also less likely to be innovation-driven. These firms tend to underperform in creating patents or bringing breakthrough ideas to market because they often prioritize existence and survival over innovation. This long-term... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Book
Five Essential Elements to Build the Capital You Need to Lead
introspection, and the first one, capability, is about knowing your superpower. To discover your superpower, your unique capability, you need to dig deep into both the skills you've acquired over your lifetime and the unique talents that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
the greater New York area to contribute, learn, and make a continuing impact. The Club supports: New York area nonprofits through Community Partners, one of the largest pro bono consulting programs in the city; workforce development through the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
This curiosity needs to start with our existing team. Who is in our team and how can we map their skills to see the gaps? Then how can we approach the process of finding new people with a view of filling these View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
transit, can maximize the return on investment by optimizing natural resource use. For cash-strapped cities the private sector can fill the gap in providing critical funds and designing structures, including public housing and municipal... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details
- 03 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping a Community Connected
provided food—delivering food, distributing grocery cards, and setting up sites where people can pick up food. We’ve helped bridge the gap between paychecks. Partnering with the ICA Watershed, we are using their facility in East Boston... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young