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16 Oct 2013
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How To End Nightmarishly Boring, Time-Sucking Meetings At Work

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Future of Work Club | MBA

Future of Work Club The club has a mission to prepare HBS students to succeed in the the Future of Work by exploring the substantial disruptions occurring in the workforce and understanding their causes,... View Details

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Managing the Business | Working Knowledge

Managing the Business Explore essential insights for managing business challenges, from boosting small business credit access to operational resilience in crises. Discover research on remote work obstacles, communication tips for new... View Details

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William R. Kerr | Working Knowledge

Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the Launching New Ventures program. Bill served as Unit Head of the Entrepreneurial Management unit from 2020-2023. Bill is a... View Details

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Working Knowledge | Harvard Business School

Working Knowledge Data and Technology Women Are Avoiding AI. Will Their Careers Suffer? Women are adopting generative AI technology at a significantly lower rate than men, in many cases because women question whether it's ethical to use... View Details

05 Aug 2015
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Helping Women Executives Return to Work

ladder by moving from employer to employer every couple years,” she says. “They’re not going to take the information and go off and start their own business. They’re committed to the organization they’re working for and they are really... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Church on Sunday, Work on Monday

In Church on Sunday, Work on Monday: The Challenge of Fusing Christian Values with Business Life, Laura Nash and Scotty McLennan explore the gap that exists between Christian ideals and the realities of business life at a time when many... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Richard S. Ruback | Working Knowledge

research in applied corporate finance, especially on corporate-control transactions and valuation. His course development work parallels his research interests. He has taught a variety of corporate finance courses throughout his career.... View Details

19 May 2021
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Americans Are Booking Working ‘Vacci-cations’ before Office Life Resumes

30 Oct 2013
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Make Big Bets: How Blockbuster Strategies Work

31 Mar 2023
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How to Come Out at Work

The short answer to the question “how can I come out and be out at work?” is that there is no one right answer. Everyone's situation and lived experience is different. At the same time, hearing from others about what has worked well for... View Details

December 2020 (Revised January 2025)
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Responsive Working at PepsiCo UK (A): Streamlining a Turnaround

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Nancy Boghossian Staples

Facing a significant decline in revenues in 2016, David Gwilliam, Head of Transformation at PepsiCo UK introduced a new way of working (“Responsive Working”), which encompasses a set of work practices and some new team structures. The work practices comprise a set of 9... View Details

Keywords: SLAM Teams; Turnaround; Groups and Teams; Employees; Training; Decision Making; Planning; Performance Improvement; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom; Europe

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Amy C. Edmondson | Working Knowledge

latest book, Right Kind of Wrong (Atria) , builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. First published in the US and the... View Details

30 Oct 2013
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Make Big Bets: How Blockbuster Strategies Work

13 Jan 2003
Research & Ideas

Making Biotech Work as a Business

for example, was a banner year for bad news, with thirty late-stage clinical failures of biotech drugs, he said. The online magazine Signals, which is published by Recombinant Capital, a consulting firm that works on biotechnology... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Biotechnology; Health; Technology

06 Jul 2009
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Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work

professor of organizational behavior at Brandeis University International Business School, have described their work in two papers: "The Emotional Tightrope of Downsizing: Hidden Challenges for Leaders and their Organizations,"... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace