Personal Data - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Oct 2019
Blog Post

How to Talk Gooder in Business and Life

helps scholars and firms capture and analyze conversation data online. We sat down with Professor Brooks to discuss the "How to Talk Gooder" course and to get some advice on that very topic. What is the class “How to Talk... View Details

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

character of the CEO and allows Barton to "walk in the shoes" of the CEO to see from his perspective why he didn't follow Barton's recommendation. Q: Barton seems to accept and perhaps appreciate the different personalities and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2019
News

Remix

all and stepped down from his businesses at the end of November 2017.) The article ripped through her life like a wrecking ball, Dixon says. Her marriage crumbled. The startup was put on ice. Personal traumas that had long been buried... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment

11 Apr 2024
News

Mission Control

every single person on planet Earth. The data that we have today is impacting about a billion people by the accuracy of the weather forecast that they had. We have customers in 65 countries, but there are... View Details

22 Oct 2021
Research & Ideas

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

early data show that when people are forced into the office, they resent it. They say, you trusted me during the pandemic. Why don’t you trust me now?” That’s not to say that workers should have complete control of their schedules. During... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Oct 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 17, 2017

Research Data Uncertainty in Markov Chains: Application to Cost-Effectiveness Analyses of Medical Innovations By: Goh, Joel, Mohsen Bayati, Stefanos A. Zenios, Sundeep Singh, and David Moore Abstract—Cost-effectiveness studies of medical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

First Minutes are Critical in New-Employee Orientation

Science Quarterly, a research team finds that shifting the focus to an employee's personal identity leads to an increase in both employee retention and customer satisfaction. "Organizations will talk about recruiting from outside the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Web Services; Service; Telecommunications

25 Mar 2009
Working Paper Summaries

Demographics, Career Concerns or Social Comparison: Who Games SSRN Download Counts?

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman & Ian I. Larkin; Education

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

essential skill to master for creating an edge in the innovation economy is the ability to tell stories, to motivate others to join you on an unknown journey. What are the key ideas behind learning to be a storyteller? Kanter: Effective leaders are storytellers. While... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

and on the external situation (e.g., a rise in cases), and communicate this to your employees. 3. If a solution works, share it. If a manager finds a remote/flex arrangement that works for one person on the team, share it with others.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Mollie Breen

contest. But Girl Starter did get Mollie started in the interdisciplinary world of business. "In the show, every episode ended with a pitch," Mollie explains. "I focused mine on data and algorithms. Then I realized I didn't... View Details

Keywords: Tech; Nonprofit/Government/Education

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

What do Porsche fanatics, a video game hater, and a person who cooked two weeks' worth of meals in a rice cooker have in common? They are all "extreme consumers"—those whose tastes are so out there that mainstream market researchers tend... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2024
News

Competing in the Age of AI

chair of the Digital Data Design Institute at Harvard and the coauthor of the book Competing in the Age of AI. He likens the sometimes-awkward process of embracing these technological shifts to learning to ride a bike. “Steve Jobs talked... View Details

Keywords: April White

2024
Article

Crucibles, Multiple Sensitive Periods, and Career Progression

By: Prithwiraj Choudhury, Sunasir Dutta, Hise O. Gibson and Eric Lin

We study the effects of crucible experiences along multiple sensitive periods on career progression. While prior literature has hinted that individuals can be imprinted during multiple sensitive periods, not just during the early career, there has been scant attention... View Details

Keywords: Military Service; Personal Development and Career; Transformation; Power and Influence; Learning; Human Capital

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Negotiation Course Online | HBS Online

Concepts Understand negotiation dynamics and how to prepare for uncertainty Learn to craft agile strategy and be quick on your feet in changing circumstances Resolve small differences before they escalate Secure maximum value for your organization and yourself Reflect... View Details

06 Jun 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas: June 6, 2017

expert-produced knowledge, we compare bias in these two models in the context of contested knowledge, which involves subjective, unverifiable, or controversial information. Using data from Encyclopædia Britannica, authored by experts, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

31 Aug 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Don’t More Organizations Understand the Power of Diversity and Inclusion?

number of readers put forward well-tempered comments questioning research on whether diversity and inclusion enhance organization performance. The implication is that this may account in some part for the slow pace of progress on this front. Well-intentioned leaders... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Resources - Creating Emerging Markets

conference papers, and graduate level research. Stories of Corruption CEM has started a blog series featuring personal accounts of corruption in emerging markets as a means of fostering transparent data... View Details

2025
Working Paper

Climate Risk and the U.S. Insurance Gap: Measurement, Drivers and Implications

By: Parinitha Sastry, Tess Scharlemann, Ishita Sen and Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva

In a world with rising risk, how much are U.S. households willing to pay for homeowners insurance, and what does their demand imply for the future of insurance markets? We provide the first estimates of household willingness to pay for homeowners insurance and the... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Risk and Uncertainty; Insurance; Personal Finance; Consumer Behavior; Mortgages