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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

Essentials Professor William Sahlman Master a proven framework for building and financing new ventures, and make your entrepreneurial dreams a reality. 4 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by August 21 $1,850 Certificate Design Thinking and Innovation Srikant Datar Leverage... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

"The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures" (January–February 2019). Gary P. Pisano : Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation was selected by Strategy+Business as one of the Best Business Books on Strategy in 2019. Michael... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

reflections, cold calls, and shared reflections Peer Help (answering questions, sharing particularly interesting or creative observations, or even asking interesting questions) CORe Connections assignments Comments on others’ in-course... View Details

09 Jul 2012
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The Unconscious Executive

conducted by [Mareike] Wieth and [Rose] Zacks has shown people are very good at making intuitive decisions at times when they are not at their best according to their circadian clock. In this research participants showed greater insight and View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 | Baker Library

ambitions. We serve as trusted advisors to our community and beyond. Continuous Learning We encourage curiosity and intellectual growth. We engage in our community's innovations and knowledge development. We learn from each other and from our community. Applied View Details

18 Jun 2014
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Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’

flash of creative insight, an Aha! moment in the mind of a genius. People apparently prefer to believe in the rugged individualism of discovery, perhaps because they rarely get to see the sausage-making process behind every breakthrough... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill; Entertainment & Recreation

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Nabihah Sachedina

finance, strategy, marketing, and in unfamiliar industries,” says Nabihah. “I learn more from the non-health-care cases that take me out of my comfort zone. I’ve learned that a lot of key challenges are industry agnostic. And I’ve found that the best approaches to... View Details

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Colt Stander

same day as my surgical tool for opening skulls.” Colt’s interest in designing cars attracted him to industrial design. “But I quickly learned that cars weren’t for me,” he says. “I became more interested in the problem-solving aspects of... View Details

11 Feb 2016
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Many Voices Working Toward a Solution

James McGee (MBA 1980) is founder of Collaborating Minds, an information-sharing and problem-solving technology platform. In this video, he explains the idea that inspired his new business venture. “I think I’ve tried to make an impact on... View Details

13 Nov 2020
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Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19

says. “Sometimes, just being able to bounce around ideas with other founders late at night was exactly what we needed to move forward. The i-lab is an amazing place to nurture a startup.” “The creative View Details

17 Dec 2015
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Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab

Professor Srikant Datar’s creative problem-solving course, Design Thinking and Innovation, brings students together to hone their skills in identifying opportunities, prototyping solutions, and iterating to... View Details

22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

analysis of your skills. Nneka’s key skills are creative problem-solving and building relationships, so she sought out opportunities to use those skills in the market. Other alumni may have a different value... View Details

20 Nov 2006
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Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation

and so forth. I have conducted a study about motivations in open source communities. People talked about feeling part of a community and being intellectually challenged. In fact, the strongest correlate between time spent on a project and other factors was how a person... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

regard to their preferences. Assignment was done in a manner where sorted and unsorted groups had identical distributions of raw problem-solving ability. We find a remarkably large effect of institutional preference-based sorting on the... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

15 Jun 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks

Department of solutions: “I believe every problem is solved through a combination of science and magic. I was trained as a banker, so had credibility on the science and finance side; what I discovered is that I could also bring some magic and View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; diversity; leadership; real estate; Real Estate

03 Mar 2023
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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)

differences and feel envy, but I did my best to turn it into motivation. I focused on, leveraged, and deeply appreciated the support my family could provide while I found what I was lacking elsewhere. That thoughtfulness made me a View Details

13 Dec 2004
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How Leaders Create Winning Streaks

self-scrutiny to continuously improve, respect, and cooperation. Positive behaviors lead to good problem-solving based on information and facts, teamwork and speed, and creativity and courage; in turn, good... View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel

11 Mar 2015
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How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

understanding others' needs and creatively forging compromises. In Schwartz terminology, they tend to be "satisficers" who are generally content with the outcome of a negotiation that meets basic criteria, even if it leaves money on the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

13 Apr 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

Photos by Kunle Ogunfuyi Even a college degree couldn’t help Temi Abiola, who grew up in Nigeria, land a job. Though he speaks fluent English, he lacked the problem-solving and customer relations skills required for his dream job in the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11

http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/Land%20Reform.pdf August 2013 Psychological Science Evil Genius? How Dishonesty Can Lead to Greater Creativity By: Gino, F., and S. Wiltermuth Abstract—We propose that dishonest and View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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