Divergent Thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

an organization where employees are expending their energies in a number of divergent and uncoordinated directions." Leaders need to ask whether they articulate a clear vision and, just as importantly, whether their key employees can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2005
News

Ideas: Books

improve the level of critical and divergent thinking before decisions are made while simultaneously building consensus to help implement those decisions. Actual situations examined include tragedy atop Mt.... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

12 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

‘Hybrid’ Organizations a Difficult Bet for Entrepreneurs

background. "Knowing these social ventures are diverging from the more traditional commercial or nonprofit ventures, we wanted to understand what made their founders diverge," says Battilana. In order to gain that understanding, the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

Platform for Dialogue

pedagogy and invaluable knowhow, I very much look forward to incorporating aspects of case method teaching in my classes going forward. I also had the unique privilege of co-teaching a Harvard-wide comparative history seminar composed of MBA and PhD students on the... View Details

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

along with other very thoughtful responses, suggest a wide divergence of views on the role of the board in the life cycle of a corporate entity. Interestingly, those who teach corporate law suggest that board accountabilities are subject... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

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

in-office and remote, and we’ve entered a gray zone in which people are asking, ‘What will permanent look like?’ It’s comfortable to think of our remote work environment as temporary; it’s much more difficult to View Details

Keywords: All Industries

25 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 25, 2007

minds and money of Western business. This book presents a new view of development, centered around entrepreneurial behavior by both public and private sectors. The author charts China's and India's trajectories of development—where they overlap and complement each... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Web

Launching Tech Ventures - Course Catalog

methods, such as growth hacking, SEO, SEM, email, and affiliate programs? How should a startup think about working with channel partners or other gatekeepers in the face of asymmetric bargaining power and potentially View Details

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

enterprises, where directors' private interests diverged from the interest of the firms they managed. "In the past, managers of SOEs were sometimes selected according to political interests, and there was no transparency," says Musacchio.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2014
News

Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

Alumni Books Surviving the College Application Process: Case Studies to Help You Find Your Unique Angle for Success by Lisa Bleich (MBA 1992) (Morgan James Publishing) This book follows the college application journeys of eleven students in depth, examining what they... View Details

09 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Unconscious Executive

process. So is driving to work—many people get to work without entirely remembering how their drive was and what they saw on the road. Lots of processes are automated and therefore very efficient. Our research shows thinking and deciding... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Web

What Happens When Company Tweets Get Political | Working Knowledge

In 2017, we see both Democratic- and Republican-sounding speech go up for the first time. We don’t have so much to say on that. What we do have more to say on is when we start to see this divergence between Democratic- and... View Details

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

think that the regions that already had some amount of financial sector development would disproportionately benefit from the infrastructure investment. Could we pick your brain? We want to serve you—our readers—better. Could you please... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

15 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Rethinking E-Leadership

"enthusiasm, technological wizardry, and unfettered thinking of the younger generations" may be just the tonic your company needs, so it would make sense to adopt the incentives and rewards most likely to help you attract and... View Details

Keywords: by Melissa Raffoni

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

levels must be more willing to undertake lifelong learning and behavior modification to remain abreast of leading-edge thinking and practice. Q: How does the unique structure of PGL advance the learning process? A: The structure of PGL is... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Bright Ideas: The Creative Power of Groups

have to select as heterogeneous a group as possible, representing different experiences, thinking styles, cultures, and attitudes. Sometimes, groups get a boost from the addition of customers or professionals from outside the company who... View Details

Keywords: by Laurie Joan Aron

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

exposure to peers’ creative work) and on the value of creative work and the attendance of salespeople working for stores in divergent markets where customers had distinctive needs requiring customized service. We also find weak evidence... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

16 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Marketing Wine to the World

example of how Old World wines can seem inaccessible to people. How can Old World wines become accessible to inexperienced consumers? A: Over the past decade, wineries around the world have gone to great lengths to enhance their consumer education efforts. As a result,... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage

06 Sep 2017
What Do You Think?

Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?

don’t think it’s possible to formulate a rule that applies in every such situation.” He went on to say, “The scariest part of this for me is that leaders are coming under fire increasingly for what they didn’t say and didn’t do members of... View Details