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Creating High-Impact Coalitions: CEOs Can Lead the Charge on Society’s Biggest Problems

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Tuna Cem Hayirli
Traditionally, responses to crises and societal problems—the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, racial inequities—are considered the responsibility of the public sector and NGOs. But addressing the world’s most critical problems requires leadership, resources, and... View Details
Keywords: Coalition; Change; Problem Solving; Organization; Boundaries; Evolution; Mission; Moral Leadership; Balance; "Solutions Approach; Society; Problems and Challenges; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Leading Change; Trust
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Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Tuna Cem Hayirli. "Creating High-Impact Coalitions: CEOs Can Lead the Charge on Society’s Biggest Problems." Harvard Business Review 100, no. 2 (March–April 2022).
  • 01 Apr 1995
  • Conference Presentation

Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving

By: J. Ruscio, Teresa M. Amabile and D. Whitney
Keywords: Creativity; Cognition and Thinking
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Ruscio, J., Teresa M. Amabile, and D. Whitney. "Exploratory Analysis of the Creative Process in Problem Solving." , Boston, MA, April 01, 1995.
  • 08 Jun 2012
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Shared Value: How Corporations Profit from Solving Social Problems

  • 19 Jun 2013
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How Institutional Theorists Can Help Solve Big Business Problems

  • 08 Dec 2016
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A Guide to Solving Social Problems with Machine Learning

  • 18 Apr 2014
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Helping developing countries learn how to solve their problems

Catherine Bouvier d'Yvoire (MBA 1982), director of the Global Strategy Advisory of Citi, sees her role as showing developing countries solutions to their problems. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • September 13, 2023
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The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker

By: Nitin Nohria
Chief executives are responsible for guiding corporations, so the role inevitably requires making many decisions. But people overestimate the level of personal involvement CEOs have in this process. Instead of making decisions, CEOs tend to shape decisions, by... View Details
Keywords: Problem Solving; Delegation; Leadership Style; Decision Making; Time Management; Power and Influence
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Nohria, Nitin. "The Myth of the CEO as Ultimate Decision Maker." Harvard Business Review (website) (September 13, 2023).
  • 2021
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We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems

By: Mitchell Weiss
The huge public challenges we face are daunting. At the same time, many of us have come to accept the notion that government can't do new things or solve tough challenges—it's too big and slow and bureaucratic. Not so. Entrepreneurial savvy in government is growing,... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Government Administration; Government and Politics; Technological Innovation; Problems and Challenges; Innovation Leadership; Public Administration Industry; Technology Industry
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Weiss, Mitchell. We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review Press, 2021.
  • 23 May 2019
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These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Opening Up or Shutting Down? The Effects of Multiple Identities on Problem Solving

By: Lakshmi Ramarajan
Across three studies, I investigate the distinct effects of multiple identity conflict and enhancement within people on two crucial aspects of resolving problems with others: integrative behavior and openness. The results of two studies support the hypotheses that... View Details
Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Problems and Challenges; Behavior; Conflict Management; Identity; Integration
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Ramarajan, Lakshmi. "Opening Up or Shutting Down? The Effects of Multiple Identities on Problem Solving." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-041, November 2009.
  • 18 Jan 2021
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How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

  • 10 Dec 2012
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How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World's Problems

  • 12 Apr 2016

Michael Porter: The Case for Letting Business Solve Social Problems

  • 29 Aug 2024
  • Blog Post

Leni Peterson R. (MS/MBA 2023): Solving Big Problems Through Entrepreneurship

entrepreneurship approachable. I came in with this dream, but when I started the program, I realized that it was not far-fetched. It gave me the tools to start. It surrounded me with women and men that were equal parts kind and smart, who knew they could View Details
  • 2018
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An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints

By: Johnathan R. Cromwell, Teresa M. Amabile and Jean-François Harvey
Book Abstract: Rapid technological change, global competition, and economic uncertainty have all contributed to organizations seeking to improve creativity and innovation. Researchers and businesses want to know what factors facilitate or inhibit creativity in a... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Problems and Challenges; Creativity
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Cromwell, Johnathan R., Teresa M. Amabile, and Jean-François Harvey. "An Integrated Model of Dynamic Problem Solving within Organizational Constraints." In Individual Creativity in the Workplace, edited by Roni Reiter-Palmon, Victoria Kennel, and James C. Kaufman. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, 2018.
  • 2002
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Managing Routine Exceptions: A Model of Nurse Problem Solving Behavior

By: A. L. Tucker and Amy C. Edmondson
Keywords: Management; Health; Problems and Challenges; Behavior
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Tucker, A. L., and Amy C. Edmondson. "Managing Routine Exceptions: A Model of Nurse Problem Solving Behavior." Advances in Health Care Management 3 (2002): 87–113.
  • January 16, 2020
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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

By: Mark R. Kramer, Marc W. Pfitzer and Helge Mahne
The corporate social conscience will soon be on full display in Davos, Switzerland, where global leaders from business, government, and civil society will assemble on January 21 for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. Hundreds of millions of dollars will be... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Global Range; Partners and Partnerships; Strategy
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Kramer, Mark R., Marc W. Pfitzer, and Helge Mahne. "How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (January 16, 2020).
  • 10 Dec 2012
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How Nonprofits Can Use Data to Solve the World’s Problems

  • 16 Jan 2020
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How Global Leaders Should Think About Solving Our Biggest Problems

  • 10 Jul 2014
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How Harvard Medical School Uses Open Innovation To Solve World-Class Scientific Problems

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