Shame - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Mar 2021
HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

area. When residents tried to flee burning buildings, they were shot and killed in the street. An estimated 300 people died, 1,000 families lost their homes, and $1.8 million in property was destroyed, equal to $26.1 million today. The Tulsa Massacre remains one of the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Sep 2023
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

still. You have to sit in all your insecurities and unhealed heartaches. You have to confront deep-seated unworthiness in all of its manifestations- whether it be paralyzing shame or a debilitating need to be better-than-everyone else.... View Details

04 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

would suggest you find someone outside that circle who believes in you and your idea." An experienced investor said, "It's a shame to lose friends or family because they invested their savings in the business and lost it all. It... View Details

Keywords: by Noam Wasserman

Portrait Project

Zubby Achara

a high, while the family is still proud of you?” Hours pass and the tools before me remain untouched. I can’t bring myself to lift a finger. I quiver in shame at my apparent weakness. I reluctantly abandon the idea of suicide as I realize... View Details

Portrait Project

Fida Tashfia

couldn't stop my teeth chattering. I shook all over and my body felt numb, despite the tropical heat. For years, I was afraid to get on a bus. When I think back to that night, I am filled with shame that only one of us had the courage to... View Details

Portrait Project

Cordelia Shackleton

“Please come up to the fifteenth floor” said my boss. “OK” I said, and I hung up. I had survived many mornings of lay-offs. But 30 minutes later, I was standing on the street. Unemployed. At first, I felt shame. Shame that I didn’t care... View Details

13 Jun 2016
News

JetBlue Chairman on How to Handle Betrayal

“You’ve had a part to do with it. It could be that you trusted when you shouldn’t have trusted. You didn’t think about whether the person had high character, was competent and had the authority and therefore shame on you. We don’t like to... View Details

Portrait Project

Faya Peng

I want to be a servant. To show compassion. To love. I remember visiting grandparents in Taiwan as a young child. I will never forget the men, lying fully prostrate on the filthy ground in the open market, begging for money. I can still feel the weight of their View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

3-Minute Briefing: Katherine Switz (MBA 2000)

normalcy and finish my degree. My professors knew I had a health condition, but that was all. During case discussions, I thought everyone was talking about me, not the CEO. I only told two friends. The shame and stigma keeps you from... View Details

07 Dec 2020
News

Lifting The Stigma

was amazing. On the outside, I kept racking up awards. And it hit me. I realized how dangerous the stigma of mental health troubles was.” Delle’s response was a 2017 TED talk, “There’s No Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health.” He... View Details

Keywords: mental health; life experience; entrepreneurship

01 Jun 2017
News

3-Minute Briefing: Bruce Levy (MBA 1977)

basketball. Have you been to a WNBA game? Shame on you. I was an idealist when I came to HBS, though I can’t say I was confident I could do anything. But when I left, I felt I could create my own job. As crazy as it sounds, who ever... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Chris Sorensen

09 Nov 2016
News

The Seeds of Learning

“I think that kids these days are spending way too much time taking tests and doing rote memorization when they need to be outside and learning from experience. It reduces stress and improves behavior; it improves test scores. It is kind of a View Details

29 Jun 2021
Blog Post

HBS Celebrates Pride Month

shame and shadows. Charlotte Lawson I've never been to a Pride parade. I didn't have the courage to go before I came out and once out, I found myself living in a small city that did not host a large-scale Pride event. So, what do I know... View Details

01 Jun 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

Shames and Peter Barton (MBA 1982) “This book is about a man on his deathbed (Barton) looking back at his life and appreciating the energy and enthusiasm with which he has lived it, and another man (Shames) comparing his own as he... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

How Do I Get Your Job?

educate them about these issues. It took a real pivot for me—a real U-turn—to understand that I couldn’t shame customers into feeling bad about past decisions. I could only give them a product that made them feel really great about what... View Details

Keywords: April White

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

embarrassing—it can hurt your career. Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart DiscriminationPoor design decisions contribute to racial discrimination on many online platforms. Working for a Shamed Company Can Hurt Your... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2007
News

Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?

through an innovation-killing “peer review” process. The history of medicine is filled with shameful stories of “peers” who used their powers to suppress innovations: Judah Folkman, the brilliant scientist whose antiangiogenesis theory... View Details

Keywords: Regina E. Herzlinger; Health, Social Assistance; Management

24 Mar 2022
News

Well Said

huge shame and missed opportunity in these really international environments, that there isn't more cross-pollination, because there is a little bit of that almost shame and stigma when you cannot feel like... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

deference to authority." "Failure here is treated as a learning experience whereas in other countries it can bring shame on one's family or loss of one's job," she said. "So people elsewhere tend to trust or fear their government or their... View Details

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