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- 17 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
What the Stockdale Paradox Tells Us About Crisis Leadership
even excluding COVID-19 deaths) Mental health crises Secondary health problems from neglect/postponement of routine/preventative care Mass unemployment Dining, entertainment, arts, tourism industries—the whole experiential... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 10 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Are Prices So High Right Now—and Will They Ever Return to Normal?
tend to drive up prices, typically for three to four months. But as the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, some shortages, especially food and electronics, are likely to linger much longer. That means higher prices... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 26 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
7 Leadership Principles for Managing in the Time of Coronavirus
Wilson Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvad Business School and Dean of the University of Miami Herbert Business School. [Image: stevecoleimages] THE CORONAVIRUS CRISIS More Business-Related Pandemic Coverage from... View Details
- 23 Jan 2024
- Research & Ideas
How to Keep Employees Productive: Support Caregivers
proper return-on-investment analysis can it understand the extent of the caregiving challenges facing their workforce,” Fuller warns. How COVID-19 changed the caregiving landscape For years, caregiving wasn’t discussed on the job. Taking... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin
- 17 Aug 2023
- Research & Ideas
‘Not a Bunch of Weirdos’: Why Mainstream Investors Buy Crypto
checking accounts. Moreover, these investors are drawn by the lure of potentially higher returns in a “lottery-style payoff” than investors expect with traditional investments. Plus, the COVID-19 stimulus money led new investors to... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 12 Sep 2023
- Book
Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You
they’re leading a whole bunch of other people. So emotional management is even more important.” Brooks says the country, and maybe the world, is in a happiness slump. This epidemic predates the COVID-19 View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- Web
Entrepreneurial Management - Faculty & Research
longtime workers will balk at learning these new skills and end up quitting, causing the company to lose hundreds of years of cumulative experience. The CEO is now unsure of how to proceed. August 2025 Article Revenue Collapses and the Consumption of Small Business... View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
business model for small independents is often elusive. So when a crisis of the magnitude of the COVID-19 global pandemic forces restaurants to close, and their revenue drops to zero overnight, things get... View Details
- Web
Managing the Future of Work
Solutions By: Shai Bernstein, William R. Kerr, Christopher Stanton, Raymond Kluender, & Mel Martin 7 FEB 2024 Chime Solutions, a customer contact firm focused on hiring from underserved communities, faced major challenges when the View Details
- 23 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
This Company Lets Employees Take Charge—Even with Life and Death Decisions
BuurtzorgWeb allows everyone to help each other in real-time and capture knowledge as it emerges. Two considerations about decentralization But getting the free-spirited model right is not without challenges. Adapting to external crises, such as the View Details
- 09 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing
Leaders have fretted since COVID-19 lockdowns that collaboration and innovation might suffer when teammates interact less. New research points to an emerging concern four years on, as organizations settle into remote, hybrid, and... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand
- 31 Jan 2022
- Research & Ideas
Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders
class=infogram-embed data-id=_/2HVue23rXJZLet5zlvSC][/div] Getting to know the customer has become a dynamic, ongoing process, and is fast becoming table stakes. For example, companies understand they need to get reacquainted with their customers after the View Details
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Managing the Future of Work (MBA Education—Elective Curriculum)
The nature and scope of work is changing rapidly, creating massive business challenges in the shadow of broader political and social shifts. HBS launched a major initiative in 2017 on Managing the Future of Work to define these workplace issues and... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
China Tariffs and Coronavirus a Double Hit to American Retailers
Pandemic Coverage from Around Harvard and Beyond COVID-19 Business Impact Center (Harvard Business School) How to Make Furloughs More Humane (Harvard Business Review) Coaching Your Team Through Uncertain... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Navigating the Mood of Customers Weary of Price Hikes
Inflation remains front and center for consumers and businesses, which continue to reel from the double-digit rise in prices during the COVID-19 pandemic and the interest rate hikes designed to cool them.... View Details
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
During the initial phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, many US hospitals could not provide enough beds to meet demand. Solving the problem of inadequate capacity is of utmost importance in the “new normal,” which requires recognizing the... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
COVID-19 variants snuffed out the brief period of vaccination-injected optimism earlier this year, as childcare and school disruptions lingered. Despite such resistance and health concerns, some employees have joyfully returned to their... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- Web
Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work
Davarzani 24 DEC 2020 | Harvard Business Review Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, low- and middle-skill workers struggled to find and retain steady work. Now, many of these workers are considered "essential," while many others are... View Details
- 13 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk
mobility the way it is, this pandemic is just the first of many that we could experience as a species because those conditions are only going to get worse going forward. THE COVID-19 CRISIS More... View Details
- 03 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
How Much Does Proximity Influence Startup Innovation? 20 Meters' Worth to Be Exact
COVID-19 pandemic. Four years after the pandemic sent workplaces into lockdown, organizations continue to weigh the benefits of collaboration from time together against the focus gained remotely. “The... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand