Problem Solving - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Strategy Execution and the Balanced Scorecard

strategy and operations (or tactics) are both important but they are different. The normal course of events is for companies to focus on day-to-day operations and short-term problem solving. Management meetings focus on fighting fires and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

Cover image features Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO, and Taryn Stamper (MBA 2023), High Touch Advisor, of Celeste. BEI is delighted to bring you this mini-series on HBS alumni tackling problems related to water... View Details

08 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Recalling My First Cold Call: A Conversation with Second-Year Students

a broad overview of the problem and helps us consider all components to solve it. As an engineer, I come from a background that mainly uses formulas to solve problems; coming... View Details

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

the universality of business analysis to solving problems in all walks of life. I am a business school professor, and this case is one of several from HBS that has helped me spot financial issues one level... View Details

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

04 Oct 2021
What Do You Think?

How Do We Make Sure the Right People End Up with Power in Organizations?

proposition included Fernando De LaTorre, who commented, “I found (it) hard to work for trust as a goal. I think you work and live your values, and trust will stay in the culture.” Alan Arnett said that “trust comes when you learn to make progress and View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

How Managers Stifle Creativity

at the art, and then try to make connections to some tricky problem that you're trying to solve in your work. It’s also very useful to stimulate your thinking by talking to other people—brainstorming or... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

31 May 2023
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

took me to his personal dentist, and we put the fruit flies in the dentist’s chair.” Kidney love: “In medical school, renal medicine seemed to scare other students away. It’s about acid-based imbalances. Electrolyte abnormalities. You have to work through each View Details

Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance

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Criteria | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

enterprises (either founding or joining): Social Impact: The social problem you are trying to solve and the specific impact of your solution. [Social impact must be the primary focus of the work of the... View Details

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Leading Successful Digital Transformation

information exchange. Growth can also come by leveraging existing capabilities to enter completely new businesses. Alibaba started Taoboa, where buyers and sellers exchanged goods. However, to solve the trust View Details

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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015) - Recruiting

HBS alumni and collaborating with stakeholders as she attracts capital and grows a highly effective team. In her role as Partner and as a manager, Nneka now combines her love for solving challenging problems... View Details

Portrait Project

David Chan

I am thoroughly convinced that business is best poised to solve what may be defined as the problem of our lifetime. And I believe the next generation of leaders will rise to this challenge. I certainly will.... View Details

29 May 2023
News

Nurturing Breakthrough Ideas

the lab spaces and the virtual world, to spark and nurture breakthrough concepts that solve problems and improve lives. Gifts to the HBS Fund provide the flexible funding needed to launch and sustain... View Details

01 Dec 2018
News

Innovation Outside the Boundaries

introduced as part of the field method, which complements the School’s case method pedagogy. “As future leaders in a global business environment,” Thiry says, “MBAs need skills and insights informed by real-world, hands-on problem View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

An Engine of Innovation

of an idea with the potential to solve a problem or address an unmet need and grow it into a purposeful entity. The i-lab, the original component of the now three-lab ecosystem, opened in 2011 in Batten Hall... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

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Business in Global Society - Alumni

Giving Business in Global Society Giving Business in Global Society Solve Problems Strengthen business’s role in addressing complex societal challenges The belief that business can and should be a force for... View Details

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Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

co-workers to solve a problem About the Professors Amy Edmondson Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business Faculty Chair, Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management "Whether you’re a... View Details

Portrait Project

Justine Lee

My mom taught me that the world’s problems could be solved by smiling. Whenever we walked past someone, she would beam and cheerfully say, “Hello!”. She has had long conversations with strangers more times... View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

and water, rather than fossil fuels, as feedstocks we can use clean electricity to produce all the organic compounds we need.” David Chan MBA 2018 | CCO, Head of Business Development, & Founding Team Member, FarmTogether “FarmTogether is addressing the climate View Details

30 Oct 2017
Blog Post

How My Engineering and Manufacturing Background Prepared Me for an MBA

crucial skills that prepared me for the MBA experience: A structured and practical approach to problem solving The discipline I acquired to methodically think through problems... View Details

14 Sep 2023
Blog Post

MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures

importantly, this venture is not the only answer and in the interest of solving the problem I should partner. On the personal side, I could not have had a better chance to explore entrepreneurship. I enjoyed... View Details

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