intelligence - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 May 2022
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MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

event. We felt so loved! Zoe Ofer Year: First Mom of: Mika (16 months) Pre-HBS Industry: Intelligence Unit (Unit 8200) + Lawyer (commercial litigation) + Real Estate Investments Summer Internship: VC and working on a startup What is the... View Details

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Erin Kaivan

military intelligence officer, serving two tours in Afghanistan culminating in a captain's rank as a Company Commander with responsibility for nearly 120 men and women in the 101st Airborne Division. On her first tour, she witnessed... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

01 Mar 2024
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Giving All Stakeholders a Voice

trajectories of both blockchain and artificial intelligence when growth is led by foundations rather than corporations. “This is playing itself out in real time,” Wu says. “Learning about new business models requires literature and cases.... View Details

Keywords: April White

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Post hoc Explanations" (Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 2022) with Tessa Han and Suraj Srinivas. Himabindu Lakkaraju : Recipient of the 2022 J.P. Morgan Artificial Intelligence Faculty Research Award in the “AI to... View Details

06 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

can all be defused. Confusion Some idea-killing questions and concerns muddle the conversation with irrelevant facts, convoluted logic, or so many alternatives that it is impossible to have the clear and intelligent dialog that builds... View Details

Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead

03 Jul 2013
What Do You Think?

What Are the Limits of Transparency?

enthusiasm you may have for the word itself. Now the topic has been thrust into our everyday lives with disclosures, or leaks, of alleged US secret intelligence information by Edward Snowdon. Increasingly, we are asking ourselves... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2024
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The Internet's Next Frontier

web applications "Read-write-own" web (Livestream videos) Users can own digital assets and digital items (enabled by blockchain) Semantic Web, data-driven, more human-like interactivity powered by Al, machine learning Content consolidated by creators and users More... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Dec 2022
News

Singing to the Corn

growing things could play in educating others about indigenous cultures. Now he talks about the intelligence of corn—how it changes color to optimize filtration of ultraviolet light: Soon, he explains, the corn leaves will be tinted a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Vance Jacobs; Agriculture

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

the People’s Republic of Cambridge.” Full circle: “As a manager, I’m quite a tough boss. I will not treat you in a condescending way. You’re an intelligent being—let me show you certain things and then you’ll teach me too.” And/both, not... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

08 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Companies Hunt for Talent on Digital Platforms, Not in Resume Piles

startups that might not see the same flood of resumes as Google or Facebook but nevertheless have very specific qualifications in the workers they are seeking to hire. “If I’m a small data science startup, I may need someone who knows a particular type of artificial... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Employment

01 Dec 2022
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Future Vision

will be crucial. In the arena of digital, data, and design, it’s clear that digital technologies and data science, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, are disrupting operations, business models, and businesses around... View Details

Keywords: Brian Kenny; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast

be impacted by the effects of climate change, so it is critical to have people in many areas who want to find solutions and drive forward the climate agenda. Every role will need to take climate action and every organization will need View Details

06 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Strategic Intelligence: Adapt or Die

essentially use history as a research tool to understand why some succeeded on an ongoing basis and others failed. Q: What do you mean by the term "strategic intelligence," and why is it so important? A: I define strategic View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Mar 2008
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THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

Types. Field research shows that anyone with normal intelligence is capable of doing some degree of creative work. Creativity depends on a number of things: experience, including knowledge and technical skills; talent; an ability to think... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

Business , published in 1900, Paul Nathan explained, “The intelligent job printer will never permit himself to forget that printing is allied to advertising, and that almost all of the printing he does depends in some way upon its success... View Details

22 Apr 2021
Blog Post

Launching the Women in Tech Initiative at HBS

Kirschner—Director of Product Development at Mastercard Artificial Intelligence Express (MBA ’16), and Lara Awoyemi—Facebook Business Integrity and Operations Manager, with over 100 attendees total across all events. The HBS group also... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

prework—which requires obtaining ratings from at least two colleagues in addition to the self-assessment—you’ll receive a detailed report that provides insight into your emotional intelligence and how you’re perceived by others. Emotional... View Details

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

1982 when she joined Symbolics, an all-male, MIT-led, artificial intelligence startup. She had learned about computers working as a technical writer after earning a degree in history and literature from Radcliffe. “I was the only MBA, and... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

04 Nov 2015
What Do You Think?

Why Does Gender Diversity Improve Financial Performance?

the social sensitivity factor within the team” (Julia); and “Emotional intelligence could be a factor... Women tend to have more of it than men, through nurturing, but it seems that men can learn it.” (Paul B). Lest we became too involved... View Details