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  • Apr 12 2019
  • Interview

Understanding the Job Design Optimization Tool

  • March 2024 (Revised May 2025)
  • Case

Governing OpenAI (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan and Will Hurwitz
In late November 2023, OpenAI’s new board of directors took stock of the situation. The company, which sought to develop artificial general intelligence (AGI)—computer systems with capabilities exceeding human abilities—was looking to regain its footing after a chaotic... View Details
Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Board Of Directors; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; Corporate Boards; Governance Changes; Governance Structure; Leadership Change; Legal Aspects Of Business; Nonprofit Governance; Strategy And Execution; Technological Change; AI and Machine Learning; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Management; Mission and Purpose; Technological Innovation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Resignation and Termination; Ethics; Nonprofit Organizations; Open Source Distribution; Partners and Partnerships; Technology Industry; San Francisco; United States
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  • 17 Jan 2023
  • In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 08 Mar 2021
  • In Practice

COVID Killed the Traditional Workplace. What Should Companies Do Now?

A year ago, COVID-19 forced many companies to send employees home—often with a laptop and a prayer. Now, with COVID cases subsiding and vaccinations rising, the prospect of returning to old office routines appears more possible. But will employees want to flock back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 26 Oct 2021
  • News

What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

  • 30 May 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Should Retailers Match Their Own Prices Online and in Stores?

The line gets blurry for shoppers when retailers won't honor their online prices in-store. (Kwangmoozaa) While shopping for my 10-year-old daughter’s Halloween costume last October, I pulled out my smartphone and hopped online to see if the store offered the same... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 19 Dec 2023
  • Research & Ideas

15 Podcast Episodes That Grabbed Listeners in 2023

Happiness, artificial intelligence, and climate change were just some of the themes that caught the attention of Harvard Business School podcast listeners in 2023. Here are some of the most-downloaded episodes of the year: Deep Purpose How Framebridge Founder Susan... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
  • 14 Nov 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Do We Underestimate the Importance of Generosity in Leadership?

(AdobeStock/Kostiantyn) There are numerous studies of character traits in leaders. Human resource experts have advised us on what to look for in those who would be potential leaders. Management development focuses on behaviors that build the trust in others that is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett

    Ashish Nanda

    Ashish Nanda is Senior Lecturer and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator at Harvard Business School. From 2018 to 2021, he was course head for the MBA Required Curriculum course in Strategy. Beginning in 2022, he is teaching an MBA Elective... View Details

    Keywords: executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search
    • 03–06 Oct 2013
    • Reunion

    1983 30th Fall Reunion

    Fall Reunions for MBA Classes of 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988 and several Executive Education Programs. View Details

      V.G. Narayanan

      Professor Narayanan is the Thomas D. Casserly, Jr. Professor of Business Administration, and Senior Associate Dean of Executive Education and HBS Online. His research focuses on management accounting with an interest in performance evaluation and incentives... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; banking; service industry; telecommunications; health care

        Brian J. Hall

        Brian J. Hall is the Albert H. Gordon Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He served as the Unit Head for the Negotiation, Organizations and Markets (NOM) Unit for 14 years. Previously, he was an assistant professor of economics in the... View Details

        Keywords: executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search; executive search

          Anthony Mayo

          Tony Mayo is the Thomas S. Murphy Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the Organizational Behavior Unit of Harvard Business School (HBS).  He currently teaches and serves as the course head for... View Details

          Keywords: advertising; airline; education industry; nonprofit industry; publishing industry; service industry

            Felix Oberholzer-Gee

            Felix Oberholzer-Gee is the Andreas Andresen Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. An award-winning instructor, his academic work and consulting are focused on competitive strategy and the effects of digital technology on corporate... View Details

            Keywords: media; professional services; manufacturing; advertising

              Robert Simons

              Robert Simons is a Baker Foundation Professor at Harvard Business School. For over 35 years, Simons has taught accounting, management control, and strategy execution courses in both the Harvard MBA and Executive Education Programs. For 2024/25, he is teaching a... View Details

              • 2016
              • Book

              Why They Do It: Inside the Mind of the White-Collar Criminal

              By: Eugene F. Soltes
              From the financial fraudsters of Enron, to the embezzlers at Tyco, to the Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, the failings of corporate titans are regular fixtures in the news. But what drives wealthy and powerful people to white-collar crime? I draw from extensive personal... View Details
              Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Corporate Finance
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              • August 2010 (Revised October 2010)
              • Case

              Patagonia

              By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Hyunjin Kim and Forest L. Reinhardt
              Patagonia was deeply committed to the environment. This commitment, at times, conflicted with the company's goal to create the most innovative products in its industry. Patagonia's founder and executives welcomed imitation of both its environmental commitment and its... View Details
              Keywords: Business History; Environmental Sustainability; Business Model; Business Strategy; Expansion; Consumer Products Industry
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              • 20 Dec 2017
              • Lessons from the Classroom

              How to Design a Better Customer Experience

              Click HereHarvard Business School Professor Stefan Thomke describes how his Executive Education students use LEGO blocks to design customer experiences. (Video by Executive Education) Why do some product or service experiences have enough pizzazz to wow customers,... View Details
              Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation
              • Mar 06 2017
              • Interview

              Harnessing the Power of Engagement

              • Web

              Accelerating the Careers of Diverse Rising Stars

              The Advent Leadership Academy was a unique 13-week custom program designed to equip a diverse cohort of 40 talented leaders from across Advent's portfolio companies with the skills and frameworks they needed to advance their career trajectories. Cocreated with Harvard... View Details