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Jada Haynes
rest and daily injections to bring twins into the world. Even before my birth, my future success was questioned. As a black woman, the feeling of exclusion is a daily reality. High school counselors doubted my aspirations to “reach” schools, View Details
- 07 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Better Way to Forecast the Future
from when measuring accuracy. Scoring rules can nudge forecasters in one direction by giving a penalty for overestimating or underestimating. Whatever rule is accepted should align with overall goals. In the hurricane example, forecasters... View Details
- 30 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS
would face colossal failure if she did what my section-mate suggested. The professor smiles after my comment. I knew I crushed it. At the end of the case, we learn the protagonist followed exactly what I had said. My classmate next to me View Details
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
waiting for a nudge that would push it from winter to spring. I loved these "walking meetings," which we had begun when I was a grad student and continued through our years of working together at the university. While we sometimes had a... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 01 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Bad At Your Job? Maybe It's the Job’s Fault
refers to the amount of time and attention a person in a particular job must devote to interacting with others and nudging people where they should go, including collecting data, probing for new information, or attempting to influence the... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
physicians could also provide patients with outcome data for local hospitals, nudging them toward facilities with better track records. Such changes could help not only heart attack patients, but also patients suffering from a wide... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sponsorship Programs Could Actually Widen the Gender Gap
of good things going on in terms of sponsorship. Now we just need to understand better what does work and why.” “So, while you might be hoping sponsorship might close the gender gap by encouraging high-ability women who are reluctant to compete, providing that extra... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
to where I’m “really from.” My peers will sometimes offer statements like, “I don’t think of you as Asian,” an attempted wink and nudge that despite my Japanese heritage, they still see me as one of them. Through telling his experience in... View Details
- 19 Dec 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
New Year, New Habits
Good Habit Psychological nudges can be a cost-effective way for governments to get citizens to do the right thing. Skills and Behaviors that Make Entrepreneurs Successful Research at Harvard Business School takes a unique approach to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Portrait Project
Preethi Krishnaswamy
active interest in their homework. Our pleas often fell on deaf ears. I was lucky to receive this spectacular education from my parents, who taught me focus, dedication, and work ethic from an early age. Who spent their evenings unselfishly teaching me math and who... View Details
- 20 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 20
techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives. The types of “nudge” interventions that governments are now adopting alter people’s decisions without coercion or significant changes to economic incentives. We calculated ratios of impact to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Great Ideas Get Stuck in Universities
according to the Association of University Technology Managers. Universities created over 1,100 startups in the same year, an 8 percent increase over 2021. “If they’re being nudged to do more commercial work, you might not notice the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Launches Alumni Survey
alumni — and the media, as appropriate. A related survey for Executive Education alumni is also on the drawing board. Plans for the HBS survey were nudged along last spring when Business Week set out for the first time to survey graduates... View Details
- 01 Jun 2025
- News
Sound Bites: Joy to the World
Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010) CEO, East Boston Social Centers Illustration: John S. Dykes For people like youth in foster care, people experiencing poverty, people facing a variety of other hardships—what do they ultimately want for themselves? I think the answer is... View Details
- 13 May 2013
- Blog Post
The Summer is Finally Over
friendly atmosphere nudged us in moments of fatigue and doubt. When I was uncertain about an assignment, an experienced employee would provide words of encouragement and direction. In turn, I proactively tried to help in any way that... View Details
Keywords: Entertainment / Media / Sports
- 22 Oct 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
Motivate Me, Please
everything. To Motivate Employees, Give an Unexpected Bonus (or Penalty) Employees can be more motivated by the anticipation of a reward or punishment than the actual payoff. Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior Research finds that psychological View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2008
- News
An Educational Start-Up
way, of course, he encounters all sorts of interesting dilemmas relating to capital, distribution, branding, and partnering. After a gentle nudge on Sahlman’s part (“This would be the audience participation part of the class”), the... View Details
- 25 Jan 2018
- News
Investing in India’s Nonprofits to Overcome Poverty Sustainably
poverty for the long run. “We have about 385 million people in poverty in India. We have 50 percent of the poor in the world living in India. People don't really want to work into the nonprofit sector, while the demand for it is so high. So, what we want to accomplish... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
a remarkably large pool of unmobilized capital is sitting within our firms, and managers appear frozen in their decision-making. A gentle nudge to break this coordination failure — through the combination of the fiscal carrot and stick... View Details
- 03 Dec 2008
- What Do You Think?
Can Housing and Credit be “Nudged” Back to Health?
thieves ...." Cole Woodson added, "The hope of nudging the economy in any direction is hoping for a miracle.... No securities of any type should even be allowed to be sold in the marketplace without government approval and some... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett