• 07 Jul 2003
• What Do You Think?

Can We Have Too Much Productivity Improvement?

global economy and the Internet were cited by some as being responsible for the current dilemma. John van Heteren paraphrased several respondents when he opined that "I believe that the existing definition in your article was not... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 15 Dec 2021
• Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Articles of 2021

if employees have the psychological safety to reflect on these close calls, says research by Amy C. Edmondson, Olivia Jung, and colleagues. 5. How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

• 16 Mar 2020
• Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

when life goes back to normal.  Forward-thinking leaders can run better organizations by creating conditions that allow customers to be more helpful. When service provision is a true partnership and customers are pitching in, employees... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

• 03 Oct 2017
• First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

2017 Emerald Group Publishing Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership By: Edmondson, Amy C., and Jean-François Harvey Abstract—Today's global enterprises increasingly involve collaborative work View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 03 Feb 2016
• What Do You Think?

How Do You Hire an 'Impostor'?

Clance defines it as “an internal experience of intellectual phoniness.” HBS professor Amy Cuddy in her new book, Presence, sums up the research on one aspect of the impostor phenomenon by pointing out that... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 01 Oct 2007
• Research & Ideas

Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making

What lessons could the humid shores of the Caribbean, the freezing heights of the Himalayas, or the farthest reaches of Earth's atmosphere hold for your company or organization? Although those places couldn't be more different, all were the scenes of disastrous... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

• Teaching Interest

aMaze app

By: Ethan S. Bernstein

The aMaze app is designed to enable automated facilitation of the "Management Maze" or "Electric Maze" exercise by Amy Edmondson and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar (see View Details

• 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 simply getting new input on your... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

• 26 Apr 2011
• Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

• 14 Aug 2018
• First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

forthcoming Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth By: Edmondson, Amy C. Abstract—The Fearless Organization offers practical... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

• 25 Jul 2016
• Research & Ideas

Who is to Blame for 'The Great Training Robbery'?

training typically doesn’t yield the return on investment in improved organizational effectiveness and performance that companies expect. “Individual development has to take place in the context of a larger change process motivated by the... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Education

• 02 Aug 2007
• What Do You Think?

How Will Millennials Manage?

their leaders for the coming years." Generational differences related to the development of millennials comprise, according to Muder Chiba, "a global phenomenon." Amy Lynch concurred, saying, "When I talk with... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

• 02 Mar 2020
• What Do You Think?

Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

report to you succeed, I think it’s pretty hard to lead with anything other than humility and vulnerability.” Dfallah said, “I believe candor, humility and trust are core values for visionary companies ” Michael H. added, “For several years, I’ve been advocating a... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

• 17 Apr 2013
• Research Event

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

Held on the HBS campus in late February, the conference on "Gender and Work: Challenging Conventional Wisdom" brought together scholars and practitioners for a thoughtful, forward-looking discussion about gender in organizations. Chairing the conference were... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

• 12 Jul 2020
• Book

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020

Euvin Naidoo I just received hardcover copies of two special books I have been looking forward to unpacking over the summer: Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time, by Rosabeth... View Details

Keywords: by Staff