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Four Steps to Building the Psychological Safety That High-Performing Teams Need | Working Knowledge
information and be transparent. And the very act of being productive—just doing the work together—becomes a feedback loop that can bond a team and help create the conditions for psychological safety. Uncertainty and interdependence are... View Details
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How One Coffee Shop Is Brewing Change for Business and Society | Working Knowledge
the Americans with Disabilities Act has prohibited companies from discriminating against disabled people and has required employers to make reasonable accommodations for them. Still, the researchers note that many employers are reluctant... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
get significant tax breaks under a Trump administration, to give more of their supply chain contracts to U.S.-based small businesses. In addition, National Federation of Independent Business surveys show that access to affordable health... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 19 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 19
pre-paid vouchers to an online subscriber base-has by all accounts been spectacular. Our evaluation of daily deals is a cautionary tale for merchants: a substantial percentage are unlikely to benefit, and might well lose money, by using this type of campaign. But a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
terms of time and convenience, than a close-in building just a block from the station. Suddenly the outlying land is as valuable as the close-in land, and the developer can afford to pay for PRT with private funds. It's an exciting... View Details
- 06 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success
particularly the weak level of protection afforded by the California courts), it was unclear how effective a policy of aggressive litigation would be. Furthermore, such a policy might reduce Xerox's ability to recruit the best research... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
decision will be informed by dynamics in the North American sugar market-NAFTA affords Mexico unique duty-free access to the U.S.-as well as the world sugar market and other major sugar-producing countries, especially Brazil. Purchase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
of perhaps $90 trillion. One side argues that we can't raise revenues, while the other asserts we can't cut entitlements. Both sides are wrong. Entitlement costs, especially health care, will eat us alive. Without real reform of View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 27 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work
to maximize their time in the office," Sadun says. The Monsoon And Cricket Effect The researchers also took care to look for outside events that might affect the CEO's cost of exerting work effort within the survey week, testing whether... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
governments and have the capacity to recruit people from all over the world who will feel comfortable in your organization. You have to make them feel that they can contribute. That’s the biggest challenge, I think. American companies either remain too U.S.-centric or... View Details
- 12 Apr 2023
- News
Step Change
Washington, DC, so being close to her was another factor." Still, after more reflection, Enan realized that the conveniences she enjoyed in the States were also the reason she wanted to leave. She was getting too comfortable. "I thought I View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
Implementing Patient-Focused Care (A) (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 608-070 Reading Rehab Hospital has experimented with a popular concept in health care—patient-focused care—intended to increase quality and reduce costs by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
We May Have Taken Too Much Credit for Easing Workplace Segregation
different today than it did in the 1970s. Back then, workplaces were dominated by white employees, with a smattering of minorities spread across companies. The gains minorities made by joining large firms between the 1970s and 1980s aren’t being reversed today, Koning... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 02 Nov 2020
- News
The First Five Years: Julianne White (MBA 2017)
partners who have and continue to work so tirelessly to help our neighbors who need the emergency food system more than ever. I have tremendous appreciation for our broader Massachusetts community that has extended their care and support,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
care about the brand and are good ambassadors. They can explain the product and convey the value of it.” (See sidebar, page 36.) Without these ambassadors, he observes, it is harder for people to see the educational value of LEGO... View Details
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
would our world look like if we could have US levels of electricity available at affordable prices for every person on the planet for 1,000 years?" Lassiter says. "We should be working on nuclear like there is no tomorrow. We should do... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
deep appreciation for education, one that took Ryan through his studies at Wayne State University and into the PhD program in engineering at Cornell. It was a path that ensured a secure future, but Ryan didn’t love the work. Rather than face a life of regret, he View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
simple, imaginative games can unlock reservoirs of both creativity and persistence. Above all: Take care of yourself first The upside of this list is that it is not five separate to-do items—they combine easily. Food prep is a wonderful... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
(like 2008) but a depression (like the 1930s.) Accordingly, we must be prepared to act in ways we’ve never done before. Second, just as doctors in overburdened hospitals, we need to triage with iron discipline. Our support must go to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost