Strength and Weakness - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

and would have to fit neatly in stacks. McLean patented a steel-reinforced corner-post structure, which allowed the trailers to be gripped for loading from their wheeled platforms and provided the View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

Portrait Project

Vi Mai

face throughout my life, not just in language but in all aspects of my identity. There will always be those who try to put out my light, but I refuse to let their ugly remarks define my worth or limit my potential. My imperfect English is a source of View Details

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Hidden Workers, Untapped Talent - Managing the Future of Work

throughout 2021, companies will be looking to hire, and these workers are ready and willing. But there are several, persistent barriers in the way, including caregiving responsibilities View Details

04 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

Scrap the Big New Year's Resolutions. Make 6 Simple Changes Instead.

Takeuchi says. "In this very turbulent world, we really need something like kata to make our lives a little better every day. To exercise those human strengths and remain centered amid mounting complexity,... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

infrastructure staff, as well as advertisers, were not. Musk’s stated desire to make Twitter a haven for any speech “within the bounds of the law” has led to a sharp uptick in posts advocating white nationalism, anti-Semitism, homophobia, View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
Case

KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo

On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia

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Mark McNeill

wrestler in Japan, to a swimming race in a 25-meter pool. I started off with quite a lead, but before I knew it, I could feel the waves generated by his massive strokes and we were neck and neck. As we... View Details

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

hard time dealing with big (or even small) changes in life, WMMC is a compelling read. The book is a useful reminder that we need to accept that change happens, that it may be beyond our control, and that we need to find the View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

reopen a Lawson store in Soma. Kato had seen devastation as well. The tsunami had claimed two of her four Lawson stores and had destroyed her house, forcing her to a refugee shelter. Her mother-in-law and... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 May 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

How To Ask Better Questions

not in having all the right answers, but rather in asking the right questions. Teaching The DealShowing emotion, asking questions, and understanding your own strengths and... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

21 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The Most Common Strategy Mistakes

"Michael Porter didn't get to be a giant in the field of competition and strategy by hunting small game." Joan Magretta begins her new book on Harvard Business School's Michael Porter's work by noting that, from the start of his... View Details

Keywords: by Joan Magretta

12 Feb 2024
News

Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

Dale LeFebvre (MBA 1998), founder and executive chairman of 3.5.7.11 Investments, was recently named by the nonprofit Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans as a recipient of the 2024 Horatio Alger Award. For more than 75 years, the award has been... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

between advocacy and inquiry. The senior team advocates an organizational direction and then launches an inquiry into the organization’s strengths View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

20 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Three Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

embodiment of such values became a beacon of hope, fortifying my spirit and endowing me with the strength to persevere day by day. Several more years passed before I relocated to Boston for employment,... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

publicly. For example, detailed data on the location of employee layoffs in a firm could benefit the firm's competitors by revealing its strengths and weaknesses in specific... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

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HBS - The year in Review

leaders, reinventing how companies and organizations will compete and thrive in the age of artificial intelligence. Based at HBS but open to all faculty across the University, the Institute will leverage... View Details

02 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Four VCs on Evaluating Opportunities

typically won't do: It looks like a great technology, really groundbreaking, could be a huge market, but it's a technologist—sometimes a wild-eyed technologist—who's driving it. The businessperson is either weak or not there at all. The... View Details

Keywords: by Lauren Barley

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

a friend who was physically and emotionally present, I also found solace in the metaphorical community of those who came before me, on whose shoulders I stand. Secondly, remember to be kind to yourself. Sometimes, you don’t have the View Details

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Cold Calling - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

ambiguous and may signal to the class that the opener's response was weak or that the instructor is not inclined to challenge students. Reasons to stay with the student Advancing the discussion: The student... View Details

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

CREATE PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? It's a natural human tendency to hold back ideas and shy away from disagreeing with the boss. To avoid being perceived as ignorant, we don't ask questions. To avoid being thought of as incompetent, we don't... View Details

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