Design Thinking - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Jul 2019
News

The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

own future and control what its destiny is. We say that our mission is to help build a better Internet, and people sometimes sort of smile, but if you talk to the people at Cloudflare they go, No no we’re serious. We think that the... View Details

16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

part of a much larger problem, as I've tried to suggest, and will require new thinking about the design of compensation systems and processes within the boards through which compensation is determined. Yet... View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

30 Jul 2014
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching The Deal

think [later], 'Thank the Lord we missed that one.'" Mohan, who recently completed his second year of teaching, noted that colleagues including professors Deepak Malhotra, Guhan Subramanian, and Andy Wasynczuk View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

09 Sep 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

largely man-made and urgent action was needed]. In New York, while nearly 100 percent thought climate change was man-made, only half believed there was the political will--in the United States or abroad--to take urgent actions that would have a material impact on the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

03 Jan 2018
News

Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

corporations have a designated CMO, or like a chief mindfulness officer, who would serve in a role similar to your own with the Bears? Wilkins: I think that would be incredible. And I View Details

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Real Property - Course Catalog

HBS Course Catalog Real Property Course Number 1684 Senior Lecturer John Macomber Lecturer Camille Douglas Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Exam Career Focus This course is designed for students interested in managing, developing,... View Details

06 Jan 2021
News

A Message from Dean Srikant Datar

intellectual interests evolved in what many would say are pretty surprising ways, from a focus on governance and control, to design thinking and innovative problem solving, to data science and machine... View Details

21 Mar 2022
Blog Post

The Impact of Career Coaching | When Mission Meets Passion

evaluating hearing healthcare investments. For example, I recently advised a company developing gene therapies for hearing loss. For the engagement, we delivered strategic recommendations for clinical trial design based on a synthesized... View Details

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

and Society, is interested in analyzing and designing social computing systems to meet economic goals. With regard to the interaction of humans with machines, Chen asked: When thinking about social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

05 Mar 2001
What Do You Think?

Fine Coupling: Can Human Resource Management Learn from Supply Chain Management?

will be the next logical step [in managing human resources]. I think it is win/win for employers and employees to move in this direction. The hard question is not really how can we modularize people — this can be done with testing and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Valuing an MBA: Beyond Dollars and “Sense"

perspective, shifting emphasis to broader results. The curriculum pushes us to think beyond asking how to individually contribute more in the workplace and in society, instead focusing on how to design... View Details

01 Jun 2002
News

Up to the Challenge: Lori Schock - Listen and Learn

Photography by Robert Schoen Lori Schock, copresident of the HBS Student Association, defines her leadership role as being an activist for students' priorities. “When I go to meetings, I'm constantly thinking of the hundreds of other... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Brill

Profile

Jonathan Bailey

"Mr. Blair would serve as a confidante or advisor to the president," says Jonathan, "while I lived in Kigali training senior Rwandan staff on policy design and implementation." "The overwhelming thing I found in... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Tech for the People

Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai HBS Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) was working as a technology and innovation advisor in the San José mayor’s office in the fall of 2017 when he began thinking about the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Dec 2021
News

HBS Curricula Explore the Complexities of Innovation

Digital Initiative, was how to develop the skills and insight to become a leader in the digital age. Today’s MBA Program has multiple electives designed to help students conceive, lead, and execute digital innovation initiatives and... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

intriguing. That experience planted the seed for a 50-plus-year career at Stanford exploring new auction designs and formats—work recognized in 2020 with the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. In this special edition of Skydeck... View Details

23 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes

computer problems on a website, companies that design those interactions purely to cut costs don't succeed. But when they actively partner with their customers to deliver a better service experience," she relates, "that's the... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Service

19 May 2008
Research & Ideas

Connecting School Ties and Stock Recommendations

advantages through their social networks," Cohen and colleagues write. "In addition, laws designed to block these types of information pathways can be effective in curbing selective disclosure. The magnitude of our results... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

01 Dec 1997
News

Stacey Lawson (MBA '96)

Stacey A. Lawson (MBA '96) came to HBS with an idea brewing. The former IBM engineer wondered why there were no digital libraries for users of computer-aided design (CAD). Despite the pervasiveness of technology throughout industry, she... View Details

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