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- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
connection doesn’t always mean a Zoom call; sometimes even a text message can be enough. Use ‘job crafting’ to let employees modify their roles Jayanth Narayanan, associate professor at the National University of Singapore: Prior research... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 13 Feb 2024
- Blog Post
Harvard Students Reflect on COP28
clarity in messaging underscored the real human impact of climate change and the critical need for inclusive climate action. Their voices served as a powerful reminder to us, technologists, investors, and policymakers in the climate... View Details
- 19 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for us is how to establish our brand in each local market. Good brands are globally consistent, but they’re locally relevant. We have to build... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
sensors in the units report when the cans are full, enabling cities to optimize pickup routes and save money. Even with initial growth, however, the company wondered why it wasn’t selling even more trash products to more customers. It turns out that the usually... View Details
- 07 Jun 2010
- Research & Ideas
Improving Brand Recognition in TV Ads
"Sometimes advertisers say that they're creative and can't be constrained by science or academic research," he says. "But this isn't really a constraint, and our results show that it can help advertisers achieve the goal of getting their View Details
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
solutions to make care accessible and affordable. That's the message of HBS professor Clayton M. Christensen and colleagues in their new book, The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution for Health Care (McGraw-Hill, 2009).... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
against extremism. Fifty percent of the population is under 25, and there are not nearly enough new jobs being created to provide opportunity. An uneducated, unemployed young person is someone without hope and a perfect potential target for the View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
managed. At some point, however, the market will favor a product that offers better security.” That’s a message being taken to heart at Microsoft, which, by virtue of its high profile and market dominance, has seen its software products... View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- What Do You Think?
Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?
Summing Up One significant theme in responses to this month's column suggested that there is a role for varying degrees of "buy-in" and "groupthink" in effective leadership. The message seems to be that leaders should... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania
heart of public services decision making.” That’s why DeBere and Helga Mutasingwa, a doctor and public health professional based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, cofounded Afya Pamoja in that country in 2020 with Patrick Anyanga and Robert Smith. The mobile patient feedback... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Giving Amazon the Boot
customers through live chat and messaging channels. “What I have learned from talking to hundreds of our merchants is that when they start a business, it’s really an expression of themselves. And it’s important for their online or... View Details
- Web
Past Issues - Alumni
Work Scenes, suggestions, and strategies from alumni combining careers and family life Code name: Miesiąc Waldemar Maj (MBA 1996) was a key figure in the underground publishing movement that helped topple Poland’s Communist government. Now he has another View Details
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
best ad in the world won't make a dent if its message and the cultural moment are not aligned. One of Holt's inspirations was to juxtapose how brands maintain cultural value in the face of cultural disruptions with research that examines... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
Skullcandy products are currently distributed in over 70 countries, a number that expands every month. So a major challenge for us is how to establish our brand in each local market. Good brands are globally consistent, but they’re locally relevant. We have to build... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
Director Eileen Chang, past fellowship recipients, and donors focused on the impact and meaning of the fellowship. In total, 108 alumni and potential donors participated. “The many voices in this discussion represented powerful messages... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
of Women World Leaders and Former Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Goldman Sachs, presents "Does the Message about the Importance of Diversity Need to Change?" at the 2017 Gender and Work Symposium. Laura Liswood, Secretary General... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
John—77—first of all, I'd like to say thank you for the observation you made just now about recognizing yourself about losing track of where you come from. I personally felt some really moving and important message for us all. So--... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Inside Intel
Field sales was aware of the problem Intel faced, but, according to a sales engineer in the Hauppauge, New York, headquarters of Intel’s Atlantic Region, “the message wasn’t getting through to management on the West Coast.” On November 2,... View Details
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
lyrics of most U2 songs. "It was like a huge baptism," she says, referring to the Christian ethos of some of the music, alongside the political and social messages of songs like "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (violence in Northern Ireland),... View Details