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- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Cracking Conferences
underestimate anyone’s intelligence. Be authentic. Ditch the ones you’re with. Don’t spend all your time hanging out with coworkers or members of your circle from back home. Instead, communicate in advance that you’ll be using the time to... View Details
- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
to one of three conditions. Some had access only to data about their own treadmill usage (the solo condition); some had additional access to the usage of one coworker (the duo condition); and some had access to the usage of four View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
can focus on that, it is the way to win." One way to be a good value creator: give coworkers credit where credit is due. The need to appear smart can lead managers to cast blame on others for missteps or to claim an employee's idea... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jan 2017
- Blog Post
The Latino Community at HBS
doesn't know it. A loved one that wants the best for you, a close friend that knows you, and a coworker or professional mentor that has guided you through your career. When applying to business school all of these people are the best... View Details
- 16 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Shekeyla Caldwell Sandore: Why 'A Name Like Mine' Matters
unconscious—is going into their decision to put me in an interview if my name is one you might have made fun of or thought of as "ghetto"? I see the book as a starting point, as a conversation starter. I’ve received text messages from former View Details
- 18 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 3/5
coworkers by default. I would like to be one of many to tell you that Black people are not responsible for your education on individual, institutional, or structural racism. Furthermore, the time to be a silent and passive ally is over.... View Details
- 02 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Cassidy Wald Wins Dean's Award for Service to the School and Society
disabilities affect the lives and work of their coworkers and teams, and steps they can take to make their organizations more inclusive. I am deeply grateful for her contributions.” Wald was formally recognized during graduation week. As... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Michelle Ross (MBA 2011)
I arrived was essentially, “Your MBA doesn’t matter as much to your coworkers as it does to you.” It’s unfortunate that more women don’t go into engineering. There’s so much opportunity, and women tend to bring a different perspective.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Learning to Lead
who is senior to him; he must produce the model in conjunction with an outside consultant based in London who does not want to collaborate with him; and the project is being overseen by one of the firm’s founding partners, a man coworkers... View Details
- 16 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 16
coworkers with a different social identity. Our results highlight the important role of social identity in overcoming self-interest and enhancing intergroup competitions. Download working paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2303862... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Joy of Spending
that even small purchases can have an effect—like going out to lunch with a coworker rather than eating a sandwich by yourself. Make It a Treat Binge-watching your favorite TV show on Netflix? Beware, says Norton. "The waiting that we had... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
Mexican firms. But Gaia Design has not grown the way that Philippe Cahuzac (MBA 2014) and his two cofounders—former coworkers at an online furniture company in Brazil—had anticipated. Compared with the United States or even Brazil, Mexico... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
kids and 1,300 staff—for them to have a great day and to be safe, because oftentimes there’s violence in the communities we serve.” Case cracker: Jensen Shoes. “One of the protagonists is an African American working with a white coworker... View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
exploiting the well-documented social divide between urban resident workers and rural migrant workers in urban Chinese firms. We analyze data on weekly output, individual characteristics, and coworker composition for all weavers in an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
Fisher, Jurvetson, can serve as an example. In 1995 he and his partners heard a proposal from two coworkers who aspired to be entrepreneurs, Sabeer Bhatia, a native of India, and Jack Smith. Though lacking any entrepreneurial experience,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
now a U.S. citizen and every bit as American as any of my fellow joggers or coworkers across the river. Somehow, though, people expect me to react differently to what happened. I don’t. The same ghosts haunt me. As I stretch my muscles,... View Details
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
enacting those stereotypes," says Ely. For example, previous studies show that men in dangerous jobs, such as coal mining, often act infallible to impress their coworkers and bosses. Problem is, the infallible mindset can lead to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
helping me make sense of the experience." Throughout her treatment, Cohen continued to work but cut back on her hours. "I wanted to maintain some sort of normalcy and routine," she says, noting that her friends, family, and coworkers were... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives
and commercialize medical diagnostic tools that will, ultimately, improve health outcomes. Lee’s DZD was one of the inaugural startups in 2016 at the Life Lab, a state-of-the-art wet lab and coworking space in Allston for Harvard... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Well Matched
who also is in San Francisco. We’ve always been a quasi-remote team, so we’re used to texting, FaceTiming, and Zooming. I moved from a coworking space, which I loved, to my dining room table, which I don’t love as much. At the beginning... View Details