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- 14 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age
require digital transformations to be more iterative than other forms of corporate change. Leaders need to catalyze change rather than plan for it. That means creating the initial conditions for the organization to achieve its ambitions... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
personalization for a customer, thinking through the right shelf assortment in a store, or stocking a warehouse, it implies changes in your process.” Finally, AI’s ability to rapidly test different options demands an experimental, supportive culture, requiring agile... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Seminar
Garrett Van Ryzin, Columbia & Amazon
- Web
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting
and gain a deeper understanding of the projects they are working on. Setting Interns Up for Success In previous iterations of the Bridges MBA internship program, student interns were assigned to a discrete project working across teams to... View Details
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Leadership - Faculty & Research
encountered, it recalibrated, iteratively creating continuity and restoring order. Daini survived the crisis without an explosion or a meltdown. October 2014 Article The Transparency Trap By: Ethan Bernstein To get people to be more... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?
human time or human understanding of complexity, I can identify the things that GPT suggests actually matter, and then iterate on those with real data and real consumers to get human-based results,” she says. Developing the right prompt... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy
therapies were in clinical trials, but none could treat his specific disease. Years later as a Blavatnik Fellow, the more she studied cancer and existing therapies, the more Zutshi wanted a new approach.“There are a lot of treatments in the world that are View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- Op-Ed
Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation
I describe below at the very top with their own key people. If you wish to introduce such a governance and learning system into your own organization, here are some guiding principles: 1. Zero in. Focus on the strategic and cultural issues that matter most to the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer
- Web
Generative AI - Alumni
input information in so many ways, asking for 10 iterations of any bullet point will be exhaustive for the model. Close Using GenAI for Interview Prep One of the most important aspects of the job hunt is the interview, and the best way to... View Details
- 13 Feb 2020
- Book
Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations
Iterate between advocacy and inquiry. Leaders should start these honest, public, and collective conversations with employees by advocating where they want to take the organization, then ask for input on the strategic plans. “Leaders... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 04 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating
structures change over time," Shore says. "To complicate matters, in longer-term projects you're going to be iterating between information gathering and solution generating. So the organizational structure needs to switch back... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Hands-on Learning About Global Markets
knowledge of the health care sector. While still at HBS, the teammates did preliminary work by visiting a senior center in a Boston suburb to understand how comfortable seniors were with technology. In Buenos Aires, the team used design thinking to identify new... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
"Big companies get stuck on analysis paralysis, and they look for the perfect answer. In my company, we iterate very quickly," said Sheila Lirio Marcelo (HBS MBA 1998), founder and CEO of Care.com a website for providers and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Janie McDonough
My dad always stood in front of the whiteboard. He moved with the grace of a conductor—brows furrowed, eyes darting back and forth, hands continuously gliding the print-jobs magnets from one column to the next. Only after multiple View Details
- 09 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation
Early iterations of IBM's ViaVoice software package featured IBM's "ideal" customer on the front: an administrative assistant sitting in front of her computer, speaking into a headset. It is easy to see why IBM targeted such... View Details
- 14 Oct 2021
- In Practice
Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return
legitimate reason, will undermine employees’ contribution and commitment. 2. Take a flexible, iterative approach. Don’t set policies in stone. We have seen employers have to backtrack on policies and respond to employee concerns.... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 22 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries
experimentation." In their research, Staats and Upton document how the use of lean principles affected the workflow at Wipro. The concept of "kaizen," or continuous improvement, for example, resulted in a more iterative... View Details
- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
iterative manner. To learn more, read 7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19 Euvin Naidoo, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Tip: Protect the core business and pivot to new opportunities The COVID-19 outbreak has... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
of communication can support those goals." The authors note that establishing a culture of conversation won't always mean hitting each of the four "I's," but stress that these elements "tend to reinforce each other" to create a highly View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel