Lean Management - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jun 2011
First Look

First Look: June 14

managers publicly acknowledge the need to explore new businesses and markets, the claims of established businesses on company resources almost always come first, especially when times are hard. When top teams allow the tension between... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The IT Leader’s Hero Quest

process redesign. Over the years, the CIO job has remained a hot seat in business and has, in turn, become a key management position in executing a company's competitive cost structure and strategy. It has become a key senior View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 28

exercise a huge impact on management studies more generally, especially strategy and the study of entrepreneurship. Publisher's link: View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jan 2014
Working Paper Summaries

The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It

Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira

2022
Book

Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs

By: Chris Bingham and Rory McDonald

Why is leading innovation in nascent business environments so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90% of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80% of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6%... View Details

Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Decision Making

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24 Sep 2019
Blog Post

Launching a Career in Clean Energy

Established in 2010, the HBS Business & Environment Initiative (BEI) works to deepen understanding of the environmental challenges facing business leaders and inspire new ideas and practical, effective solutions. BEI has established a network of 5,000 alumni whose... View Details

January 2020
Case

Ureed.com: The Marketplace for Language

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Esel Çekin and Alpana Thapar

Jordanian entrepreneur, Nour Al Hassan, founded Tarjama in 2008, tapping into an underserved and high demand need: Arabic translation service. Its lean model comprised of hiring full-time employees, mainly women, who worked from home. It steadily grew over the... View Details

Keywords: Language Translation; Freelancers; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Management; Expansion; Quality; Growth and Development Strategy

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05 Jul 2023
HBS Case

What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

Raffaelli’s research also has good news: Nothing stops you from developing capabilities reflective of all three orientations. The key is self-awareness: Recognizing what type of orientation to lean on, how to get the skills to grow, and... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

31 Oct 2023
HBS Case

Checking Your Ethics: Would You Speak Up in These 3 Sticky Situations?

client and the industry to yield better results. Ultimately, there are clear expectations for how consultants should handle these dilemmas. As these three cases illustrate, consultants can use certain guideposts to help them manage... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consulting

19 Dec 2023
Research & Ideas

$15 Billion in Five Years: What Data Tells Us About MacKenzie Scott’s Philanthropy

of gifts over time. So many in the nonprofit and philanthropy world wondered how Scott’s nonconforming principles would be expressed in her actual giving. Scott, whose net worth has been estimated to top $40 billion, established the organization Yield Giving in 2022 to... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Lee, Brian Trelstad, and Ethan Tran

22 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle

Consulting Group employees work with AI: Humans are still needed to make that call. To operationalize AI successfully, managers must carefully select its applications, train workers in using it properly, and quickly move the line as AI... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology

06 Nov 2023
Research & Ideas

Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

important for managers to remember at a time when many are struggling to retain workers. “There’s so much work showing that when employees are heard at work, they are going to flourish and thrive,” Collins says. “They experience greater... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

26 Apr 2024
HBS Case

Deion Sanders' Prime Lessons for Leading a Team to Victory

subordinates feels micromanaged, which is bizarre.” It’s a leadership approach focused on self-discipline and personal accountability, one that might be considered refreshing in a business world often bogged down by managers who... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

02 Mar 2012
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Robert Kimmel

Robert Kimmel (HBS '03) brings 15 years of operations management and consulting experience. He enjoys working with students who are exploring moves into operational roles, considering a departure from consulting, or deciding between... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Entrepreneurship; Manufacturing; Private Equity; Financial Services (All)

03 Apr 2013
What Do You Think?

Will Women Leaders Influence the Way We Work?

leaders on work, "it is extremely naive to expect that stereotypical ideas about what women in general are like will have any meaning for the behavior of women in senior management positions. Women who arrive in such positions will... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Sep 2023
Book

Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

they’re leading a whole bunch of other people. So emotional management is even more important.” Brooks says the country, and maybe the world, is in a happiness slump. This epidemic predates the COVID-19 pandemic (though lockdowns and... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

09 May 2024
Research & Ideas

Called Back to the Office? How You Benefit from Ideas You Didn't Know You Were Missing

the same view, he says. Implications beyond universities While the study focuses specifically on academic research, it may also have meaning for other organizations, Duede says—those that similarly lean on employees for their ability to... View Details