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- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Sam Walton: Great From the Start
Thomas (1946), James Carr (1948), and Alice (1949)—were born during those five years. "We had built a life there," she recalled in 1992. "I still have good friends from those days." Now they were going to have to leave... View Details
- 30 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?
demand, which led to shipment delays, followed by pricing confusion and a series of public relations bungles—just as the pandemic eased and people began returning to gyms. Peloton scrambled by recalling items and dropping prices, amid an... View Details
- 05 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why People Crave Feedback—and Why We’re Afraid to Give It
employees, they might pause for a moment to recall when they were in a similar situation. “To try to put yourself in the other person’s shoes, you could remember when feedback would have been very helpful for you, like when you were in... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Feb 2022
- Book
When Working Harder Doesn’t Work, Time to Reinvent Your Career
career well in advance. Brooks recalls not knowing exactly when his French horn skills started going downhill, but musicians, similar to athletes, rely on precise fine motor muscles that often deteriorate with age, use, and injury. People... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 26 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
High-Stakes Decision Making: The Lessons of Mount Everest
that contribute to large-scale organizational failures, and to explore the linkages among the psychological and sociological forces involved at the individual, group, and organizational system level. In sum, all leaders would be well-served to View Details
Keywords: by Michael A. Roberto
- 01 Jun 2023
- HBS Case
A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?
deflate,” Miller recalled in a recent Harvard Business School case. The partner had a job offer in his pocket that he had planned to hand Miller, but the prison time changed everything. View VideoVideo: Larry Miller looks back at the... View Details
- 24 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Bernie Madoff Explains Himself
I couldn’t attain,” Madoff recalls in the recording. The “slippery slope” that enables a small transgression to grow into a bigger one: “I started to go off the tracks, and I was able to convince myself that this was, you know, a... View Details
- 12 May 2021
- Book
The Hard Truth About Being a CEO
in NBA history when he played for the Boston Celtics, and his coach was the legendary Red Auerbach. In an interview with Russell, he talked about his coach and how he never really “played” for Red, since they “worked together” as a team. Russell View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Jan 2023
- Research & Ideas
How to Live Happier in 2023: Diversify Your Social Circle
closely, the researchers conducted an online survey of nearly 600 people in the United States, asking them to recall their social interactions the previous day and categorize them into categories like stranger, acquaintance, friend, or... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 16 Oct 2023
- HBS Case
Advancing Black Talent: From the Flight Ramp to 'Family-Sustaining' Careers at Delta
“birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement.” “And only 2 percent of the poorest residents ever managed to get out of poverty,” Hill recalled discussing in her conversations with Delta employees when researching and writing the cases. At the... View Details
- 07 Mar 2023
- HBS Case
ChatGPT: Did Big Tech Set Up the World for an AI Bias Disaster?
for a slowdown in AI development. The work questioned whether AI language models, with hundreds of billions of words, had grown too large to effectively deal with issues of bias. “And we saw this race of just trying to train larger and larger and larger language... View Details
- 27 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Hard Work Isn't Enough: How to Find Your Edge
control, and the people pulling them tend to make decisions based on their view of our competence and character. Huang says you need to be aware of how others see you and guide their perceptions, redirecting them when necessary to influence whether they appreciate your... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 May 2021
- Research & Ideas
Who Has Potential? For Many White Men, It’s Often Other White Men
when they slip up? Or are they tearing people down by nit-picking over every misstep? Ely recalls one manager’s efforts to become a better supervisor to a Black female employee who was smart and hard-working, but made a lot of mistakes.... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Professional Networking Makes People Feel Dirty
found that people felt physically dirtier after recalling past transgressions than after recalling good deeds. The study's authors called it the "Macbeth effect," referring to the Shakespearean scene in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 02 Jun 2022
- Research & Ideas
Blissful Thinking: When It Comes to Finding Happiness, 'Your Dreams Are Liars'
be happier, personally, too. As he began to dig into the research, the conclusions were unambiguous: “I needed to retire and dedicate myself to sharing knowledge,” recalls Brooks, who left AEI in 2019. At HBS, he teaches the Leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Morrell
- 01 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Dissent in Decision-Making
McNamara had hired to be comptroller of the Defense Department. "Unfortunately, McNamara himself contributed to the very shortcoming he speaks of—his domineering style led him to shut out other voices," recalls George. It was a... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
- 07 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Right Way to Cry in Front of Your Boss
full-time jobs, were asked to recall a recent time when a colleague was visibly distressed, and how that demonstrated either passion or emotion. The study also teased out whether the type of profession or relationship between participant... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 06 Feb 2020
- Research & Ideas
What We Learned from Reading Jeff Bezos’ Patents
time breaking through the corporate shields that Bezos has erected. (A former analyst recalled to us that on a trip to the company, she saw the World War II slogan “Loose Lips Sink Ships” on a bathroom wall.) So we wondered if there... View Details
- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
players beyond the basketball court. Feelings about Knight also follow generational lines. While younger students often see Knight as little more than a bully, older participants tell stories of doing their best work under a mentor with Coach Knight's tough-love... View Details
- 03 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Rituals in Life, Death, and Business
ex-boyfriend, taking them to the park where they met, and tearing them up-she made a point of saying 'even the ones where I looked good,' which I loved." After the writing exercise, all the participants completed a questionnaire, using a numbered scale to View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel