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- 09 Apr 2024
- Book
Why Work Rituals Bring Teams Together and Create More Meaning
can’t relax. However, researchers have suggested that a familiar pattern can help to stop our anxiety from spinning out of control, Norton says. Using rituals to bring colleagues together In one experiment, Norton and colleagues brought a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- Web
Japan - Global
there is a good chance that Japan becomes the M&A deal center of the world for the next 10 years.” May 2025 Teaching Material On (B): The Cyclon Spins On By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell , Karolin Frankenberger, Sascha Mader and Karen... View Details
- 24 Apr 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders
Nelson Peltz in 2012. He wanted to split Kraft’s global business by spinning off its North American grocery products unit, which Rosenfeld wound up leading as an international business renamed Mondelez. Without the ability to access... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
disease and obesity—that bridges the gap between that high-octane spin class at a local gym and the joyless monotony of prescribed hospital rehab programs. The startup is science-backed: Post-heart-attack patients who complete a... View Details
- 23 Apr 2024
- In Practice
Getting to Net Zero: The Climate Standards and Ecosystem the World Needs Now
With each month clocking record-breaking temperatures across the planet, this Earth Day reflected the renewed urgency of regulators and businesses to find climate-change solutions. The US Securities and Exchange Commission recently adopted new rules that will mandate... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Profile
Joel Hurd
Coming to HBS is like Getting tossed in the fanciest washing machine on earth with the “heavy duty” and “extra spin cycle” settings selected. What is your most memorable classroom moment? I once argued very bluntly against a case... View Details
- 20 Aug 2020
- Book
From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives
For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
It’s Not Nagging: Why Persistent, Redundant Communication Works
these findings with managers she says there's a relief among many to learn that all that communicating does work—that they aren't spinning their wheels during the workday. "People are like, 'Oh, my gosh, there is a name to what I do.... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- Portrait Project
Yael Taqqu
tired distinction: the CEO is busy managing the story of the business just as the directors, producers and writers frantically spin their stories for the audience. want to know both spheres. I know that my greatest liability is my fear to... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Multimedia Martha: Sharon Patrick Cooks Up A Winner
which combined all of Martha's business interests into a single, integrated, synergistic company. What has your business strategy been at MSLO? A key piece has been building a core creative and editorial content that we spin out across... View Details
- 09 Jan 2020
- Book
Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI
John Foley was irritated with his local gym. He was constantly getting elbowed out of his favorite spin classes as other cyclists snapped up spots in sessions led by the most popular instructors. Foley’s frustration inspired him in 2012... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
SpinBrush had its problems, though. It had a tendency not to last as long as Osher and his team had planned, and there was an issue with the way the spinning bristles worked with the stationary bristles. But consumers were so taken with... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
and then to spin a tale that ends with consequences that are genuinely frightening or that just push the anxiety buttons we all have. The logic that goes from the fact to the dreadful consequence will be wrong, maybe even silly. A story... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
Most people at one time or another feel as if they are just spinning their wheels, unable to gain traction either in career or in life. This feeling of being stuck in one place, while troubling, is part of a necessary crisis leading to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 29 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
How Organizations Create Social Value
Another option: Spin off a separate structure, such as a corporate foundation. Key elements in leadership were: Founders. Attendees expressed frustration over leadership and governance issues that stemmed from the fact that many... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 31 May 2017
- What Do You Think?
Can Amazon Do What Walmart Couldn’t, Stop the 'Wheel of Retailing'?
startups, thus spinning the wheel of retailing again. The concept fell out of favor with the ascendancy of big box retailers, especially Walmart. Walmart gained such a dominant share, driving so many higher-priced, higher-margin... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
this platform so that other papers can come in? Maybe that means bringing in local investors and building a cap pooled fund at the state level so we can make other acquisitions. Maybe that means transitioning to a nonprofit, or spinning... View Details
- 08 Sep 2008
- HBS Case
The Value of Environmental Activists
There are many methods, most financial, to measure the success of companies in meeting goals. But the question becomes a lot harder at Harvard Business School when MBAs are challenged to measure the efforts of environmental organizations like Greenpeace and the World... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Advanced Statistics Are the New Foam Fingers
package it in a way that’s consumable?” One easy way to do this: Measure the flashy stuff. A program called Statcast calculates hitters’ launch angles and exit velocities on batted balls, while capturing spin rates for pitchers. Those... View Details
Harold L. Stuart
Following its spin off from N. W. Halsey, Stuart continued his Chicago-based firm’s strong presence in bond issuance, helping raise funds for many industrial conglomerates that, until that time, had always gone to New York for financing.... View Details
Keywords: Finance