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- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
organization is in recognition of the part played by art in industry and its importance to industry in broadening the horizons of culture and influencing the needs and desires of the people of every country. Whatever that might mean. This... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
improvements in delivering specific healthcare services and justify further investigation of process improvements. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54827 in press Journal of Personality and Social View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 28
understanding of their distant colleagues, while reflected knowledge promoted feelings of being understood. We discuss implications of reflected knowledge to theories of trust and interpersonal dynamics in globally distributed collaboration. View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
A Fast Start on Your New Job
need to make major calls, which is good news because you have to learn a lot and to begin building supportive coalitions. Q: Of the many challenges that managers face in their first ninety days, which one do you think is the trickiest and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
need help for the next many months to keep theirs and others’ spirits high so we can keep them for when we recover.” “How to motivate a team that has been furloughed? With our operations totally shut down by the government, we had to... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 08 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged
need help for the next many months to keep theirs and others’ spirits high so we can keep them for when we recover.” “How to motivate a team that has been furloughed? With our operations totally shut down by the government, we had to... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
business loans, job skills training, and unemployment benefits that were provided to white veterans. These publicly-provided benefits laid the foundation for much of the American middle class. That might explain why Timothy Hood didn’t feel the View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
Associate Professor Cuddy presents a scientifically grounded way to align our speech and nonverbal behavior with our beliefs, abilities, and values to produce a synchronized inner state that resonates and connects with others. In this way, we can capture the inner... View Details
- 26 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
If a Car Can Drive Itself, Can It Make Life-or-Death Decisions?
case quotes Harvard University psychology professor Joshua Greene saying, “Were a friend to call you from a set of trolley tracks seeking moral advice, you would probably not say, ‘Well, that depends. Would you have to push the guy, or... View Details
- 09 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 9
Wakeman, and Francesca Gino Abstract—When entering task performance contexts we generally have expectations about both the task and how well we will perform on it. When those expectations go unmet, we experience psychological discomfort... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
executive programs have substantial negotiation components as well. The unit's research methods include everything from analyzing negotiations in progress to psychological lab studies with subjects in negotiation experiments to running... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 20 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Activist CEOs Are Rising Up—and Their Customers Are Listening
questions still to be answered,” Toffel says. “Right now, it’s still early days as CEOs think through the potential opportunities and risks.” About the Author Michael Blanding is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: FangXiaNuo] Related Reading: When CEOs Become... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
bridge economic, sociological, and psychological concerns. Nonetheless, a key indicator of this trend is the dominance of the view of organizational economists that hierarchy outperforms non-hierarchical alternatives (including democracy)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
Most Successful CEOs Come from Within By: Bower, Joseph L. Abstract—The financial crisis of 2008 and the Great Recession caused a crisis of public confidence in business and American-style capitalism, with its focus on maximizing shareholder value. Corporate leaders... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 6, 2016
between portfolio choice and return realizations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51573 In Press Journal of Personality and Social Psychology Risky Business: When Humor Increases and Decreases Status By:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Nov 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching The Moral Leader
the need for leaders to cultivate a tolerance for ambiguity. Most challenges that feature moral issues are not that clear-cut, and the situations they are embedded in can go on for quite a long time without resolution. Kay Graham, whose... View Details
- 04 Oct 2024
- In Practice
Research-Based Advice for the Seasonally Overwhelmed and Schedule Challenged
ahead. It’s not their fault: holiday season mayhem is often at odds with the clean start many desire when the calendar changes over. It’s easy to throw up your hands and give in to routine once the first few weeks of the year speed by, even if you know you View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
since 1955. We haven't budged. So, then I think about, look, we want it more than anything else, we don't got it yet, so what do we do? And then, we look at a lot of the emerging positive psychology research, in particular, there's a... View Details
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
what the human body needs physically and mentally to respond to these challenges. Think of these as your new toolkit for high performance in a business world turned upside down. Let’s start with some executives’ comments from the survey,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 25 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
Hiding From Managers Can Increase Your Productivity
listen, it wouldn't be as efficient as just solving the problem now and then discussing it later. Because there is so much variation, we need to fix first, explain later." Said another worker: "Everyone is happy: Management sees... View Details