creativity - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 1998
News

Spangler Family Gift Endows New Campus Center

expressed their strong devotion to HBS and its values. "To me, the Harvard Business School has been a humane, sensitive, and creative place for our family," Meredith Spangler said, pointing to the School's talented faculty, its... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Introduction

Collections to show how previous generations devised creative ways of lending and borrowing long before credit cards. The exhibit also shows how the credit industry evolved over time. Though credit is not new, it is newly visible.... View Details

18 Jan 2022
Research & Ideas

How Eliminating Non-Competes Could Reshape Tech

and execute on their own independent projects. First, they need to autonomy to work creatively in areas of their own interest, for instance by intentionally allocating them free time on their own or in teams at a hackathon. Second, they... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Technology

09 Jun 2022
HBS Case

From Truck Driver to Manager: US Foods’ Novel Approach to Staff Shortages

from HBS in 1992, and wrote the case study with HBS researchers Olivia Hull and Amy Klopfenstein. With a combination of savvy planning and creative thinking, US Foods managed to weather staff shortages while simultaneously growing its... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds

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

19 Jan 2024
News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Speed has gotten a pretty bad rap, says Anne Morriss (MBA 2004). The Silicon Valley mantra of moving fast and breaking things has led to waves of high-profile... View Details

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

principally relies on employers to select skilled immigrants through programs like the H-1B visa. “There are many pros and cons for each route, with the employer-based approach allowing firms to find candidates they really want and also screen on softer information... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

workers to feel engaged and highly motivated, and they want those workers to muster creativity and diverse perspectives to solve problems. If workers have latitude to express themselves, they’ll feel more inspired and do better work—not... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

makes consumers more willing to pay for safety features." Already during the pandemic, companies have been creative in identifying "low-hanging fruit" that could be quickly implemented in their operations. Grocery stores... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

31 Jul 2023
News

Striving for Imperfection

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

Overcrowded – Designing Meaningful Products in a World Awash with Ideas

We live in a world awash with ideas. Thanks to the web and to powerful ideation approaches such as open innovation, design thinking, or crowdsourcing, organizations have today easy access to an unprecedented amount of novel concepts. In this context, what... View Details

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Strategy Execution Online Course | HBS Online

Improving Job Design Featured Exercises Analyze a job using the Job Design Optimization Tool (JDOT) Recommend a set of job design improvements 5-6 hrs Module 3 Energizing Employees to Execute Strategy Apply techniques to spur high performance and View Details

01 Feb 2023
What Do You Think?

Will Hybrid Work Strategies Pull Down Long-Term Performance?

layoff.) He has commented elsewhere that one reason may be the organization’s failure to select, orient, organize, and measure new remote employees in ways that enable them to work as productively and creatively as longer-term, less... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2019
News

Bridging the Gap

“I’m optimistic that in the future we’ll have communities that are knitted together more productively, tackling issues like inequality and economic opportunity more resolutely and creatively than they otherwise would have been—and that... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Josh Cochran; photographed by Melissa Golden; cross sector collaboration; local government; nonprofits; education; leadership; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

To succeed in today's fast-moving economy, traditional corporate structures are holding back companies, even great companies, from being creative enough and speedy enough to compete effectively. What's needed, argues Harvard Business... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) Find an incubator near you, using this tool from the NBIA. + – Organizations for Women & Multicultural Entrepreneurs Urban Entrepreneur Network Networking group for Women & Multicultural Entrepreneurs, Small Business... View Details

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

two weeks later we hosted the first virtual Real Estate Venture Competition. Working with our sponsors, judges, and participants to bring this creative solution to life was an unforgettable experience. 5. Treks Club treks are a great way... View Details

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

crucial projects we really need to get done. In fact, when we are distracted from a task, it can take 19 minutes to refocus on what we were doing, according to creativity expert Teresa Amabile, Edsel Bryant Ford Professor of Business... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

03 Jan 2023
What Do You Think?

How Would the Leadership Style of Girl Scouts' Frances Hesselbein Fare Today?

but he will always be remembered for causing all of us to think more creatively about management.” Katherine Lawrence, formerly of the DuPont organization, provided a thought-provoking observation that, “When workers become fungible, a... View Details

Keywords: Re: James L. Heskett

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Harvard Kennedy School’s Social Innovation + Change Initiative is a rigorous co-curricular program for change-makers committed to addressing pressing social problems in new and creative ways. The Fellowship selects and supports students –... View Details

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