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- 30 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 30, 2007
action by citizens and policy-makers alike: (1) securing the future through innovation strategies suitable for an emerging "white coat economy" that is discovery-based; (2) pursuing happiness by addressing the connection between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
from abroad, and only relatively benign competition among themselves, the Big 3 and their stakeholders were all happy and doing well." That comfortable situation changed abruptly when oil prices soared in the 1980s, and the Japanese... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
September 2021 Alumni Books
Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising Happy Kids By Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) Harvard Business Review Press Sure, there are plenty of parenting books out there. But as working moms and dads, we’ve never had a trusted, go-to guide all... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
It Matters That Your CEO Doesn't Know Much About Sales
effectively is a governance issue as well as a prerequisite for profitable growth.” Related Reading Connecting Goals and Go-To-Market Initiatives The Most Powerful Workplace Motivator Want a Happy Customer? Coordinate Sales and Marketing View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
said, noting that the biggest predictor of happiness in life is good relationships. "If you have really good relationships, you have really good friends. You have people who have your back, who believe in you, who really respect you,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
legal and ethical reasons, the mere act of ensuring privacy seems to suppress information disclosure. What's the solution? "Perhaps the happy medium for marketers is to protect people's privacy, but don't explicitly tell them you're doing... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 26
be more complex than previously thought. While fervent believers benefit from their involvement, those with weaker beliefs are actually less happy than those who do not ascribe to any religion—atheists and agnostics. These results may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Extraordinary Things We Do on Ordinary Days: A Mother’s Day Tribute
actions, and remembering there’s a little mind always watching and observing what we’re doing. If I can do this, I have no doubt we will raise a wonderful daughter. As we celebrate Mother’s Day, take a minute to tell all the moms in your life how wonderful they are.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
life. And I've been happy with all of them, so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Local Hero A lifetime basketball fan, Herb Kohl worked to get the Bucks to Milwaukee in 1969. Not wanting to see the NBA franchise leave his hometown when... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
already being practiced by some far-sighted US providers, reversing the typical flow of innovation in the world. Reverse innovation has worked in other industries. We need it now in health care. Not Fade Away: Staying Happy When You’re... View Details
- 09 Mar 2023
- News
Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year
everyone in attendance received a commemorative mug with a fortune cookie inside. The fortune read, "Life is one long jubilee. Happy 75th Anniversary!" HBS Club of San Antonio Planning Festivities to Mark 50 Years To celebrate 50 years... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
You shouldn’t ask me about retirement, because I’ve done absolutely no planning for it other than financial. And I’d hope to be able to work as long as I’m enjoying it, which I think could be a few years yet. Morrell: In this episode of Skydeck, you’ll hear from some... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
concedes.) So he moved on. Parker spent the next five years at Automatic Data Processing, where he turned around an equipment-leasing division and earned a promotion to division vice president. While he was happy to be back in management,... View Details
- 16 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 16
that prosocial spending is associated with greater happiness around the world, in poor and rich countries alike. To test for causality, in Studies 2a and 2b, we used experimental methodology, demonstrating that recalling a past instance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
was not going to move. And I said, well, maybe I’ll move at some point, but if it turns out that we want to have an advertising business, I think you’ll be happy that I’m in New York. And that’s worked out. I did not manipulate our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2022
- News
Your Family, Your Work, Your Way
five continents, with clients ranging from top banks and law firms to Pfizer, Disney, and the US Air Force. A parent to two daughters, Dowling is also the author of Workparent: The Complete Guide to Succeeding on the Job, Staying True to Yourself, and Raising View Details
- 11 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Group Loyalty a Force for Good or Evil?
need to be clear what the goals are we are stressing when people work in groups,” says Gino, who was happy to be proven wrong about the positive aspects of loyalty, even as the ultimate vision of loyalty emerging from these experiments... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
collaborative 65 percent (versus 42 percent) rated their team as doing everything it could to be efficient 74 percent (versus 51 percent) rated their team as doing everything it could to be effective The happy result for BCG was that... View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
development. The reformers' challenge has been to demonstrate that corporate attention to human misery is perfectly consistent with maximizing wealth: that there is, in the words of United Nations' Secretary General Kofi Annan, "a View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
members of the collective, Hill rejects the idea that they should be chosen in order to conform to a freeform type of corporate structure, a "one big happy family" mentality. People in organizations of collective genius, she insists, need... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace