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- 07 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis
before relaying them to consumers, pointing to respected health organizations, such as the WHO, as important sources. Consumers, increasingly skeptical as fake news proliferates online, are looking to brands to be the bearers of truth. He also recommends that brands... View Details
Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman
- Portrait Project
Chao Zeng
to push a heavy trolley full of drinks, noodles, and meal boxes down an endless aisle full of hungry, angry, and frustrated passengers. Giant passengers, twice my size, would glare at me as I was coming down the tight aisle. Cunning thieves would try to View Details
- Portrait Project
Jason Gurwin
it hurts every single time. But, when you're an entrepreneur, the pain has to be temporary. It can't stop you. It can't distract you. It has to motivate you. Because if you don't keep fighting, there isn't anyone else that will. I've... View Details
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Sharing a Passion for Art
exhibition space set among forests, meadows, and dunes on the Netherlands’ west coast, where, as van Caldenborgh puts it, “there is nothing to distract people from looking at and enjoying art.” The three-year process of building the... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- News
Leading Schools that Change Lives
of Salesianum School, the Catholic boys’ prep school he graduated from in Wilmington, Delaware. “You have to be laser-focused on what’s most important and not get distracted by the chaos and noise.” Kennealey’s résumé includes teaching in... View Details
- 17 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Why Global Brands Work
distractions including Jaguar, Land Rover, and Volvo will be sold off; they're now meaningless. U.S.-based models like Mercury will be discontinued. Can Ford recover? The answer lies in whether the common vehicle platforms developed for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The Future of Books
yet our top line, our readership, and their book consumption have stayed stable over the last 20 years. That stability may even tip toward growth as we develop the next generation of readers. There are always worries that kids are View Details
- 06 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Comparing Apples to Apples Online Leads To More Fruitful Sales
shopper needs to buy it. If the retailer veers off topic and displays something unrelated to the target item, the shiny new objects could distract the consumer enough to abandon the initial product. “The retailer is implying that yes,... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sheharyar Malik
meager resources could buy. She never married again, never even went on a date, as that would be a distraction from her sole purpose in life – to make her sons the best human beings they could possibly be. That single-minded focus,... View Details
- 09 Aug 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
Productivity Tips You Probably Haven't Considered Before
transparency can increase productivity. Why Productivity Suffers When Employees Are Allowed to Schedule Their Own Tasks Deviating from an organization’s prescribed task schedule tends to erode productivity, even among the most experienced workers. Blue Skies, View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Book Review: My Lunch with Warren
re-education occurred when Spier won an opportunity to lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, a three-hour steak-a-thon. Buffett encouraged his dining companions to live their lives by an internal scorecard and to filter out distractions and the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
home you have access to even more technology than in the office. It’s important to set up your work space so that you have access to the technology you need, and not the technology that will distract you. Fong encourages her team to avoid... View Details
- Portrait Project
Alexandra Rethore
she does not let it distract from her very busy agenda. Also quiet and purposeful, Emma is thought-filled and always wanting to learn more. She pushes me to be more precise, sincere, and forthcoming in the way I communicate with her.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Action Plan: Finding Fluency
Duolingo shifted from being a tool for travelers to a classroom assistant for parents educating their children at home and a much-needed distraction for adult learners. Marketing evolved, too, responding to these new and changing consumer... View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
companies have challenged the standard on how business are “supposed” to run. One could argue that these attempts to be different are distracting and time consuming when the work just needs to get done. However, by taking a chance at... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
patterns, not changes in speed, being tired or distracted while typing will not set off false alarms. An easy-to-read dashboard shows the results: A healthy individual will see little inconsistency in cadence, while those with... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Profile
Akshay Ghulati
notes, "business students are motivated, but easily distracted by both personal and business interests. Everything at HBS – the section experience, the learning teams, the classrooms – is structured to help you learn, to help you get... View Details
- 02 May 2018
- Blog Post
Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
Individual pay transparency would eliminate a source of distraction (Srishti Mehra) and "would do more to eliminate gender and racial pay inequity than any other action," according to Miki Saxon. Will Quandt added that "the... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
Sidetracked: Why Can’t We Stick to the Plan?
be disastrously distracted by seemingly innocuous factors — and how distractions can be avoided. This excerpt from the book's introduction describes how three different sets of forces sidetracked Gino's... View Details
Keywords: Re: Francesca Gino
- 22 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
How Do We Sustain Organization Diversity?
distraction of a later effort to improve gender diversity, the disproportionate number of Black employees laid off in a major downsizing, a drop in the number of Black candidates in the pipeline, and weak retention of those brought into... View Details
Keywords: All Industries