Inner Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jan 2012
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The Power of Local Leaders

01 Jun 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Very Continental

Ngoyi at the Fund for Export Development in Africa: creating sustainable development at scale. (Courtesy of Marlene Ngoyi) Born in Brussels to Congolese parents and raised in Gabon, Marlene Ngoyi (MBA 2009) has lived and worked in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; investment; exports; infrastructure; life experience; finance; Finance

29 Aug 2011
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The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins as Big Gains

14 Feb 2022
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Harvard Wants MBAs to Learn How to Be Happy at Work

23 May 2011
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Managing the Double-Edged Sword of Collaboration

01 Jun 2001
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"Unheard Voices" Brings to Light Three Centuries of American Women at Work

entries in Nathaniel Chamberlain’s account book, this glimpse into 18th-century American domestic life is one of hundreds of stories about women and work that is surfacing thanks to a new initiative at Baker... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Professor Elton Mayo; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

24 Apr 2014
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Employees crave meaningful progress in their work and find joy in making an impact

“Even incremental small wins can contribute to what we call positive inner work life,” says Teresa Amabile, Baker Foundation Professor. Amabile’s current research focuses on the psychology of everyday View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Origin Story: Mary Chen (MBA 2026)

Address label: Born outside Cleveland, Ohio, Chen grew up in California and Texas before attending Emory University in Georgia, where she majored in business. “My three siblings live in New York now, and I’ll be working there this summer,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photo by Leah Fasten; climate finance; MBA; student life

01 Mar 2003
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Inside the Revolution

the School’s Global Research Centers in helping faculty work on cases and find research opportunities. The LSP builds contacts, compiles databases, organizes seminars, and encourages and supports case writing across units to raise... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Eileen McCluskey; Jonathan West; Life Sciences Project; LSP; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

28 Mar 2013
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Advancing the World's Leading Women

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

contact with settlers, the buffalo provided our food, tools, shelter, clothes, and medicine. After a few hundred years of living on the rez, however, he said that the buffalo as we knew it was gone. In a subtle yet inspiring way, he told me that it was part of our... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership