talent - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2013
News

Building a Better Brazil

generation of businesspeople to follow his lead." These gifts point to increasing momentum around Harvard, HBS, and Brazil, highlighted by last year's visit by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff to the University to witness the signing of a five-year agreement... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Paper Manufacturing; Manufacturing

30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

lunch gatherings, happy hours, cooking and crafting classes, talent shows, and even meet-the-pet sessions. Knowing that workers are bound to feel some screen fatigue these days, business leaders should encourage self-care by... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

14 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

When the Rubber Meets the Road, Most Commuters Text and Email While Driving

fact that we are now much more likely to be constantly distracted by phones, emails, social media, and that, for many, controlling the use of technology in the car is clearly challenging,” says Sadun. You Might Also Like: Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

Blog

What Black Executives Really Want

money to hire and bring diverse talent into the organization. If we don't create an environment where they're going to thrive, then what's going to happen? They will walk out the door. Everyone wants to do a better job of supporting... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

A World of Difference

expertise are not bad things, but sometimes they narrow the way we think about problems because we think we have the right answer. One of the stories that I included in my book Rebel Talent was about the airline pilot Captain “Sully”... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

13 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis

to nurture talent is legendary. Just about anybody who is anybody in jazz can trace some lineage back to "Miles University." Finally, the process that led to Kind of Blue is an example of pushing boundaries and taking... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Music

Web

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

thinkers. Francesca Gino : Winner of the 2019 Thinkers50 Talent Award. Ashley V. Whillans : Received Honorable Mention for the 2019 Dissertation Award from the International Positive Psychology Association. Ashley V. Whillans : Named a... View Details

Web

Organizational Behavior Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

contribution that is just beginning to attract the attention of the scientific community.” Boris Groysberg : Won the 2011 Axiom Business Book Award Gold Medal in the Operations Management category for Chasing Stars: The Myth of Talent and... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

Is the Business World Finally Ready for the Wisdom of Shibusawa?

Eiichi Shibusawa continues to gain influence in Japan—even though he died almost a century ago. Japan’s government announced earlier this year that the 19th century business leader would be the face on 10,000 yen ($90) bank notes—the highest value denomination in... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rei Morimoto; Financial Services; Retail

01 Jun 2022
What Do You Think?

Is Stakeholder Management Facing New Headwinds?

make matters even more complicated, each stakeholder group contains members who both support and oppose the issue at hand." Similarly, when Levi Strauss, Citigroup, Microsoft, and others announced that they will fund employees—a constituency empowered by a historic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

23 May 2012
Research & Ideas

Five Ways to Make Your Company More Innovative

jobs around innovation. Make it a job prerequisite. Consider 3M's move to become one of the first companies to tell professionals that they could spend 15 percent of their time on projects of their own choosing. Now many high-tech companies know that they can't get the... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons, Julia Hanna & Roger Thompson

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

of our society’s talents and strengths. Focused business leaders are uniquely positioned for this massive mobilization of society’s diverse talent pool. Businesses can move fast—and the challenge at hand... View Details

01 Nov 2019
What Do You Think?

Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?

company has enough interest in the skill set that the individual brings in then they are limiting their talent pool when someone declines due to the NCA.” Edward Sixt contributed this argument against NCAs: “ it is not just or fair to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Aug 2021
Research & Ideas

What If Closing the Wage Gap Means Everyone Earns Less?

are not handled in the same way at all companies or for all workers. For instance, the rules of transparency don’t necessarily hold true for “large superstar firms that are willing to pay higher wages than anyone else,” says Cullen. They also don’t apply to employees... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

Teaching Interest

Managing Human Capital: Keeping Hope Alive in Organizations (Not offered 2013-2014)

Managing Human Capital has been specifically designed to teach practical skills for the general manager who seeks to manage both other people and his or her own career with optimal effectiveness. Any and all students who believe they will need to effectively manage... View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

and observed how top talent reacted differently to the crisis based on the messages they received: “Some lost faith in the company and in its leaders. Others doubled their effort and commitment. The difference between the two groups? The... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

March 2015
Case

BOLT: Seed Venture Capital Firm

By: William A. Sahlman and Robert F. White

BOLT is a different kind of seed venture capital firm built to serve the needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software.

In the past decade, the cost of entrepreneurial experimentation has dropped dramatically, particularly in web... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Accelerator; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Venture Capital; Applications and Software; Information Infrastructure; Strategy

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Educators

Purchase

01 Mar 2014
News

Generation Next

not exist previously—a year after the project ended. Today, he is CEO and managing director of Godrej Consumer Products, the group's largest and most profitable company. Godrej consultant Nathani-Menzies calls the hire "revolutionary for Godrej." "Nisa has expertly... View Details

Keywords: Mark Bergen; Godrej Group; Management

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

new. Q: Is there a way innovators can encourage good accidents? In other words, is there anything we can control to foster this process? A: Great question. Artists think they develop a talent for causing good accidents. Equally or perhaps... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

02 Mar 2012
HBS Seminar

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