Thoughtfulness - Publications - Faculty & Research

2017
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Good Work: The Taylor Review of Modern Working Practices

By: Matthew Taylor, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent

I was not the only person appointed to the Review. My fellow Review team members, Greg Marsh, Diane Nicol and Paul Broadbent have not only been an important source of ideas and wisdom throughout the process but have led in engaging with key groups of... View Details

Keywords: Future Of Work; Labor Relations; Marketplaces; Employment; Labor and Management Relations; Labor; Markets

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31 Jul 2015
Blog Post

Transitioning From the Military to Business School

opinion using your set of beliefs, talk about those beliefs in class, learn from your peers, add to your decision making toolkit, and grow. It is truly a remarkable process through which I have learned more about business in a single year than I View Details

22 Aug 2005
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Failure Analysis

It hardly needs to be said that organizations cannot learn from failures if people do not discuss and analyze them. Yet this remains an important insight. The learning that is potentially available may not be realized unless thoughtful... View Details

Keywords: by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon

04 Aug 2011
What Do You Think?

How Dangerous Is Common Sense to Managers?

the mind and body work is thought provoking. For example, in Everything is Obvious, Once You Know the Answer: How Common Sense Fails Us, sociologist Duncan Watts' thesis is that, in predicting outcomes and acting accordingly, we give far... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Accidental Innovator

about the importance of accident in their processes. Some artists see accident as a good way to produce something that they would not have been able to think of in advance and that is, therefore, quite new—something they wouldn't have even View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

31 Jul 2019
Research & Ideas

Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training

to be deliberate and thoughtful about what they offer. It’s not enough to put a ping-pong table in the office and expect your culture to change and your employees to relax at work.” How companies can encourage employee wellness Companies... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health

01 May 2019
What Do You Think?

What Should the Leadership of YouTube Do?

put it succinctly in saying, “Free speech, free thought and the right to be heard. How far do we go to secure the block chain of information to ensure that content is free from hate?” Gene identified the misuse of technology as the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

Michi Ferreol – Class of 2021 I grew up in the Philippines, around other kids who looked like me and talked like me. So while I watched a lot of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen shows back then, I never really understood that I was different. Being Asian was simply never... View Details

18 Jan 2018
News

The Lessons of All-Day Breakfast

exactly what we thought it would. It came with high incrementality, which means a lot of folks who hadn't been visiting us in the past, or at least the recent past, came in. It came with a high average check and it drove trade up from... View Details

Keywords: Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Reunions 2024 Reunion Presentations At Reunions, HBS faculty and other thought leaders address a range of issues facing business and society. Program recordings and materials (slide deck, handouts, etc.) are made available only when... View Details

13 Sep 2010
Research & Ideas

The Consumer Appeal of Underdog Branding

Given that psychological research has shown that people want to associate themselves with winners (and therefore with winning brands), we thought it was interesting that brands would try to position themselves as underdogs, because the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

10 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

air.” Two critical questions, posed by Hernan Saenz and Dunigan O’Keeffe of Bain and Company, can help organizational leaders frame their thoughts about how to survive in the present and position their companies to thrive in the... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden

13 Apr 2021
Book

How Inclusive Managers Create Glass-Shattering Organizations

someone I always thought was inclusive, but in hindsight he was not. He put women in top roles, but they did not get an equal voice. Many times, I was told what decisions were rather than being asked to make the decision or provide... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

29 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

The History and Influence of Andy Grove

thoughts plays an important role in this process of teaching himself. The act of writing contributes an important element of discipline to his thinking. What I learned from those notebooks is that as hard as Grove drove others, he was... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Computer

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Commodity Busters: Be a Price Maker, Not a Price Taker

the pressure. Competitors, in an attempt to gain market share or market position, often succumb and thus destroy the profitability of whole markets. But, with careful thought and precise execution, managers can be price makers, not price... View Details

Keywords: by Benson P. Shapiro

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

thought it was, and I think for me it reinforced this idea that how you publicly describe your firm is a double-edged sword,” McDonald says. “In this case, there was a lot of press written about Theranos that put it in the spotlight. When... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

03 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Is the Future of MBA Education?

the order of 25-, 30-, even 50-percent at highly-ranked schools outside the top 15 or so schools. The schools were, by and large, unaware of how widespread the problem was. Each thought the problem of declining enrolments was unique to... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

11 Jul 2019
Blog Post

Meet the MBA Class of 2020

BREAKTHROUGHS PEOPLE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE A YEAR AGO.” HOME REGION Wayne, PA UNDERGRAD EDUCATION College of William & Mary, Economics, 2014 PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Verily, Google, Symplivety HBS ACTIVITIES Digital Impact Initiative, The... View Details

10 May 2020
Blog Post

Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers

tell my FGI team when we arrived because I thought it'd be easier if they knew why I didn't feel well. They were so excited for me and unbelievably supportive. Not having to hide my pregnancy from my team made the trip so much more fun... View Details

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