Enhancing Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Black Visionary Leadership and Redefining What's Possible

(DEI) and I’m the co-president of AASU. After we graduate, we’re going to work in those spaces in finance and tech—I’m going into Venture Capital (VC) at Goldman Sachs, and Tyler is heading to Facebook. The statistics regarding black... View Details

20 Mar 2007
First Look

First Look: March 20, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407062 Liz Claiborne and the New Working Woman Harvard Business School Case 407-060 At age 47, with two decades of experience as a lead designer for a Fortune 500 fashion... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

fledgling college in 1640 and converted it to dormitory chambers. Nearby, he established the college’s printing works after marrying the widow of the man who brought the first printing press to Massachusetts. Cambridge Common: Where... View Details

07 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

the ethos of the characters I played in video games, to deciding that compassionate leadership would be the way I worked to motivate my platoon. Now I’ve found that empathy once again drives me to my new mission: to become someone that... View Details

Profile

Brandon Graves

Coming to HBS is like Entering a new world in which the words “not possible” or “no” don’t exist. HBS fosters an environment that constructively challenges my self-imposed limits and assumptions. Conversations with section mates and professors have enriched my View Details

Web

Credential of Leadership, Impact, and Management in Business | HBS Online

digital tools and data-informed leadership to execute, innovate, and work smarter Identify what makes a successful personal brand to establish your own Gain frameworks and in-demand skills from a business curriculum with breadth and depth... View Details

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

Project Antares with colleagues at the Harvard School of Public Health. The effort aims to create a system for devising commercial incentives that provide affordable public health initiatives, such as delivering medicines at very low cost. A speedy organ transplant can... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

01 Dec 2023
News

Engaging Students More Deeply

Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of... View Details

Keywords: April White

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

Exeter Business School. You Might Also Like: More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

09 Jan 2020
Book

Rethinking Business Strategy in the Age of AI

and are replacing or enhancing an increasing percentage of traditional processes. As they do that, they change the management systems around them. You need someone managing this who’s more of a software designer, as well as a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

26 Jan 2022
News

Making Peace with Anger

professional awakening about how he managed his company was part of a larger reflection about how he managed something more personal: his anger. READ MORE DM: You’ve spoken about how you underwent anger management counseling and how it shaped both your View Details

Web

Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

Managers Professor Bharat Anand Gain economic insights and learn how markets work and firms compete to craft successful business strategies. 8 weeks, 6-8 hrs/week Pay by September 25 $1,850 Certificate Financial Accounting Professor V.G.... View Details

28 Jan 2020
Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

story, people would rather stick with the known, which seems safe even if it is inadequate. The ultimate art of leadership is encouraging people to let go of their fear of the unknown and plunge into the work of innovation. It’s always... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Web

Online Management Course | HBS Online

management processes within each—what worked and what didn't—provided a unique method of learning, and incomparable to other course offerings available. Monica Higgins Account Director at Hollywood Agency Elevate your management skills by... View Details

Web

Impact of the New Medium - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

RESEARCH & MANUFACTURING COMPANY Commercialization of the Polarizer Innovation and the War Effort A Rewarding Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development,... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

compartmentalize their work as separate from the rest of their lives. And so, it is incumbent upon leaders to find ways to create a positive work context in which employees not only feel inspired but also... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

Environmental Justice (EJ): working to combat climate change and promote climate resilience and investing in the green economy in a way that creates good, well-paying jobs, with a focus on combatting inequality and the disproportionate... View Details

Web

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective - Recruiting

Insights & Advice 26 Jan 2024 Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective Becca Carnahan Author HBS Team tag All Locations Company Perspectives Nonprofit / Government Summer Internships Why We Recruit Emerson Collective is an organization... View Details

Blog

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

Healthy Minds by philosopher John Kaag. This book is a fantastic summary of the life and work of William James, the father of modern psychology, and a professor right here at Harvard. James endured intense... View Details

12 Jul 2016
First Look

July 12, 2016

Calibrating the model to data from the Financial Accounts of the U.S., the optimal capital requirement is around 20%. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51305 Bias in Official Fiscal Forecasts: Can... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Publications