Embodiment - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Pay Attention To Your ‘Extreme Consumers’

Embodiments Of Ethnography Another way designers can gain fresh insights into their products is by observing consumers whose physical impediments make using them difficult. Engineers with Ford wore bodysuits that mimicked the vision and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

22 Sep 2023
News

Capital Connection

living for a very meaningfully sized community.” The Bodka Creek project embodies everything Beckford envisioned for DLS. As a small boutique firm with limited resources, the company evaluates potential clients and partners based not only... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

07 Apr 2022
Blog Post

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

the MS/MBA program has given me two critical components of my professional journey: mission and means. In my first year I launched into identifying my mission. I realized that empathy provided a strong foundation for much of my life’s direction: from joining the Marine... View Details

22 Jul 2002
Research & Ideas

Is Performance-Based Pricing the Right Price for You?

expand the spread between customer value and cost. It is useful to consider the risk embodied in various pricing approaches. Pricing that is openly based on costs plus a predetermined profit margin, and is often referred to as "time... View Details

Keywords: by Benson Shapiro; Manufacturing

Research Summary

Dissertation: Is the Ideal Worker Still Real? Sources and Consequences of Men's Professional Identities

My dissertation examines the implications of men's changing lives for their work identities and for gender inequality in organizations. Current theories of workplace gender inequality hinge upon the widely-shared cultural image of an "ideal worker,"... View Details

16 May 2023
Blog Post

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS (part 2)

grandfather to cancer, a man who embodied the very essence of what it meant to live a purposeful life. He had advanced the lives of millions in Asia by bringing systematic and industrial practice in textile to developing Asian countries.... View Details

27 May 2015
Blog Post

What is an HBS Section?

diversity is one of the key ways learning at HBS works. In a classroom full of different perspectives and backgrounds you understand and work through cases together. The section is the embodiment of this idea. The section is also an... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

two weeks, if possible, without interruption," he reasoned. "Then, you get it straight and you embody it, and during that period of embodiment you have a feeling of almost divine guidance." 10 It was... View Details

03 May 2024
Blog Post

From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief

Business School. Now, as I proudly stand as Miss New Jersey 2024, my journey demonstrates the unwavering power of perseverance and self-belief. Becoming United States of America’s Miss New Jersey was more than just a crown; it was an opportunity to View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

captured atmospheric carbon during manufacturing, to produce concrete products with 70-100+% less embodied carbon.” Wyatt Smith MBA 2015 | Founder & CEO, Upsmith “UpSmith is on a mission to combat skilled worker shortages. We develop... View Details

Portrait Project

Tory Voight

ridden with guilt for leaving a past that taught me so much and feeling alone, assimilating into a new world I couldn’t relate to. This tension subsided as an adult when I took an unfiltered look at my mother. No one in her life regarded her as just a maid; she View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Does Spirituality Drive Success?

with the whole person? In a service industry, where most jobs can be described as "menial" and entry-level, he retains employees and maintains morale by embodying his belief that "every person is created in God's image and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace, Sean Silverthorne & Wendy Guild

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

businesses." At the same time, some market segments will continue to prefer the physical interactions embodied in the "old" model and will be willing to pay a premium for high-quality and safe physical consumption.... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

29 Sep 2023
Blog Post

HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Reyna Pacheco Rios (MBA 2025)

also demonstrates immense determination. He often utilizes his skills and focuses on the impact he can make in our immediate communities. He is a perfectionist at his craft and is always someone I look to when I want an example of someone who View Details

28 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld

incentives and tracking for embodied emissions:While EcoWorld was full of cutting-edge innovations to minimize the carbon footprint of its operations (see Figure 5), the approach to reducing embodied... View Details

14 Feb 2017
Research & Ideas

A Strategy For Steady Leadership in an Unsteady World

audacious decisions that embody risks and often go against the grain. They cannot afford to keep their heads down, using traditional management techniques while avoiding criticism and risk-taking. In fact, their greatest risk lies in not... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

Blog

Is AI Coming for Your Job?

gradually and then suddenly." Companies will move slowly to deploy generative AI technology like that embodied in OpenAI's ChatGPT. Harnessing the immense pool of data underlying it will require the development of proprietary... View Details

07 May 2024
Blog Post

Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

emissions by partially offsetting required academic student air travel, increasing our plant-based food options in our dining venues & catering menus, and targeting lower embodied carbon building materials to purchase for renovation... View Details

14 Jan 2020
Research & Ideas

The Business Case for Becoming a Jack-of-All-Trades

“Kinect” they were able to determine which researchers were quickest to use the new motion-capture knowledge embodied in the Kinect. Generalists created more impact When they compared the two sets, they found that the top 25 percent most... View Details