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- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Why We Do—or Don’t—Donate Time and Money
number—and that’s just counting the formalized giving. When you think about prosocial behavior more broadly—for instance, when you do favors for neighbors or family and friends—it’s an even larger component of our society. Why do we... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Flying Without a Net: Turn Fear of Change into Fuel for Success by Thomas J. DeLong (Harvard Business Review Press) DeLong, the Philip J. Stomberg Professor of Management Practice, lays out the roots of high achievers’ anxiety (fear of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
potential to change how doctors diagnose and treat neurological diseases such as Parkinson’s, Huntington’s, and Alzheimer’s. Samzelius and his team at NeuraMetrix, based in the Bay Area, had been studying typing cadence, measuring how... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
interest groups); "Live for the moment" (condoning present behavior that negatively affects the future); and "No pain for us, no gain for them" (resisting change that, over time, would benefit the majority,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
masculinity and how such conflation disadvantages women in the workplace. On the two platforms in this study, management had implemented some innovative approaches to leadership development to reduce unsafe behaviors stereotypically... View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
(photo by Cade Martin) At my 20th HBS reunion I heard faculty member Michael Wheeler describe behavior people engage in when they’re being deceptive. The room was transfixed. No one was on their phone! It turned out there is a robust,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
revenue from a hundred million when you joined up to 800 million now. 98 percent of that is advertising. That’s pretty incredible first of all. But I imagine—you know how things are: Getting people to try new things and change behavior,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
are exactly the same between dating and business. SUGGESTED RESOURCES Greenwald’s “13 Conversation Behaviors To Avoid” 100 Virtual Icebreakers SUGGESTED RESOURCES Greenwald’s “13 Conversation Behaviors To... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
with Harvard's interfaculty Mind/Brain/Behavior Initiative, resulted in his formulation of a model of human behavior that explains why even the most "rational" people behave irrationally at times, willfully continuing in self-destructive... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Leadership Project Codifies Elusive Traits
legacy (past), global, and emerging (future) — the initiative aims to provide cutting-edge research on the often-elusive topic of leadership. Led by Anthony J. (“Tony”) Mayo (MBA ’88), its seven affiliated faculty members are part of the Organizational View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
funds for her local animal shelter—and found it surprisingly difficult. Much later, in the second year of her PhD program, she discovered the field of behavioral economics and folded her non-academic interests into her research. For his... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
despite minor language barriers. “Rugby is its own language; it connects people,” said Rush. “I’ve always said that on-field rugby behavior is policed somewhat by the fact that you have to interact with your opponents at the party... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
From One to Many
actions to shift team behavior. “While traditional companies struggle with siloed organizations and slow decision-making, the most disruptive companies are being built by founder teams that have teamship behaviors born into their everyday... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Clubs Hopping: A Healthy Dialogue
search firm RobinsonButler, for a quick rundown of the day. Was there a takeaway from the event that struck you—an insight that really resonated? Kent Thiry (MBA 1983), cochairman and CEO of DaVita, one of the world's largest dialysis companies, talked about how he... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
provocative counterpoint to the mega-hit book Who Moved My Cheese?, in which mice are forced to deal with change in their environment (a maze) because their cheese keeps disappearing. The moral seems to be, if you want to survive, adapt.... View Details
- 10 Jul 2024
- News
Next Level
Network for Harvard Women. She’s also a member of Chief, a private network of women with a mission to change the face of leadership. “It’s a great way for women to connect with other C-level executives,” she says. “It’s healthy to have... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
discussed the question with Marcela Sapone (MBA 2015), who had just launched Whitespace, a venture lab and startup incubator. The women then recruited fellow first-year MBAs Mike Chang (MBA 2014), Jessica Beck (MBA 2015), and Okalo Ikhena... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
capital markets and firms’ social, environmental, and governance performance. Lakshmi Ramarajan, an assistant professor in the Organizational Behavior Unit, also had ties to HBS before joining the faculty. After earning her doctorate in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
long-term success. But the world is changing rapidly—and this old one-and-done contract no longer applies. The skills and knowledge we need to manage and lead today’s organizations are in constant flux, and there is a growing need for... View Details