mindfulness - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 5, 2007

raised Audax Group's first fund, and are not able personally to finance the purchase, which would require approximately $30 million. They must decide whether to go through with the purchase, and how to finance it, keeping in mind any... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2016 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Lahey Lecturer on Education Lisa Lahey is co-director of Minds At Work, a coaching and consulting firm serving businesses and institutions around the world, and on the faculty of the Harvard University Graduate School of Education. An... View Details

03 Feb 2020
What Do You Think?

Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'?

at its core, means engaged minds and hearts.” Does she have it right? What do you think? Original Column Can an Organization Have Too Much 'Rebel Talent'? In a recent book, Francesca Gino argues the value of staffing an organization with... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Sep 2019
Op-Ed

Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

arguments about whether sea level rise is human caused or even if it’s real; we just need to invest with the probabilities in mind the same way we make risk management decisions under uncertainty about interest rates, exchange rates, or... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber

17 Apr 2017
HBS Case

This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly

practices by debt collectors and has recently taken high-profile enforcement actions against several firms.) Second, in the mind of consumers, Turkasset’s kinder and gentler approach reflects back on the banks that originally held the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

06 Apr 2016
What Do You Think?

As Tim Cook, How Would You Tackle Apple's Next Challenge?

products are secure? As Tim Cook, what else would be on your mind and in your plans? What would you do? Why? What do you think? Reference: Katie Benner, John Markoff, and Nicole Perlroth, Apple’s Newest Challenge: Learning How Government... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer

16 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Improve Decision-Making in Hiring: Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them

School, along with actions you can take now to make a lasting difference. What is Unconscious Bias? Unconscious or implicit bias is the term for the mental processes that cause a person to act in ways that reinforce stereotypes even when in our conscious View Details

Keywords: All Industries

15 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5

audacity to question Bryan’s authenticity out loud – I noticed. While you may not have given a second thought to heading to Aldrich Hall for class immediately after the talk, I went to Baker Library to meditate – to try and clear my mind... View Details

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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

181. 54 See Nicholas and Chen, 10; see also Ante, 160. 55 Doriot, ARD Annual Report , 1971, 4. 56 In 1985 Textron sold some of its divisions and made ARD into a limited private partnership. 57 Doriot quoted in Kenneth L. Fisher, 100 Minds... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Curb Your Smartphone Habit

them feel too vulnerable. The list is long. So what makes people change their minds and embrace the process? We developed a process, which is described in the book, but much of it has to do with small units of predictable time off and... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

01 Sep 2017
News

Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity

Kearney for another two. But in the back of his mind was the recollection of an experience he had in 2011, when he participated in HBS’s Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP). The one-week residential program gives rising college... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Apr 1996
News

"Foundations" Paves the Way for Entering MBAs

team meetings, and giving and receiving feedback - students had to figure out how to restore vitality to their flagging operation. "Crimson Greetings was a great opener," comments one MBA student. "It helped to get me in the right business-oriented frame of View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act

in Aldrich 108, "somewhat below the professor's sight line," Bricklin relates with a chuckle, "my mind wandered, and I imagined a sort of trackball on the bottom of the pocket calculator I was holding. I envisioned a computer screen on... View Details

Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs

18 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Open Innovation Contestants Build AI-Based Cancer Tool

sponsors need to develop an a priori view of how solutions will be evaluated. Both of these activities are non-trivial, and the best scientific minds struggle with clearly articulating problems and defining solution criteria. However, our... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

04 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage

offerings. Focus first on the problem—not the solution. Be sure that you don't just listen to your current customers. They have the same tunnel-vision problems that you do and may even actively push to keep you from considering new approaches. Keep in View Details

Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate

05 Sep 2006
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Porsche’s Risky Roll on an SUV

Central Europe is very much like going to Mexico, he says. Yet as Central Europe is integrated into the European Union, it is still important for managers to keep in mind that wage rates also tend to rise very quickly there, particularly... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Auto; Manufacturing

18 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Short Intensive Program (SIP): Climate Adaptation

into the SIP with an open mind as to what I would get out of it; if nothing else, I was excited to start growing a community of folks who had similar interests to me at HBS. However, the SIP far exceeded my expectations. Rather than... View Details

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

17 Nov 2009
First Look

First Look: Nov. 17

discoveries. The Irrational Economist challenges the conventional wisdom about how to make the right decisions in the new era we have entered. It reveals a profound revolution in thinking as understood by some of the greatest minds in our... View Details