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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Five Bright Ideas
students "get it." Bistany decries four "myths" in education: The smaller the class size, the better (when what matters is the right structure for teaching and assessing a concept effectively); The profit motive will undermine educational... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
motivated to search for novel information and anticipate alternative perspectives, leading to better decision making, problem solving and innovation. Time and again, analysis confirms this improves the bottom line of companies. “Working... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Merrill Lynch's Stan O'Neal
that. They were an extremely sophisticated group who knew about the world, and they really motivated me.” One of only a few African Americans in his class, O’Neal says simply: “Not a lot of people looked... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
took a few years. Early on, her research took place in the lab, which offered a controlled environment that made it possible to nail down causality as she measured intrinsic motivation and creativity. After a few years, though, Amabile... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: Capital Architect
Skydeck podcast BRUNELL: Human motivation for supporting or catalyzing change only comes from within. We can’t “make” people’s behavior or “mandate” mindset. Citizens must have reason to care, want, and believe in the change agenda—and to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
vanishingly small. “If the people writing the checks are more reflective of the population, the people receiving the checks will become more representative of the population.” —Hayley Barna (MBA 2010),... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
Burke: A need to close the income gap. After her graduation from HBS, few people could accuse Mary Burke (MBA 1985) of having led a dull life. As reported in the Madison, Wisconsin Capital Times (October 5, 2011), Burke first worked for... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
Intellectual Debate: The Business of Business
should be the firm's only motivation if social welfare is to be maximized - provoked a round of spirited discussion centered on the social role and responsibilities of corporations. The next session, on "Ethics, Economics, and... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
with people and communities, “and pass on what I had learned during a career and life that had been filled with wonderful experiences.” Taking on new adventures certainly is not new for Gower, who, prior to his time at Cobham, spent 14... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
sometimes belittled and frustrated, they’re not allowed to talk, interact, or be creative. You must move in lockstep, not at your own pace. There’s no allowance for students to engage in long-term, original projects, which I believe are an important way to learn. Most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Delivering the Goods
public-private partnership in the world. The core mission is universal service: going everywhere six days a week, and a seventh day for package delivery. Some people believe that only a public agency can be trusted to provide this kind of... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Disaster Master
documents to businesses around the world for nearly 30 years. “We have a natural tendency as humans to neglect low-probability events, even if the impact is very high,” he says. “The most basic analogy is the difficulty some people have... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
own pace. There’s no allowance for students to engage in long-term, original projects, which I believe are an important way to learn. Most people think Khan will work for only 5 to 10 percent of students who are motivated, but I think 90... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Faculty Books
True North Groups: A Powerful Path to Personal and Leadership Development by Bill George and Doug Baker (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Incorporating recent research in psychology and sociology, George and his coauthor explain why a True North Group—a small group of View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Forestalling Terror
preparing not for the next 9/11 but for the next 9/11 Commission. What has struck you most about your exposure to the intelligence community? When I meet people from the intelligence community, I am deeply moved by the sheer degree of... View Details
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
Otten says REN is not so much an organization as an “interested network” of business alumni wanting to make our democracy work fairly and for everyone. “The two-party system is currently not working for the people. The parties are not View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
users’ credit card purchases and then connects users with offsets they can buy to mitigate their footprint. Part of Pal’s motivation for building Joro was that she wanted a tool that would not only allow her to better measure the impact... View Details
- 23 Feb 2023
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Hometown Reboot
living in that complex, it’s an overwhelming success,” he says. His big break: “I won the lucky parent lottery and ended up in the right house, with the right father and the right mother. They created a safe place in a neighborhood that was going through some... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
As a way to delve deeper into the link between motivation and creativity, Amabile and her husband, psychologist Steven J. Kramer, conducted a three-year study of 238 professionals from seven companies in the high-tech, consumer products,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
its pragmatic use of the profit motive and market mechanisms to make a sustainable, self-perpetuating, and effective impact on the lives of poor people. When the ACCION opportunity came along, it forced me to confront those late-night... View Details