Publications

Educators

27 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Working to Change the Food System

you to HBS. In 2018, I started reflecting on the big existential question of "what is my calling?" It was really intimidating to think about – my main criteria were to View Details

January 2017 (Revised May 2020)
Case

Sesame Workshop (A): Bringing Big Bird Back to Health

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ryan Raffaelli and Jonathan Cohen

Sesame Workshop was transforming in 2016. CEO Jeff Dunn had reorganized and shifted the iconic institution to respond to digital disruption and a consensus culture. This case examines his efforts to turn Sesame Workshop around. It notes Sesame's storied history and the... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Leadership; Information Technology; Education; Media; Strategy; Education Industry

Educators

January – February 2011
Article

Stop Holding Yourself Back

By: Anne Morriss, Robin J. Ely and Frances X. Frei

After working with hundreds of leaders in a wide variety of organizations and in countries all over the globe, the authors found one very clear pattern: when it comes to meeting their leadership potential, many people unintentionally get in their own way. Five barriers... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Decision Choices and Conditions; Leadership; Personal Development and Career; Personal Characteristics

15 May 2006
Lessons from the Classroom

Women Find New Path to Work

find out if they really wanted to go back to the work force. If so, in what way? And how could HBS help? In 2001, we introduced a program just... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

11 Mar 2020
Video

Managing Through Crisis: How To Work Remotely

April 2020 (Revised October 2020)
Case

Unilever's Response to the Future of Work

By: William R. Kerr, Emilie Billaud and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej

In February 2020, Nick Dalton, executive vice president HR business transformation at Unilever, reflected on the changing nature of work marked by rapid advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. Launched in 2016, Unilever’s Future of Work... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Human Capital; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Transformation; Human Resources; Consumer Products Industry; Europe

Educators

November 15, 2021
Article

Putting Your Corporate Purpose to Work

By: Hubert Joly

Making a company purpose come to life is an arduous journey that requires a multi-pronged and sustained approach. Yet as hard as it is, the journey is well worth it and will yield positive transformation not only for the company, but also for the people who work there.... View Details

Keywords: Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Strategy; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Business and Stakeholder Relations

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30 Jun 2021
News

Back to the Office? The Future of Remote and Hybrid Work, with Tsedal Neeley, PhD

March–April 1988
Article

Putting Expert Systems to Work

By: D. A. Leonard and J. Sviokla

Keywords: System

March–April 1994
Article

Putting the Service-Profit Chain to Work

By: J. L. Heskett, T. O. Jones, G. W. Loveman, W. Earl Sasser and L. A. Schlesinger

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09 Apr 2021
News

What it will take for companies to make hybrid work schedules work

Article

To Fix Our Banks We Must Go Back to the 70s

By: Amar Bhide

September 19, 2011
Article

How to Bring Our Companies' Foreign Profits Back Home

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Profit; Business Ventures