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  • 2022
  • Book

Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs

By: Chris Bingham and Rory McDonald
Why is leading innovation in nascent business environments so distressingly hit-or-miss? More than 90% of high-potential ventures don’t reach their projected targets. Surveys show that 80% of executives consider innovation crucial to their growth strategy, but only 6%... View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development Strategy; Innovation and Management; Organizational Culture; Leadership Style; Decision Making
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Bingham, Chris, and Rory McDonald. Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation's Toughest Trade-Offs. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2022.
  • November 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Bridgit: Persevere or Pivot?

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti
In late 2012, Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake, two young women in their final year of college, founded Bridgit, a technology startup that developed solutions to simplify vital but laborious processes within the construction industry. In the Fall of 2013, after months... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneur; Founder; Co-founders; Women Executives; Pivot; Startup; Business Model; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Applications and Software; Product Launch; Research and Development; Competition; Construction Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Canada
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Satchu, Reza, and Patrick Sanguineti. "Bridgit: Persevere or Pivot?" Harvard Business School Case 824-118, November 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
  • May 2025
  • Case

Windsurf and the AI Code Assistant Market

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Sudhanshu Nath Mishra and Radhika Kak
In April 2025, the founding team of Windsurf, an AI start-up specializing in code generation gathered in Mountain View, California, to assess its remarkable year of growth. The company had scaled from a niche GitHub Copilot alternative to a breakout player with over... View Details
Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Venture Capital; Innovation Leadership; Technological Innovation; Technology Industry; United States
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Srinivasan, Suraj, Sudhanshu Nath Mishra, and Radhika Kak. "Windsurf and the AI Code Assistant Market." Harvard Business School Case 125-111, May 2025.

    Fiscal Development Under Sovereign and Colonial Rule

    Dominant theories of state formation and nation-building lean heavily on the classic European tale of the simultaneous development of a ‘fiscal state’ and a ‘nation state’. However, this Euro-centered narrative does not factor in that more than two-thirds of the... View Details

    • 24 Oct 2023
    • HBS Case

    From P.T. Barnum to Mary Kay: Lessons From 5 Leaders Who Changed the World

    phone, “You can do it, Mary Kay, you can do it.” When she launched her own firm, Beauty by Mary Kay, she leaned on the early lesson her mother taught her about motivation to inspire her salespeople. “Especially View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman
    • 29 Oct 2024
    • HBS Seminar

    Lynn Wu, Wharton

    • 06 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Did You Hear What I Said? How to Listen Better

    It’s a common experience in the workplace: You leave a meeting feeling good about the discussion and believe everyone is on the same page. “Then you meet with someone two days later, and you realize they’re not on the same page at all,”... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • 25 Jan 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress)

    spaces. They then asked how participants would solve the problem, either using cash to resolve it, or asking friends and family for assistance. The results showed: People lean on family and friends regardless of income: Jachimowicz and... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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    Large-Scale Field Experiment Shows Null Effects of Team Demographic Diversity on Outsiders' Willingness to Support the Team

    By: Edward H. Chang, Erika L. Kirgios and Rosanna K. Smith
    Demographic diversity in the United States is rising, and increasingly, work is conducted in teams. These co-occurring phenomena suggest that it might be increasingly common for work to be conducted by demographically diverse teams. But to date, in spite of copious... View Details
    Keywords: Field Experiment; Groups and Teams; Demographics; Diversity; Attitudes
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    Chang, Edward H., Erika L. Kirgios, and Rosanna K. Smith. "Large-Scale Field Experiment Shows Null Effects of Team Demographic Diversity on Outsiders' Willingness to Support the Team." Art. 104099. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 94 (May 2021).
    • February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
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    Jieliang Phone Home! (C)

    By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
    At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators - bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and... View Details
    Keywords: Globalization; Compensation and Benefits; Surveys; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Production; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; Telecommunications Industry; China
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    Shih, Willy, Ethan Bernstein, and Nina Bilimoria. "Jieliang Phone Home! (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-082, February 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
    • February 2009 (Revised August 2021)
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    Jieliang Phone Home! (B)

    By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
    At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators—bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao—are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have... View Details
    Keywords: Managing People; Motivation and Incentives; Behavior; Production; Innovation and Invention; Performance Productivity; Groups and Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Compensation and Benefits; Labor; Surveys; Decisions; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    Shih, Willy, Ethan Bernstein, and Nina Bilimoria. "Jieliang Phone Home! (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-081, February 2009. (Revised August 2021.)
    • February 2009 (Revised July 2012)
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    Jieliang Phone Home! (A)

    By: Willy Shih, Ethan Bernstein and Nina Bilimoria
    At Precision Electro-Tek's mobile phone manufacturing facility in southern China, thousands of operators—bright and capable young men and (mostly) women like Jieliang Hao—are motivated to improve line productivity through small innovations for faster assembly and have... View Details
    Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Job Design and Levels; Business Processes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Manufacturing Industry; China
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    Shih, Willy, Ethan Bernstein, and Nina Bilimoria. "Jieliang Phone Home! (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-080, February 2009. (Revised July 2012.)
    • 05 Jul 2023
    • HBS Case

    What Kind of Leader Are You? How Three Action Orientations Can Help You Meet the Moment

    an analytical orientation often find comfort in data, leaning on numbers or models to develop a plan that provides the best chance for success (e.g., “data is king”). Contextual. Individuals with a... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
    • 12 Sep 2023
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    Successful, But Still Feel Empty? A Happiness Scholar and Oprah Have Advice for You

    career” allows you to change paths every now and then while applying the skills you have to a next step. Big idea 2: Beware work addiction Many successful people lean in to extra time at the office to mask... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman

      Productive Tensions: How Every Leader Can Tackle Innovation’s Toughest Trade-Offs

      How leaders can recast innovation’s toughest trade-offs—efficiency vs. flexibility, consistency vs. change, product vs purpose—as productive tensions.

      Why is leading innovation in today’s dynamic business environment so distressingly... View Details

      • 26 Jul 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      STEM Needs More Women. Recruiters Often Keep Them Out

      research suggests that gender bias seeps in before women even apply to these programs, undercutting the goal of broadening applicant pools and bolstering equity in business—particularly View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne
      • 27 Nov 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

      lived in counties where voter registration favored either Republicans or Democrats leaned toward the majority party at the time of their first election. In fact, where people... View Details
      Keywords: by Ben Rand
      • 29 Jan 2014
      • Working Paper Summaries

      The Rising Cost of Consumer Attention: Why You Should Care, and What You Can Do about It

      Keywords: by Thales S. Teixeira
      • 11 Dec 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Doing Well by Doing Good? One Industry’s Struggle to Balance Values and Profits

      Is it still possible to build a career that is both morally satisfying and materially rewarding? To do well by doing good? Professionals and executives in a range of fields grapple with this question as rapid technological change and... View Details
      Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
      • 22 Nov 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      Humans vs. Machines: Untangling the Tasks AI Can (and Can't) Handle

      incorrect outcomes? For organizations: Lean in on learning Move beyond whether to adopt AI. Instead decide what specific tasks would benefit—and stay within those borders. Partner with academic or other... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Information Technology; Technology
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