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- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
(the) future going to come from? Which schools, if any, business or otherwise, are teaching these skills?” One way to respond to his questions is to look into the educational backgrounds of those cited as potential candidates by other... View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
management. Instead, Perlman mapped backward from his VC target, reasoning that WebTV's appeal and value to the VCs would be greatly enhanced by partnership with a prominent consumer electronics firm. Perlman started View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 02 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?
AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- What Do You Think?
Do We Need to Extend ‘No Surprises Management?’
organization, and by having all activities aligned with that strategy, the chances of surprises is greatly diminished." And Yadeed Lobo said that it is important for leaders to set expectations early on. A question appeared to be... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Jun 2015
- What Do You Think?
Is the Time Right for Self-Management?
The more thoughtful of them provide a primer on applying the concept. Deborah Nixon's comment echoed several others when she said the idea has been around a long time in other forms, by other names. "The larger an organization... View Details
- 01 Mar 2022
- What Do You Think?
Is It Time for More Reverse Mentoring?
learn how to navigate a business world dominated by new technology. Thanks to even newer technologies that enable us to stream, store, and access everything digital, we now have at our disposal a new arsenal of techniques and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Aug 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?
was a way of injecting a certain amount of objectivity and analysis into the decision to be made. In recent years, we have been advised to make certain decisions in a "blink" by Malcolm Gladwell, to "think twice" View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Feb 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has Listening Become a Lost Art?
'positive responses' instead of finding out how we can do things better by listening and responding to 'negative responses.'" Others were not so sure. Tema Frank said she is not convinced that our ability to listen is any worse than it... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 May 2022
- Blog Post
Get to Know 2022 Class Day Student Speaker Peter James Kiernan
View Video Peter James Kiernan (MBA 2022) has been selected as the student speaker for Harvard Business School’s (HBS) Class Day celebration, held this year on Wednesday, May 25. Class Day honors graduating students, and typically takes... View Details
- 04 Sep 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Level II Negotiations: Helping the Other Side Meet Its ‘Behind the Table’ Challenges
Keywords: by James Sebenius
- 07 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation
accommodating an appropriate level of economic activity. Businesses have historically overcome this type of challenge through the introduction of risk-mitigating technologies, which in this pandemic include technologies, business practices, and strategies that improve... View Details
Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso
- 06 Jun 2005
- What Do You Think?
Is a “Level Playing Field” a Good Thing?
make sure that everyone plays by the same standards." In commenting on "playing fields" from the viewpoint of developing economies, Ashutosh Tiwari suggests that there are two types. The first is technical. He writes,... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2016
- What Do You Think?
When Business Performance Falters, is Culture Change the Fix?
Original Article A recent article in Harvard Business Review, “Culture Is Not the Culprit,” by Jay Lorsch and Emily McTague noted that “When organizations get into big trouble, fixing the culture is usually the prescription.” The article... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
- 07 Jan 2002
- What Do You Think?
Did Consumer Behavior Tracking Come of Age on September 11?
age and with it comes a price: privacy. If monitoring is a good way to provide security, so be it." Have we become so accustomed, however gradually, to the idea of oversight that surveillance in the name of transparency is a mere increment in a long-established... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
the greater the likelihood that it will not be a major player in future competitions in rapidly changing environments. —Professor James Heskett Both Dennis Crane and Richard Eckel suggested that a broader view of the competitive spectrum... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Sep 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Is “Business as Usual” After September 11?
be subtle, but real. —Professor James Hesket Changes in organizations, according to respondents, will be subtle, but real. Perhaps the most interesting opinions on this topic were set forth by Niklas... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 05 Aug 2015
- What Do You Think?
What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?
characterized those urging patience. As he put it, “The computer was created by Babbage in the 18th century We only started seeing the pervasive benefits from computing in the last 10-15 years. Today’s innovations will bring real... View Details
- 04 Sep 2013
- What Do You Think?
How Relevant is Long-Range Strategic Planning?
Maffei framed the case by saying that "We need to influence leaders to envision longer term possibilities while creating short term experiments." Shann Turnbull warned this may not be easy, commenting: "The establishment of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 May 2000
- What Do You Think?
Can You Hard-Wire Performance?
viable alternative. Original Article Several months ago, the General Electric Company announced that it had closed a deal with Boeing that specified that only GE aircraft engines would be installed on the newest version of 777 aircraft built and sold View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Sep 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Can the Threat of Networks Be Reduced?
SUMMING UP Are Computers and Tech-Driven Networks In Their Twilight Years? Issues raised by the ascendancy of network technology are many and varied, judging from responses to this month’s column based on Joshua Cooper Ramo’s book, The... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett