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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

buzz groups, and class guests. Role Plays Role plays place students in character to approximate a first-hand experience. The instructor may decide to play one of the roles during the exchange. Role plays can be built into a teaching plan... View Details

21 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Harvard Square's Hidden History

served Newtowne (Cambridge’s name at founding). It was the primary center of commerce for the towns surrounding present-day Harvard Square, including much of the agricultural activity that took place on and near what is now HBS’s campus. ... View Details

11 Mar 2021
News

Leading with Heart

very simple, transform and help unlock the massive potential that Panera has as a brand. That was the mandate. Gulati: You're an outsider parachuting into an organization that is deeply entrenched, has looked up to a founder. How do you kind of establish your View Details

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

routines calls for relaunches to help leaders and team members understand how each member has been affected, figure out how to address concerns, and ultimately get everyone back on the same track to achieve team goals. Team leaders should focus their relaunch in four... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

04 Feb 2010
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions?

decision anyone makes." What do you think? Original Article In his book Blink, discussed in this column in February 2005, Malcolm Gladwell advised us to place faith in intuition based on experience in deciding many things quickly.... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Bridgette Slater

is where my roots are, where my family is, and the land to which I feel most spiritually connected. It is a special place full of tight-knit community and Southern hospitality – plus you can’t go for more than 10 minutes without running... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome of these international... View Details

14 Mar 2022
Research & Ideas

Lessons from COVID-19: The Business Skills Doctors Need

developing new medical innovations. They were issues of execution of known activities,” he says. “Particularly in the early days, the pandemic truly placed a premium on those with management expertise.” As Huckman details in a paper in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate. Chandler placed the issue of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2003
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Dwight Raiford

it would take, we never would have done it,” says Raiford. “But I’m glad we did.” Seven hundred kids currently play in the league, and several others have received college scholarships. A team of league all-stars took sixth place in the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance

11 Apr 2023
Blog Post

BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

Regulation plays a crucial role to drive adoption: BTG Bioliquids’ two primary markets (Europe and North America) have policies and regulations in place that necessitate the production and adoption of cleaner fuel sources. This is... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

mineralize CO2 and essentially turn it into rock. Usually, they are found deep under the ocean, but in Oman and a few other places in the world they have been pushed up to the surface. The friend who sent me that article was setting up a... View Details

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: Interview with Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders Kenneth and Kevin Chenault

In the spring of 2020, brothers Kenneth Chenault (MBA 2019) and Kevin Chenault (MBA 2021) witnessed a series of heartbreaking events. They watched alongside the rest of the world as Ahmaud Arbery, Christian Cooper, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade were... View Details

01 Sep 2006
What Do You Think?

Are We Ready for Self-Management?

specific task within a certain time frame." Self-management is perhaps an extreme case of what we have found, in our research, to be one of the features of high-performance work places that are most attractive to the people who work... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Inside the Learning: Program Formats Unpacked

Thanks to a wall of life-size screens, strategically placed cameras, and a studio crew, the experience is more immersive than what is provided by a virtual meeting technology such as Zoom. Watch our Live Online Classroom (LOC) video to... View Details

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in Pre-Industrial Society

economics of lending and borrowing, but with its moral dimensions. 2 Usury—or lending on interest—was condemned by nearly every ancient authority from Plato onward. Medieval theologians followed their lead, placing avarice at the head of... View Details

26 Nov 2001
Op-Ed

Why Corporate Budgeting Needs To Be Fixed

encourage customers to place orders by year-end so they could hit their annual sales goals. But the price increase was out of line with the competition and undoubtedly ended up costing the company sales and market share. Even more... View Details

Keywords: by Michael C. Jensen

12 Sep 2018
Blog Post

Optimizing the Coaching Experience for Midcareer Professionals

organizational culture, what have you learned about the places where you work and where you would like to work? "Often, you've learned the hard way that culture has an enormous impact on your job satisfaction. As you gain experience,... View Details

07 Nov 2012
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HBS Cases: Sir Alex Ferguson--Managing Manchester United

every day in order to foster a 'one club' attitude. And even early on, despite calls from many observers to play it safer ("You can't win anything with kids" is what a respected television commentator famously said at the time), he gave youth players a chance to win a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

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the Art of American Advertising - Advertising Products

printing plate. Based on the principle of the repellent qualities of grease and water, lithography involves dampening the stone before applying oil-based ink that bonds with the greasy drawing on the stone, but does not stick to the wet, unmarked areas. Paper is then... View Details

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