Cultivation - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Aug 2018
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Cultivating Courage

10 Oct 2024
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Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school’s gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details

September 2023
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Ada: Cultivating Investors

By: Reza Satchu and Patrick Sanguineti

Mike Murchison, co-founder and CEO of Ada, has an enviable dilemma. Launched in 2016 by Murchison and his co-founder David Hariri, Ada is an AI-native company that aims to revolutionize how businesses approach customer service. The company has already attracted a buzz,... View Details

Keywords: Founder; Fundraising; Business Startups; Decisions; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; AI and Machine Learning; Technology Industry

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18 May 2023
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Cultivating Can-Do Attitudes

Two days before Thanksgiving 2002, the 4th graders of Irving Primary in Peoria, Illinois, gathered in the school's gym for an assembly. The students were restless, Jen Wilfong (GMP 3, 2007) recalls. They were chatting and jostling one another and had little interest in... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2023
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Cultivating Prosperity in Afghanistan

extension, cultivate peace and economic opportunity in a region where growing saffron has become a more viable alternative to growing opium. “What better way to use our HBS education than for sustainable agriculture and business in... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Mar 28 2019
Testimonial

Cultivating a Valuable Network

01 Jul 2015
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Mall Operators Begin Cultivating Startups

08 Sep 2021
Podcast

Cultivating an organizational growth mindset

“Tiger” Tyagarajan, CEO of professional services firm Genpact, on post-Covid workforce challenges, how to foster a culture of adaptability, and the imperative and benefits of diversity. View Details

08 May 2019
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How To Cultivate Thoughtful Dissent

01 Sep 2016
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Research Brief: Cultivating Creativity through Competition

Creativity is often considered a mysterious, impossible-to-harness force. But a new working paper by Assistant Professor Daniel P. Gross suggests that it can indeed be nurtured with the right incentives. Gross studied the question in the context of winner-take-all logo... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

24 Feb 2014
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Stop Chasing Star Employees. Cultivate Your Own

1992
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Help for New Managers: Cultivating Critical Resources

By: L. Hill

Keywords: Leadership Development

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October 1997 (Revised July 1998)
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Cultivating Capabilities to Innovate: Booz.Allen & Hamilton

By: Clayton M. Christensen and Bret J. Baird

Describes the efforts of the president of Booz.Allen, a major consulting firm, to understand and improve the way that products, services, and processes are developed and deployed throughout the firm. Proactive management of these processes proves very difficult because... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Innovation and Management; Management Teams; Service Operations; Organizational Culture; Customer Focus and Relationships; Decision Making; Consulting Industry

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15 Nov 2016
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Cultivating the Next Generation of Thought Leaders

Associate Professor George Serafeim (photo by Susan Young) Michael E. Porter was an associate professor at HBS when he first developed his now-renowned five forces framework for strategy. Likewise, Clayton M. Christensen advanced the concept of disruptive innovation... View Details