Business Want Fewer Employees to Quit? Listen to ThemHarvard Business Review - Achyuta Adhvaryu and Teresa Molina and Anant NyshadhamMost of us, at some time in our lives, have had jobs in which we felt unfulfilled, mistreated, or without purpose. But what, if anything, can firms do to address workers’ dissatisfaction and prevent turnover?
Business 5 Myths About StrategyHarvard Business Review - Stephen BungayIn common with many professions and disciplines, strategy has its myths – half truths and half understood assumptions that eventually lead to mistakes and even disasters. In this article, strategy expert
Business Using AI to Make Knowledge Workers More EffectiveHarvard Business Review - Paul R. Daugherty and H. James WilsonNew AI capabilities that can recognize context, concepts, and meaning are opening up surprising new pathways for collaboration between knowledge workers and machines. Experts can now provide more of their
Sustainability How Board Members Really Feel About ESG, from Deniers to True BelieversHarvard Business Review - N. Craig Smith and Ron Soonieus“Get the board of directors on board” is increasingly recognized as key to driving sustainable business practices in companies. But there is a substantial gap between aspirations and the capacity of their
Business Should You Accept Your Boss's Counteroffer To Stay At The Organization?Harvard Business ReviewShould you accept your boss’s counteroffer to stay at the organization? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Leigh
Podcasting Exponential ViewHarvard Business ReviewOn the Exponential View podcast, host Azeem Azhar looks at the biggest technology issues facing society today — and in the future. In this episode he speaks to an expert who argues that we need stronger
Business Raising Wages Is the Right Thing to Do, and Doesn’t Have to Be Bad for Your Bottom LineHarvard Business Review - Zeynep TonThe “working poor” are a growing problem in America — one that is increasingly embarrassing to the corporate elite. Business leaders who are morally inclined to do the right thing should and can play stronger
Business Is HR the Most Analytics-Driven Function?Harvard Business Review - Thomas H. DavenportHuman resources has always had plenty of analytics potential, but new data suggests it has evolved into an analytics leader — even ahead of analytics-heavy disciplines like finance. 51% of HR respondents
Business 4 Questions Retailers Need to Ask About Augmented RealityHarvard Business Review - Darrell K. Rigby and Mikey Vu and Asit GoelWhether they are shopping for spectacles or a sofa, consumers have no shortage of augmented reality apps to assist them these days. Following the viral success of Pokémon Go in 2016, hordes of retailers
Self-improvement What Makes People Upgrade Products? Thinking About Self-ImprovementHarvard Business Review - Sokiente W. Dagogo-Jack and Mark R. ForehandFrom upgrading mobile phones to trading in cars, consumers often face the decision of whether to buy new versions of products they already own. As marketers know, product improvement is a key driver of
Business One Way to Reduce Gender Bias in Performance ReviewsHarvard Business Review - Lauren Rivera and András TilcsikLove them or hate them, performance evaluations are staples of the modern workplace. But research shows that quantitative performance ratings are far from objective; while they may make the task of comparing
WeWork How Coworking Spaces Affect Employees’ Professional IdentitiesHarvard Business Review - Peter Bacevice and Gretchen Spreitzer and Hilary Hendricks and Daniel DavisCompanies invest valuable resources nurturing connectivity among employees and developing work cultures. But, in a coworking space that houses multiple organizations, there are several messages, norms,
Airbnb Research: When Airbnb Listings in a City Increase, So Do Rent PricesHarvard Business Review - Kyle Barron and Edward Kung and Davide ProserpioApril 17, 2019 Airbnb has listings for millions of properties around the world, but what does its popularity mean for the cities it operates in? According to a new study, it leads to an increase in rents.
Pixar How Ed Catmull Spent His Last Day as Head of PixarHarvard Business Review - Hal GregersenEarlier this spring I had the chance to witness two of the “farewell talks” that Ed Catmull gave to the people of Pixar. Catmull, the company’s cofounder and long-time leader (and also president of Disney
Business Big Tech vs. the EU, and Why Is College So Expensive?Harvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai debate the effectiveness of the European Union’s attempts to regulate
Business Creating the Data EconomyHarvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Our society has become increasingly reliant on data, but its value is not accessible to all. Of the 16 billion terabytes
Business Great Leaders Are Thoughtful and Deliberate, Not Impulsive and ReactiveHarvard Business Review - Tony Schwartz and Emily PinesYou set aside the first hour of your day to work on a strategy document that you’ve been putting off for a week. You haven’t been disciplined about getting to it, but you’ve had one crisis after another
Technology Policy Don’t Acquire a Company Until You Evaluate Its Data SecurityHarvard Business Review - Chirantan Chatterjee and D. Daniel SokolIn M&A, acquiring companies routinely conduct a comprehensive appraisal of the target company’s assets, liabilities and commercial potential. This article proposes that acquirers do an equally rigorous
Business How Younger Salespeople Can Win Over Older CustomersHarvard Business Review - David PriemerAs companies build out their sales organizations, I find that more and more are putting younger team members–millennials–in charge of connecting with buyers at earlier stages of the sales cycle. That explain
Business What Should Transportation Systems Look Like in Tomorrow’s Cities ? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTEHarvard Business ReviewMeasuring Urban Mobility Performance To assess the situation around the globe, we went beyond what transportation looks like today to explore what mobility could be in a truly smart, livable, economically
Harvard Business School Would You Live in a Smart City Where Government Controls Privacy?Harvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Toronto is experimenting with smart city concepts envisioned by Google spin-off Sidewalk Labs. Harvard Business School professors
Business The Mistake Companies Make When They Use Data to Plan Diversity EffortsHarvard Business Review - Katie Wullert and Shannon Gilmartin and Caroline SimardIn order to step up diversity efforts, organizations often start with people analytics to pinpoint where to intervene. But as organizations take a data-driven approach to identifying areas of change, encounter
Business Avoiding the Expertise TrapHarvard Business ReviewSydney Finkelstein, professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, says that being the most knowledgeable and experienced person on your team isn’t always a good thing. Expertise can steer
Business To Change the Way You Think, Change the Way You SeeHarvard Business Review - Adam Brandenburger“Think Different,” said the famous 1997 Apple advertisement. Excellent advice, obviously, to all creators, innovators, and entrepreneurs. But, along with thinking differently in order to come up with new
Harvard Business School We Really Do Shoot the Messengers of Bad News, Research SuggestsHarvard Business Review - Leslie K. John and Hayley Blunden and Heidi LiuAll jobs require us at some point to deliver bad news—whether it be a minor revelation such as a recruiter telling a prospective employee that there’s no wiggle-room in salary, or something major, like
Burnout Managing BurnoutHarvard Business ReviewFrom the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Working long hours won’t necessarily burn us out, but getting too little sleep or feeling
Harvard Business School How Companies Should Prepare Their ForecastsHarvard Business Review - C. Fritz Foley and Mark KhavkinSenior management teams tend to focus on achieving results that will show up on their most current income statements. For weeks on end, significant internal resources are allocated and frequent board are
Business Why Anxious Customers Prefer Human Customer ServiceHarvard Business Review - Michelle A. Shell and Ryan W. BuellWhen people feel anxious, it’s human nature to turn to others for help. For example, an apprehensive taxpayer might want guidance from an IRS agent in interpreting a new tax law. A distressed patient want
Business Preventing Busyness from Becoming BurnoutHarvard Business Review - Brigid Schulte“I’m so busy.” This is a common refrain among knowledge workers, and for the most part, companies have left it up to individuals to come up with a solution. But research from ideas42, a behavioral science
