Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesAmazon Marketplace When Tech Companies Compete on Their Own PlatformsHarvard Business Review - Feng ZhuOne common complaint from third parties about platform businesses is that they see what succeeds on their platforms and then enter the most profitable areas themselves, often decimating third parties the
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness How to Keep Employees Connected to CustomersHarvard Business Review - Alessandro Di FioreDeveloping an understanding of your customer to build a successful product or business model is not just a data crunching game. Quantitative market research and analytics are important and useful, of But
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Is Your Company Ready for a Zero-Carbon Future?Harvard Business Review - Nigel ToppingThere is growing public demand for a rapid transition to a zero-carbon economy. But global protests and youth climate strikes are not enough to create change alone. Companies need to take action. Beyond
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness What Holds Back Corporate Social InnovatorsHarvard Business Review - Thijs Geradts and Ling Ling Phung and Maarten van HerpenMany corporations aspire to find innovative solutions to society’s problems. Motivated by a growing sense of social responsibility and profit potential, these companies view social and ecological problems
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Your Vote Counts? How the Leadership Now Project Wants to Get Your Skin in the GameHarvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Daniella Ballou-Aares and the organization she founded with Harvard Business School alums have their sights set on gerrymandering,
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness What Boards Can Do to Prepare for CrisesHarvard Business Review - Eric J. McNulty and Leonard MarcusComplex, fast-moving threats to organizations can happen at any time. Disruptions from severe weather events, to cyber-attacks, to active shooter incidents can strike from outside, and there is no shortage
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Fostering an Ethical Culture on Your Sales TeamHarvard Business Review - Kristen Bell DeTienne and Bradley R. Agle and Carrolyn McMurdie Sands and Alice Aleo and Alberto AleoSales scandals can take a large toll. Beyond devastating consequences to the company in the form of negative publicity and penalties, workers may be held personally liable. Companies must take steps to
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesKellogg School Why Authentic Workplaces Are More EthicalHarvard Business Review - Maryam KouchakiPeople want to feel authentic at work. If an employee or candidate cares about the environment or access to education or being a caring parent, for example, they don’t want their professional responsibilities
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Surveillance CapitalismHarvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Shoshana Zuboff coined the term “surveillance capitalism” to describe the new way companies claim private human experience
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesPodcasting Looking Back, Looking AheadHarvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS It’s a wrap for Season 2, as Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai head off on a summer hiatus. Note to listeners:
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Platforms and Blockchain Will Transform LogisticsHarvard Business Review - Sangeet Paul Choudary and Marshall W. Van Alstyne and Geoffrey G. ParkerMajor change is coming to the logistics and shipping industries – a transformation that promises to be even more dramatic than the move to third-party logistics a generation ago. With increasing digitization,
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesSelf-Management How to Move from Self-Awareness to Self-ImprovementHarvard Business Review - Jennifer PorterWe know that leaders need self-awareness to be effective. That is, an understanding of their strengths, weaknesses, feelings, thoughts, and values — as well as how they affect the people around them. that’s
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Research: Actually, Consumers Do Buy Sustainable ProductsHarvard Business Review - Tensie Whelan and Randi Kronthal-SaccoFor years, brand managers have groused that consumers say they intend to buy sustainable products but don’t actually buy them. Companies have used this conventional wisdom as justification for not making
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusinessThe Public-Private Partnership That’s Working to Make New York City a Global Hub of Cybersecurity Talent - SPONSOR CONTENTHarvard Business ReviewCyberattacks are increasing at an alarming rate, but most companies don’t have the talent they need to adequately protect their data and their customers from growing cyber risks. According to Cisco, even
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness What Happens When We’re Reminded of Death at WorkHarvard Business Review - Zhenyu Yuan and Lisa E. Baranik and Robert R. SinclairHow do people react when they encounter death in the workplace, and how can managers assist employees as they process it? Many occupations involve exposure to mortality. Critical care nurses and emergency
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesHarvard Business School Can Khan Academy Scale to Educate Anyone, Anywhere?Harvard Business ReviewListen and subscribe to this podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Khan Academy is an online global education nonprofit launched in 2006 by Sal Khan with the mission to “provide a free world-class
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness 6 Traits of Strong Family BusinessesHarvard Business Review - Claudio Fernández-Aráoz and Sonny Iqbal and Jörg Ritter and René SadowskiFamily businesses are the cornerstone of most national economies, according to a recent report by Credit Suisse Research. They can create jobs, spur innovation, and drive superior returns. However, as
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Research: Investors Reward Companies that Talk Up Their Digital InitiativesHarvard Business Review - Suraj Srinivasan and Wilbur ChenIn recent years, we’ve seen some remarkable advances in digital technologies in cloud computing, data analytics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, among others. These technologies have the
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness The Surprising Benefits of Sponsoring Others at WorkHarvard Business ReviewSylvia Ann Hewlett, an economist and the founder of the Center for Talent Innovation, has studied the difference between mentoring and sponsorship and what leaders have to gain from the latter. She says
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness When Your Job Is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts MoreHarvard Business Review - Timothy O'BrienJake is three and he is tired. He wants to be picked up and held. “It’s okay sweetie,” his mom, Kate, sings as she reaches down to pick him up. Midway through the lift Jake writhes, throws his head back,
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Sisterhood Is TrustHarvard Business ReviewHigh-quality relationships with other women at work, and the productivity and creativity those connections bring, are built on trusting one another with our emotions. Two researchers share findings from
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness How to Be Resilient in the Face of Harsh CriticismHarvard Business Review - Joseph GrennyMost of us have been “feedsmacked” at some point in our life. In the midst of a meeting, an innocent walk down the hallway, or a performance review, someone delivers a verbal wallop that rocks our psychological
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Want to Be a Better Manager? Get a ProtégéHarvard Business Review - Sylvia Ann HewlettWho benefits when a manager or executive sponsors someone more junior, offering guidance, advocacy, and support? If you answered, the protégé, you’d be only getting it half right. Sponsorship — a relationship
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness What AI “App Stores” Will Mean for RadiologyHarvard Business Review - Woojin Kim and Karen HolzbergerRecent studies show that artificial intelligence algorithms can help radiologists improve the speed and accuracy of interpreting X-rays, CT scans, and other types of diagnostic images. Putting the technology
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Laszlo Bock: You Learn Best When You Learn LessHarvard Business Review - Laszlo BockA survey of roughly 1,500 executives across industries, regions, and companies of various sizes, shows that one in five organizations do nothing to measure the impact of employee trainings. Of those that
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness The Case for More Silence in MeetingsHarvard Business Review - Steven G. Rogelberg and Liana KreamerThere are approximately 55 million meetings a day in the United States. Most of them involve talking, which can also be subject to a host of problems: one person dominating, others checking out and multitasking,
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness 7 Ways Sales Teams Can Set Better GoalsHarvard Business Review - Andris A. Zoltners and Prabhakant Sinha and Sally E. LorimerMost sales forces use sales goals to focus attention on what’s important and give salespeople direction about what to do. Goals energize people and encourage them to keep going. Very often, companies sales
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Are You Being Pushed Outside Your Comfort Zone?Harvard Business ReviewAre you being pushed outside your comfort zone? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Jerry Colonna, a professional
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Don’t Read the Comments: Katie Rosman’s Survival Guide to Journalism in the Social Media AgeHarvard Business Review
Harvard Business Reviewadded this to All StoriesBusiness Where Women-Led Companies’ Benefits Programs Fall ShortHarvard Business Review - Lisa SchiffmanIn today’s talent-constrained environment, a company’s brand as an employer is as important as its brand among its customers. Without competitive benefits programs, too many female entrepreneurs aren’t
