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The Case for More Silence in Meetings
hbr.org Jun 14, 2019
There are approximately 55 million meetings a day in the United States. Although they often have many different purposes and goals, these meetings are typically conducted in the same way, time and time again. Namely, individuals gather together,...
The Case of the Religious Network Group
hbr.org Jun 13, 2019
Bill Thompson, a general manager at GenCorp, listened again to the voice-mail message Alice Lawrence had just left him. “Bill, something’s come up in the New Orleans plant that I want your input on. Some of the folks down here are setting up a...
Business as Usual Will Not Save the Planet
hbr.org Jun 12, 2019
The  United Nations’ 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) were explicitly designed to engage the private sector in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges. Four years into the UN’s 15-year timeline, the question is whether companies are...
Nimble Leadership
hbr.org Jun 11, 2019
Nobody has really recommended command-and-control leadership for a long time. But no fully formed alternative has emerged, either. That’s partly because high-level executives are ambivalent about changing their own behavior. They know perfectly...
Why You Need Innovation Capital — And How to Get It
hbr.org Jun 11, 2019
Nathan Furr, assistant professor of strategy at INSEAD, researches what makes great innovative leaders, and he reveals how they develop and spend “innovation capital.” Like social or political capital, it’s a power to motivate employees, win the...
Fans Are Better Than Tech at Organizing Information Online
www.wired.com Jun 11, 2019
Kudos to the fans. One of the nominees for the Hugo Awards this year is Archive of Our Own, a fanfiction archive containing nearly 5 million fanworks—about the size of the English Wikipedia, and several years younger. It's not just the fanfic,...
Why Things Aren’t Better, Yet
hbr.org Jun 10, 2019
Since #MeToo became a household term, a lot of people have been trying to make work a safer place for everyone. But organizational change is slow, and it’s not always easy for individual employees to respond to and prevent sexual harassment....
Audio Quick Take: Google’s Ben Jones On How Marketers Can Keep Up With the Pace of Change - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM THINK WITH GOOGLE
hbr.org Jun 10, 2019
Welcome to the Quick Take with Think with Google, where we ask Google executives the questions every business leader wants answered. In our second episode, HBR editor of special projects and webisodes Julie Devoll sits down with the global creative...
YouTube is deleting videos on Nazi history as part of its hate speech crackdown
technologyreview.com Jun 7, 2019
The site's torrid week shows what a challenge moderation has become for big tech firms. The news: YouTube announced new rules around hate speech on Wednesday that prohibit videos which promote Nazi ideology, or deny the existence of the Holocaust,...
Disruption Starts with Unhappy Customers, Not Technology
hbr.org Jun 6, 2019
For eight years I’ve visited leading companies in more than 20 industries around the world that claimed to be in the process of being disrupted. Each time, I’d ask the executives of these incumbent companies the same question: “What is disrupting...
Israel Turns 70: Does It Need a Rebrand?
hbr.org Jun 4, 2019
Israel celebrated its 70th anniversary in May of 2018, but its brand image internationally was less than ideal. Market research revealed that many people associated Israel only with military conflict. Harvard Business School professor Elie Ofek...
Advice for Entrepreneurs from a Leading Venture Capitalist
hbr.org Jun 4, 2019
Scott Kupor, managing partner at Andreessen Horowitz, says there’s a lot about navigating the venture capital world that entrepreneurs don’t understand. Some can’t figure out how to get in the door. Others fail to deliver persuasive pitches. Many...
When You’re Responsible for Eldercare
hbr.org Jun 3, 2019
Caring for sick or elderly family members is still mostly women’s work, according to research. The emotional labor and unpredictability of this work takes a heavy toll on caregivers; it impacts our wellbeing, finances, and careers. And while...
Why Self-Awareness Isn’t Doing More to Help Women’s Careers
hbr.org May 31, 2019
Self-awareness is the foundational leadership skill of the 21st century. Leaders who know who they are, and how they’re seen by others, are more effective, confident, respected, and promotable. When I speak to business leaders about our five-plus...
Is Your Job Turning into Something You Don't Want?
hbr.org May 31, 2019
Is your job turning into something you don’t want? In this episode of HBR’s advice podcast, Dear HBR:, cohosts Alison Beard and Dan McGinn answer your questions with the help of Francesca Gino, a professor at Harvard Business School. They talk...
Don’t Break Up Facebook — Treat It Like a Utility
hbr.org May 30, 2019
Recently Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes joined a chorus of voices (including presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren, Texas Senator Ted Cruz, and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich) arguing that regulatory agencies should apply antitrust...
5 Signs That Your Family Business Might Have an Ethics Problem
hbr.org May 28, 2019
When he was attending his grandfather’s funeral, Robert Pasin, the CEO of Radio Flyer, was overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection and respect for the family patriarch, who had originally founded the third generation family business, which...
Understanding the Space Economy
hbr.org May 28, 2019
There’s More to Gender Than “Man” and “Woman”
hbr.org May 27, 2019
Research shows that people who don’t conform to the gender binary are often mistreated by their colleagues, their managers, or HR. Some get fired, demoted, or shut out of the labor market altogether. If fewer people thought gender was restricted to...
How Working Parents Can Make Family Meals Happen
hbr.org May 27, 2019
As a working mother or father, it’s one of the questions you dread most. And it comes every day, right around 3:00 PM: “So, umm…..what are we doing about dinner?” Whether the question comes in a text from your partner or whether it pops into your...
Using Improv to Unite Your Team
hbr.org May 16, 2019
Over the last couple of decades, work has increasingly been done by teams rather than by lone individuals. Surveys suggest that teams are central to engaging employees. Yet we know from years of psychology and management research, including...
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