ic Boost Your Productivity with Microbreaks By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:44:43 -0500 Charlotte Fritz, assistant professor at Portland State University. Full Article
ic The Myth of American Decline By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 10 May 2012 18:14:23 -0500 Daniel Gross, columnist and economics editor for Yahoo! Finance and author of "Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth of American Decline . . . and the Rise of a New Economy." Full Article
ic Make Your Own Culturematic By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 31 May 2012 17:45:14 -0500 Grant McCracken, anthropologist and author of "Culturematic: How Reality TV, John Cheever, a Pie Lab, Julia Child, Fantasy Football . . . Will Help You Create and Execute Breakthrough Ideas." Full Article
ic The Power of the Introvert in Your Office By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:57:36 -0500 Susan Cain, author of "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking." Full Article
ic Nate Silver on Predicting the Unpredictable By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 18 Oct 2012 19:49:45 -0500 Nate Silver, statistician and founder of The New York Times political blog FiveThirtyEight.com. Full Article
ic Has America Outsourced Too Much? By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:43:26 -0500 Gary Pisano, Harvard Business School professor and coauthor of "Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance." Full Article
ic The Rise of the Global Super-Rich By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 18:08:21 -0500 Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital and author of "Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else." Full Article
ic Encyclopaedia Britannica’s Transformation By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:10:44 -0500 Jorge Cauz, president of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Full Article
ic Solving America’s Innovation Crisis By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Mar 2013 18:13:38 -0500 Bruce Nussbaum, professor at Parsons The New School of Design and author of "Creative Intelligence: Harnessing the Power to Create, Connect, and Inspire." Full Article
ic Pricing Strategies People Love By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:56:22 -0500 Sandeep Baliga and Jeff Ely, professors at the Kellogg School of Management and Northwestern University. Full Article
ic Read Fiction and Be a Better Leader By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 17:06:46 -0500 Joseph Badaracco, Harvard Business School professor. Full Article
ic Office Politics for the Pros By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:43:34 -0500 Karen Dillon, author of the "HBR Guide to Office Politics," talks with Dorie Clark, author of "Reinventing You." Full Article
ic How CEOs Are Succeeding in Africa By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Sep 2013 10:42:00 -0500 Jonathan Berman, author of "Success in Africa," busts media myths about the continent. Full Article
ic Clay Christensen and Dominic Barton on Consulting’s Disruption By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Sep 2013 17:53:21 -0500 The HBS sage and McKinsey head discuss how to stay on top in a rapidly changing industry. Full Article
ic Lead Authentically, Without Oversharing By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 17:03:05 -0500 Lisa Rosh, assistant professor of management at the Sy Syms School of Business at Yeshiva University, explains how to build trust through skillful self-disclosure. Full Article
ic Feeling Conflicted? Get Out of Your Own Way By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:29:34 -0500 Erica Ariel Fox, who teaches negotiation at Harvard Law School, discusses how to resolve inner conflict to lead wisely and live well. Full Article
ic Editors’ Picks of the Week By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:57:43 -0500 HBR editors read top posts from HBR.org. Full Article
ic The Economics of Online Dating By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Dec 2013 11:25:13 -0500 Paul Oyer, Stanford economist and the author of "Everything I Ever Needed to Know About Economics I Learned from Online Dating," explains the marketplace of online love. Full Article
ic Nomadic Leaders Need Roots By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Jan 2014 12:00:44 -0500 Gianpiero Petriglieri, professor at INSEAD, on the new global elite. Full Article
ic We Need Economic Forecasters Even Though We Can’t Trust Them By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 16:52:59 -0500 Walter Friedman, director of the Business History Initiative at Harvard Business School, on the pioneers of market prediction. Full Article
ic Is Work-Family Conflict Reaching a Tipping Point? By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 18:59:57 -0500 Stewart D. Friedman, Wharton professor and author of "Baby Bust," presents new research. Full Article
ic Are You the “Real You” in the Office? By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 17:45:57 -0500 Harvard's Robert Kegan on companies that do really personal development. Full Article
ic Social Physics Can Change Your Company (and the World) By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 19:45:53 -0500 Sandy Pentland, MIT professor, on how big data is revealing the science behind how we work together, based on his book "Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread." Full Article
ic Ruth Reichl on Challenging Career Moves By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 01 May 2014 19:48:00 -0500 The renowned author and former editor of Gourmet talks about the magazine's closure and her recent transition to fiction writing. Full Article
ic The Secret History of White-Collar Offices By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 18:14:02 -0500 Nikil Saval, editor at n+1, on how gender, politics, and unions have affected the American workplace since the Civil War. Full Article
ic How Silicon Valley Became Uncool By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:44:24 -0500 Walter Frick, HBR editor, explains why we valorize tech heroes from the past, but scoff at today's entrepreneurs. Full Article
ic Explaining Silicon Valley’s Success By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:22:35 -0500 AnnaLee Saxenian, author of the classic book "Regional Advantage," still thinks the area's future is bright. Full Article
ic Communicate Better with Your Global Team By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 11:47:12 -0500 Tsedal Neeley, Harvard Business School professor, explains how globally distributed teams can collaborate better together. Full Article
ic Ethical CEOs Finish First By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 13:06:35 -0500 Fred Kiel, author of "Return on Character," explains his research on why being good benefits the bottom line. Full Article
ic Why We Pretend to Be Workaholics By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 07 May 2015 12:00:35 -0500 Erin Reid of Boston University on why men (but not women) feign long working hours. Full Article
ic Michael Lynton on Surviving the Biggest Corporate Hack in History By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 10:00:24 -0500 The CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment discusses the crisis with editor-in-chief Adi Ignatius. Full Article
ic Test-Taking Comes to the Office By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 09 Jul 2015 17:02:00 -0500 Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, author of the HBR article "Ace the Assessment," explores the rising practice of using tests in hiring and promotion decisions. Full Article
ic Salman Rushdie on Creativity and Criticism By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 12:00:51 -0500 The acclaimed writer describes how he develops his novels, what he expects from reviewers, and why business people should still read fiction. Full Article
ic PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi on Design Thinking By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 18:10:22 -0500 How PepsiCo is harnessing the power of design. Full Article
ic Your Office’s Hidden Artists and How to Work with Them By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:04:16 -0500 Kimberly Elsbach, author of the HBR article "Collaborating with Creative Peers," on collaborating better with a certain type of colleague. Full Article
ic Katie Couric on the Shifting Landscape of News By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 18:15:53 -0500 The renowned American journalist talks with HBR senior editor Dan McGinn. Full Article
ic 4 Types of Conflict and How to Manage Them By hbr.org Published On :: Wed, 25 Nov 2015 12:00:40 -0500 Amy Gallo, author of the "HBR Guide to Managing Conflict at Work," explains the options. Full Article
ic Becoming a More Authentic Leader By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:49:13 -0500 Bill George, Harvard Business School professor and author of "Discover Your True North," gives advice to both new and experienced leaders. Full Article
ic Make Peace with Your Inner Critic By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:21:05 -0500 Tara Mohr, author of Playing Big, explains how to deal with self-doubt (or help someone else manage theirs). Full Article
ic Isabel Allende on Fiction and Feminism By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 17:49:16 -0500 The bestselling author describes her creative process and explains why she was always determined to have a career. Full Article
ic Asking for Advice Makes People Think You’re Smarter By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 10:30:44 -0500 The research shows we shouldn't be afraid to ask for help. Francesca Gino and Alison Wood Brooks, both of Harvard Business School, explain. Full Article
ic A Brief History of 21st Century Economics By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 23 Jun 2016 16:35:47 -0500 Tim Sullivan, co-author with Ray Fisman of "The Inner Lives of Markets," on how we shape economic theory -- and how it shapes us. Full Article
ic Macromanagement Is Just as Bad as Micromanagement By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:46:38 -0500 Tanya Menon, associate professor at Fisher College of Management, Ohio State University, explains how to recognize if your management style is too hands off. She's the co-author of "Stop Spending, Start Managing: Strategies to Transform Wasteful Habits." Full Article
ic Restoring Sanity to the Office By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:08:37 -0500 Basecamp CEO Jason Fried says too many people find it difficult to get work done at the workplace. His company enforces quiet offices, fewer meetings, and different collaboration and communication practices. The goal is to give employees bigger blocks of time to be truly productive. Full Article
ic Voices from the January-February 2017 Issue By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 20:26:19 -0500 Roger Martin of Rotman School of Management, Paul Zak of Claremont Graduate University, Clayton Christensen of Harvard Business School, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and HBR Editor-in-Chief Adi Ignatius respectively discuss customer loyalty, the neuroscience of trust, entrepreneurship in Africa, the source of innovation, and the new, hefty magazine. For more, see the January-February 2017 issue. Full Article
ic Dealing with Conflict Avoiders and Seekers By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 06 Apr 2017 18:51:16 -0500 Amy Gallo, HBR contributing editor, discusses a useful tactic to more effectively deal with conflict in the workplace: understanding whether you generally seek or avoid conflict. Each personality style influences how you approach a particular conflict, as well as how your counterpart does. Gallo talks about how to escape the common pitfalls of conflict seekers and conflict avoiders, so that you can improve your work and your relationships. She’s the author of the “HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict.” Full Article
ic Which Type of Entrepreneur Are You? By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 08 Jun 2017 13:48:43 -0500 Chris Kuenne, entrepreneurship lecturer at Princeton, and John Danner, senior fellow at the Lester Center for Entrepreneurship at UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business talk about one of the least understood factors that leads to success at scale: the personality of the company founder. Their research describes four distinct types of highly successful entrepreneurial personalities: the Driver, the Explorer, the Crusader, and the Captain. While popular culture currently celebrates big-ego personalities in the mold of Steve Jobs, the interview guests show how different kinds of people succeed at that level. Kuenne and Danner are co-authors of the new book, “Built for Growth: How Builder Personality Shapes Your Business, Your Team, and Your Ability to Win.” Full Article
ic Basic Competence Can Be a Strategy By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 16:26:30 -0500 Raffaella Sadun, a professor at Harvard Business School, explains why seemingly common-sensical management practices are so hard to implement. After surveying thousands of organizations across the world, she found that only 6% of firms qualified as highly well-managed — and that managers mistakenly assumed they were all above average. She is a co-author of “Why Do We Undervalue Competent Management?” in the September–October 2017 issue of Harvard Business Review. Full Article
ic Microsoft’s CEO on Rediscovering the Company’s Soul By hbr.org Published On :: Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:38:59 -0500 Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s third CEO, opens up about his effort to refresh the culture of the company and renew its focus on the future. He reflects on important life lessons he learned growing up in India, immigrating to the U.S., and working for Microsoft for 25 years. Nadella thinks of the past, he says, for the sake of the future—of technology, public policy, and work. His new autobiography is "Hit Refresh." Full Article
ic The Hardscrabble Business of Chinese Manufacturing in Africa By hbr.org Published On :: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 15:35:38 -0500 Irene Yuan Sun, a consultant at McKinsey, explains why so many Chinese entrepreneurs are setting up factories in Africa. She describes what it’s like inside these factories, who works there, what they’re making—and how this emerging manufacturing sector is industrializing countries including Lesotho and Nigeria. Sun’s new book is “The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa.” Full Article