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      • 05 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Using Behavioral Science to Improve Well-Being for Social Workers

      For child and family social workers, coping with the hardships of children and parents is part of the job. But that can cause a lot of stress. Is it possible for financially constrained organizations to improve social workers’ well-being using non-cash rewards, recognition, and other strategies from behavioral science? Assistant Professor Ashley Whillans describes the experience of Chief Executive Michael Sanders’ at the UK’s What Works Centre for Children’s Social Care, as he led a research program aimed at improving the morale of social workers in her case, “The What Works Centre: Using Behavioral Science to Improve Social Worker Well-being.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 24 Jul 2019
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

      by Dina Gerdeman

      In the Harvard Business School course Behavioral Insights, students work in the UK with psychology experts to understand what motivates consumers and workers. What they learn can help businesses of all types, says Michael Luca. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 18 Jul 2019
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

      by Michael Blanding

      Companies have struggled to find the right opportunities for selling the Internet of Things. Rajiv Lal says that’s all about to change. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 20 Dec 2017
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      How to Design a Better Customer Experience

      by Dina Gerdeman

      With the help of LEGO bricks, Stefan Thomke helps business executives discover how design principles can serve as building blocks to create a great customer experience. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Aug 2017
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Companies Love Big Data But Lack the Strategy To Use It Effectively

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Big data is a critical competitive advantage for companies that know how to use it. Harvard Business School faculty share insights that they teach to executives. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 22 May 2017
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders

      by Carmen Nobel

      Pauline Brown, a former top executive with French luxury goods conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton, now teaches a Harvard Business School course called The Business of Aesthetics, which culminates in a competition called “Aesthetic Idol.” Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 15 Mar 2017
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

      by Carmen Nobel

      MBA students participating in Harvard Business School’s Climate Change Challenge offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 08 Aug 2016
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Panic Management: Keep Your Eyes on the Road

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Many of us respond with a knee-jerk reaction when adversity hits, but a more considered approach is better for a successful resolution. Joshua Margolis discusses the resilience regimen. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 13 Jun 2016
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      That's Classic: Modern-Day Business Lessons from Ancient Rome

      by Julia Hanna

      What can MBAs learn from the Roman emperors Tiberius and Claudius? All Roads Lead to Rome, a course taught by HBS professor Frances Frei and Harvard history and classics professor Emma Dench, surfaces insights into the age-old issue of leadership. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Mar 2016
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      When Your Classmate is an NBA Superstar (or Fashion Model, or Movie Actress)

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Industry superstars bring unique perspectives to the Business of Media, Entertainment, and Sports Executive Education program taught by Anita Elberse. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 09 Mar 2016
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      In This Classroom, Beer Can Improve Your Grade

      by Roberta Holland

      The Strategic Brew computer simulation puts MBAs in charge of their own breweries, rising or sinking based on the popularity of their pseudo suds. Ramon Casadesus-Masanell explains lessons learned from a beer game Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Nov 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      How Activist Investors Became Respectable

      by Joseph Fuller

      Once reviled as villains operating on the fringes of the market, activist investors like Carl Icahn are now powerful forces at work in the mainstream of business, says Professor Joseph Fuller. And their influence is only growing. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Jun 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Excellence Comes From Saying No

      by Michael Blanding

      In a new course designed by Frances Frei and Amy Schulman, business and law students help each other define and achieve their own interpretations of success. Lesson one: You can't be great at everything. Open for comment; 17 Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 Apr 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Use Personal Experience to Pick Winning Stocks

      by Michael Blanding

      In their course Stock Pitching, Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy teach students everything from how to pick stocks using their own insights to pitching them to investment colleagues. Open for comment; 1 Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Apr 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Leadership Lessons From Outer Space

      by Carmen Nobel

      Beaming in from space via teleconference, International Space Station Commander Terry Virts discusses leadership, technology, and thunderstorms with professors and students at Harvard Business School. Open for comment; 2 Comment(s) posted.

      • 25 Feb 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Scholars and Students Unpack the Digital Business Revolution

      by Julia Hanna

      Harvard Business School's Digital Initiative, led by professors Marco Iansiti and Karim Lakhani, brings an interdisciplinary approach to studying how digital technology has transformed business and innovation. Open for comment; 2 Comment(s) posted.

      • 21 Jan 2015
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Managing the Family Business: Market Basket’s Lessons About Buyouts

      As the Market Basket CEO showdown demonstrated, family businesses can be messy affairs—and buyouts the best solution to conflict. So why don't we see more of them? Family business expert John A. Davis explains when buyouts make sense. Open for comment; 2 Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Nov 2014
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Managing the Family Business: Are Optimists or Pessimists Better Leaders?

      In general, optimists are best suited to lead family-run entrepreneurial organizations. At least until disaster strikes. John A. Davis explains why both perspectives are so valuable. Open for comment; 6 Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Aug 2014
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Learning From Japan’s Remarkable Disaster Recovery

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Harvard Business School students make an annual trek to businesses in the Japanese area wrecked by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. Their objectives: learn all they can about human resilience and share their own management knowledge. Closed for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

      • 13 Aug 2014
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Managing the Family Business: Entrepreneurs Needed for Long-Run Success

      by Michael J. Roberts

      Families that want to stay in business for generations don't have a choice but to encourage entrepreneurship in and out of their family company, say Michael Roberts and John Davis. Here's how. Open for comment; 2 Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 Jul 2014
      • Lessons from the Classroom

      Teaching The Deal

      by Dina Gerdeman

      In his Negotiation and Deals courses, Kevin Mohan uses his VC experience to teach students that showing emotion, asking questions, and understanding your own strengths and weaknesses can be key to a successful agreement. Open for comment; 2 Comment(s) posted.

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