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      • 23 Feb 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Examining Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States

      The late 20th century saw dramatic growth in incarceration rates in the United States. Of the more than 2.3 million people in US prisons, jails, and detention centers in 2020, 60 percent were Black or Latinx. Harvard Business School assistant professor Reshmaan Hussam probes the assumptions underlying the current prison system, with its huge racial disparities, and considers what could be done to address the crisis of the American criminal justice system in her case, “Race and Mass Incarceration in the United States.”  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 22 May 2020
      • In Practice

      Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

      by Danielle Kost

      The coronavirus pandemic might lead to major changes in patient care, physician compensation, and regulation. Experts from Harvard Business School's Health Care Initiative share their predictions. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 02 Mar 2020
      • What Do You Think?

      Are Candor, Humility, and Trust Making a Comeback?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP: Have core leadership values been declining in recent years? If so, how do we get them back? James Heskett's readers provide answers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Sep 2019
      • Cold Call Podcast

      How a New Leader Broke Through a Culture of Accuse, Blame, and Criticize

      Children’s Hospital & Clinics COO Julie Morath sets out to change the culture by instituting a policy of blameless reporting, which encourages employees to report anything that goes wrong or seems substandard, without fear of reprisal. Professor Amy Edmondson discusses getting an organization into the “High Performance Zone.” Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 11 Jun 2019
      • Book

      These Aren't Beach Books, but Managers Should Read Them Anyway

      by Sean Silverthorne

      As you contemplate your summer reading, consider these recent books from Harvard Business School management scholars that can boost your career and improve on-the-ground management skills. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 06 May 2019
      • Research & Ideas

      Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

      by Danielle Kost

      Millions of people have been harmed by cigarettes, defective merchandise, pollution, addiction and other business by-products. now, pioneering companies are exploring healthier ways to operate, say Amy C. Edmondson and Dr. Howard K. Koh. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Dec 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Team Learning Capabilities: A Meso Model of Sustained Innovation and Superior Firm Performance

      by Jean-François Harvey, Henrik Bresman, and Amy C. Edmondson

      In strategic management research, the dynamic capabilities framework enables a “helicopter view” of how firms achieve sustainable competitive advantage. This paper focuses on the critical role of work teams, arguing that managers must leverage the knowledge generated by teams to support innovation and strategic change. It matches types of team learning to innovation activities.

      • 26 Nov 2018
      • Book

      Make Your Employees Feel Psychologically Safe

      by Martha Lagace

      To do their best work, people need to feel secure and safe in their workplace. In a new book, Amy C. Edmondson details how companies can develop psychological safety. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 19 Jun 2018
      • Research Event

      Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

      by Geoffrey G. Jones

      Companies have thought for decades about business-focused solutions to fix the deteriorating environment. But judging by continually rising waters and temperatures, we may need a rethink about what sustainability means, suggest participants at a recent conference at Harvard Business School. A report by co-organizer Geoffrey Jones. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 Jan 2018
      • Book

      How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

      by Amy C. Edmondson

      Teams composed of people from across expertise areas can create solutions beyond what any one agency can deliver, says Amy Edmondson. Just ask several dozen Chilean workers rescued from a mine collapse. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 03 Oct 2017
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Managers of teams require communications skills, organizational capabilities, and a knack for judging how people might work together. Research from Harvard Business School investigates the challenges of team leadership. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Sep 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

      Carmen Nobel

      The need to consider self-managing organizations...The downside of positive information...The case of Signet Jewelers

      • 29 Aug 2017
      • First Look

      First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 29

      Sean Silverthorne

      How social class shapes high-performing women ... The problem with knowledge repositories ... Starting a high-frequency-trading hedge fund.

      • 04 May 2017
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Leading a Team to the Top of Mount Everest

      In a podcast, Amy Edmondson describes how students learn about team communication and decision making by making a simulated climb up Mount Everest. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 26 Aug 2016
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Unpacking Team Diversity: An Integrative Multi-Level Model of Cross-Boundary Teaming

      by Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

      In a growing number of cases, cross-boundary teams span organizational boundaries, not just functional ones. This paper explores how newly formed temporary groups may be able to develop rapidly into high-performance teams. The authors integrate research streams on team diversity and knowledge boundaries, and present a framework that considers the kinds of specific knowledge boundaries that must be spanned to achieve high-level, cross-boundary teaming.

      • 09 May 2016
      • Book

      ‘Big Teaming,’ Audacious Innovation, and the Uncompleted Dream of a Smart City

      by Sean Silverthorne

      How do you organize a project that spans professions, industries, and even nations? A new book by Amy Edmondson and Susan Salter Reynolds describes the approach of 'big teaming' with a case study of a high-profile smart city. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 04 Feb 2016
      • Cold Call Podcast

      The Space Shuttle Columbia’s Final Mission

      No organization wants to fail. But even for the best and the brightest, failure is inevitable, and occasionally that failure can be catastrophic. Professor Amy Edmondson describes her experience writing and teaching a case on the Columbia space shuttle’s final mission, including the organizational challenges within NASA that contributed to it, and the lessons that can be taken from the tragedy. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 May 2015
      • Research & Ideas

      Build 'Scaffolds' to Improve Performance of Temporary Teams

      by Roberta Holland

      Many critical tasks are performed by teams created on the fly, but lack of stability can hinder their performance. Amy Edmondson and Melissa Valentine use the idea of scaffolds to produce greater collaboration and efficiency on temporary teams. Open for comment; 9 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Sep 2014
      • Op-Ed

      Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

      by Amy C. Edmondson

      Often depicted as greedy and shortsighted, business leaders face a crucial opportunity on the issue of climate change to change that perception, says Amy Edmondson. Closed for comment; 1 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Sep 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      The Business of Climate Change

      Re: Multiple Faculty

      What is the role of business and its leaders in creating positive climate change? In the middle of Climate Week, Six Harvard Business School faculty provide different perspectives. Closed for comment; 4 Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 May 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Research Symposium 2014

      by Carmen Nobel

      Harvard Business School professors presented their research to colleagues, with topics including speaking up at work, a manager's responsibility to capitalism, and a strategy to fix the health care system. Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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