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How Teams Work: Lessons from the Pandemic

by Kristen Senz

How will COVID-19 change collaboration? Leslie Perlow and Ashley Whillans explore the tactics that helped and hindered newly remote teams in 2020. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11

Sean Silverthorne

Is it better to start with the low-hanging fruit on your task list? ... Fixing meeting misery ... Do carbon tariffs work?

Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade

by Carmen Nobel

In a panel discussion, several professors shared practical findings and tricks-of-the-trade from recent field research. Among the discoveries: how to prompt employees to get a flu shot. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

Conference Challenges Gender Conventions

by Maggie Starvish

A conference at Harvard Business School addressed the on-the-ground reality of women leaders 50 years after the first women were admitted to the two-year MBA Program at Harvard. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

Is Something Wrong with the Way We Work?

by James Heskett

Summing Up Who is to blame for our pressure-packed 24/7 work culture? Technology? Globalization? Increasingly demanding customers? Jim Heskett's readers say it's best to first look in the mirror. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

Breaking the Smartphone Addiction

by Leslie A. Perlow

In her new book, Sleeping With Your Smartphone, Leslie Perlow explains how high-powered consultants disconnected from their mobile devices for a few hours every week—and how they became more productive as a result. Such "predictable time off" might help phone-addled employees better control their workdays and lives. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

When Silence Spells Trouble at Work

by Leslie A. Perlow

Harvard Business School professor Leslie A. Perlow explains how being nice can lead to disastrous results in this Harvard Business Review excerpt. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

Time Pressure and Creativity: Why Time is Not on Your Side

by Sean Silverthorne

Even as time pressures increase in corporate life, the need for creative thinking has never been greater, says Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.