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      • 05 Jan 2021
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      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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      • 22 Sep 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Recessions Push Some Entrepreneurs to Launch Too Soon

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Research by Maria Roche looks at how past economic downturns forced job-insecure, high-tech entrepreneurs to rush their ventures to market. Will COVID-19 do the same? Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 17 Feb 2020
      • Sharpening Your Skills

      How Entrepreneurs Can Find the Right Problem to Solve

      by Julia Austin

      Identifying a customer's pain points is the first step for entrepreneurs in developing a new product. Julia Austin offers tips for choosing the right "job to be done." Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Sep 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      What Happens When Ordinary People Get Creative?

      by Carmen Nobel

      Move over, creative geniuses. Teresa Amabile says the world needs to pay more attention to the creative processes of everyday people, especially in an age when big ideas often come from the crowdsourced masses. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 31 Jul 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      In Pursuit of Everyday Creativity

      by Teresa M. Amabile

      This paper describes the most compelling research trends around creativity and innovation. It suggests that 1) creative behavior of ordinary individuals is likely to become more important to the development of products and services, and 2) future studies should focus on such creative behavior—and related psychological states and environmental contexts—as it happens.

      • 12 Dec 2011
      • HBS Case

      HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock

      by Carmen Nobel

      There had not been an innovative breakthrough in alarm clock design since the snooze button until entrepreneur Gauri Nanda created Clocky. Her runaway hit has been the inspiration for several cases written by Professor Elie Ofek. Closed for comment; 8 Comment(s) posted.

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