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      • 19 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety

      Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter swept into office in 2018 promising equity. He wanted a new public safety framework that would be rooted in community. Then, with the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out much of the city’s budget and the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in neighboring Minneapolis sparking calls to defund the police, how would Mayor Carter make these changes happen? Professor Mitch Weiss discusses the challenges and rewards of “possibility government” in his case, "Community-First Public Safety."  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 13 Jan 2021
      • Research & Ideas

      How 'Small C' Change Can Beat Large-Scale Rebuilding

      by Boris Groysberg, Sascha L. Schmidt, and Sebastian Flegr

      Many business leaders are convinced that large-scale change is necessary to bounce back from difficult times. But a professional soccer team's surprise success shows that smaller measures can work better, write Boris Groysberg and colleagues. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 Jul 2020
      • Working Paper Summaries

      What Jobs Are Being Done at Home During the COVID-19 Crisis? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys

      by Alexander Bartik, Zoë Cullen, Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca, and Christopher Stanton

      At least 16 percent of American workers will switch from office-based settings to working at home at least two days per week after COVID-19 subsides. This has significant implications for companies, employees, and policymakers alike.

      • 01 May 2020
      • What Do You Think?

      Does Remote Work Mix with Organizational Culture?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP: Readers who themselves work from home think differently about how organizations should respond to remote work initiatives. James Heskett sums up the dicussion. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Apr 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding

      by Boris Groysberg

      COVID-19 has turned many companies into federations of remote workplaces, but without guidance on how their onboarding of new employees must change, says Boris Groysberg. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 Mar 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      The New Rules for Remote Work: Pandemic Edition

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Welcome to the new world of remote work, where employees struggle to learn the rules, managers are unsure how to help them, and organizations get a glimpse into the future. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 Mar 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

      by Kristen Senz

      Working at home brings with it confusing new rules of conduct. Remote work expert Prithwiraj Choudhury answers questions from our readers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 16 Mar 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

      by Dina Gerdeman

      We asked Harvard Business School experts how the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to change business practice. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 25 Feb 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      For Migrant Workers, Homesickness Can Reduce Productivity

      by Kristen Senz

      Workers in the global economy increasingly perform their jobs far away from home. It turns out, says Prithwiraj Choudhury, that homesickness is a significant barrier to their productivity. Here's what employers can do. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 07 Jul 2019
      • HBS Case

      Walmart's Workforce of the Future

      by Julia Hanna

      A case study by William Kerr explores Walmart's plans for future workforce makeup and training, and its search for opportunities from digital infrastructure and automation. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 07 Feb 2019
      • Book

      How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

      by Martha Lagace

      Large companies can be easy targets for disruption, but Gary Pisano says there are steps that can keep them ahead of the innovation curve. Rule 1: Don't emulate startup cultures. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 30 Oct 2018
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Design Rules, Volume 2: How Technology Shapes Organizations: Chapter 6 The Value Structure of Technologies, Part 1: Mapping Functional Relationships

      by Carliss Y. Baldwin

      Technology shapes organizations by influencing the search for value—something that someone perceives as a good—in an economy made up of free agents. To understand the organizations that will develop and implement particular technologies we must first understand the technologies’ value structure, including three main issues that make it difficult to value technologies.

      • 03 Oct 2018
      • What Do You Think?

      How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP Few doubt the benefits of a diverse workplace. James Heskett's readers offer insights on the most effective management approaches to inclusion. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 27 Sep 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know

      by Dina Gerdeman

      Two recent US Supreme Court cases demonstrate that religion in the workplace issues are increasing. How can managers be prepared? It starts with the right attitude, says Derek van Bever. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 10 Sep 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

      by Robin J. Ely

      Rosabeth Moss Kanter’s Men and Women of the Corporation inspired and informed a generation of scholars studying gender, status, and power. Robin J. Ely interviews Kanter about her groundbreaking research and why it remains relevant today. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 14 May 2018
      • Research & Ideas

      Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

      by Michael Blanding

      Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods seemed a Wall Street dream come true. But then Amazon's data-driven efficiency met the customer-driven culture at Whole Foods—and the shelves began to empty. Dennis Campbell and Tatiana Sandino discuss their new case study. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 01 Mar 2018
      • What Do You Think?

      Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

      by James Heskett

      SUMMING UP Have recent advances in technology such as artificial intelligence ushered in (finally) the "new economy?" Not so fast, answer James Heskett's readers. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 29 Aug 2017
      • Book

      Using Language to Build a Global Company

      by Sean Silverthorne

      In her new book The Language of Global Success, Tsedal Neeley describes Japanese tech giant Rakuten's five-year effort to adopt English as its lingua franca of business. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 15 May 2017
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Flexing the Frame: TMT Framing and the Adoption of Non-Incremental Innovations in Incumbent Firms

      by Ryan Raffaelli, Mary Ann Glynn, and Michael Tushman

      Organizations continuously face decisions about whether or not to adopt innovations. Often, however, senior teams do not adopt an innovation even when the organization has the resources to do so. Using real examples, this paper theorizes how the processes of cognitive and emotional framing inform managerial choices about whether or not to adopt innovations.

      • 27 Feb 2017
      • Research & Ideas

      Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

      by Sean Silverthorne

      Reputation and resilience are key ingredients that determine whether companies will survive tumultuous markets, according to a new paper by Geoffrey Jones, Tarun Khanna, Cheng Gao, and Tiona Zuzul. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

      • 12 Oct 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Break the Rules of How Business is Done

      by Julia B. Austin

      Making just small changes to how you do business inside and outside the company can help you attract bright employees and increase innovation, argues Julia B. Austin. Open for comment; Comment(s) posted.

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