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We Need Imagination Now More Than Ever
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's crucial for creating new opportunities and finding new ways to grow. -
Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThis year's holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion. Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving -... -
Do You Know When to Give Up?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThere are times when it's just better to cut your losses and move on. -
Is it Time for Mutiny?
Managing people Digital ArticleA close study of the real thing — seafarers’ insurrections during the Age of Discovery — might help you decide. -
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleNo leader is perfect. The best ones don’t try to be—they concentrate on honing their strengths and find others who can make up for their limitations. -
Critical Thinking Is About Asking Better Questions
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerSix practices to sharpen your inquiry. -
Outsmart Your Own Biases
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The Big Decisions that Impact Your Career
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat you do in your 20s matters in your 50s. -
Executives and Boards, Avoid These Missteps in a Crisis
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Why Change Programs Don’t Produce Change
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Ethics in Practice
Business ethics Magazine ArticleAs the 1990s overtake us, public interest in ethics is at a historic high. While the press calls attention to blatant derelictions on Wall Street, in the defense industry, and in the Pentagon, and to questionable activities in the White House, in the attorney general’s office, and in Congress, observers wonder whether our society is […] -
Digital Transformation Is About Talent, Not Technology
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In Praise of Uncertainty
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleThe information technology explosion was set off by visionaries who thrive on uncertainty. Today that innovation-fueling uncertainty is in danger, a victim of its own success and excess. IT producers have historically built platforms that are useless standing alone, inviting others to parlay them into a variety of useful applications. The first PC makers shipped […] -
Fooled by Experience
Decision making and problem solving Magazine ArticleWhat you think you’ve learned may be wrong. A guide to figuring out the real lessons. -
Five Ways Pixar Makes Better Decisions
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleI'm writing a new book with Larry Prusak and Brook Manville. If we had to name it today, we'd call it Judgment Days: How Great Organizations Make Great... -
A Safe(r) Financial World Order
Recessions Digital ArticleOkay, it’s fun to tweak Twitter and the Twitterati, as I did in my last post, and it’s great that such remarks bring out so many commenters. This week, however, I’m writing about a topic that is much more important to us all — even if you think Twitter is the greatest thing since CB […] -
The Right Colors Make Data Easier To Read
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleUsing existing color-concept relationships leads to faster analysis. -
Becoming More Collaborative - When You Like to Be in Control
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt can be hard to let go, but being more inclusive will lead you to better decisions. -
On Bear Stearns, the Democratic Primary, and Other Avoidable Disasters
Risk management Digital Article“The wise men were all fools…What to do?” So sings Bruce Springsteen in his searing rocker, “Last to Die,” a lament about the endless miscalculations that led to our endless war in Iraq. That line was ringing in my ears as I read this morning’s headlines about the fiascoes gripping almost every element of our […] -
Case Study: The Upstart’s Assault
Marketing Digital ArticleWhen EnuCom is challenged by a small competitor offering “free forever” broadband services, the chief marketing office must decide how to respond. Editors’ Note: This fictional case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. If you’d like your comment to be considered for publication, […]
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Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Over the past decade, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) had developed a unique set of benefits and cultural amenities for its... -
Food Versus Fuel
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Although biofuels had been used for many years (from 1980 to mid-2007, an estimated 2 trillion miles were driven on ethanol-blended fuels in the United... -
Evaluating an Action Plan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Managers report that action planning to resolve interpersonal and organizational challenges is far more demanding than diagnosing them. Although there... -
Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Thirty years after its founding in 1973, New York City's Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB) found itself at a crossroads. The nonprofit, church-related... -
Meisterclean: Turning Supply Chain into a Competitive Advantage
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details This case challenges students to take a holistic view and analyse root causes ranging from management support, integration of company and supply chain... -
Brookfield Properties: Crisis Leadership Following September 11th, 2001
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Brookfield Properties is a publicly held, North American commercial real estate company focused on the ownership, management, and development of premier... -
Winston & Holmes
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The founder and president of Winston & Holmes must decide whether or not to expand the Yorkville location. Winston & Holmes is a fine tobacco and men's... -
The Walsham Hotel: The Mechatronic KoolNitro 346 Mini-Bar
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details The Walsham hotel is an upscale hotel, located in a large southern city. Its clientele have high expectations and, given the Walsham's urban location,... -
Bake Me a Cake
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details The sole proprietor of a small cake-baking and cake-decorating business needs to make some decisions regarding the company's future. The company's growth... -
Performance Management at Vitality Health Enterprises, Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Vitality Health Enterprises, a medium-sized firm that manufactures health and personal care products, has experienced six straight quarters of strong... -
Edward Jones in 2006: Confronting Success
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details When Jim Weddle took over as Managing Partner of Edward Jones in January 2006, the brokerage firm was at a critical juncture. The firm's distinctive strategy... -
Bridgebuilders: How Government Can Transcend Boundaries to Solve Big Problems
35.00View Details In the face of ever more complex societal challenges, this book provides an essential new model for transforming the public sector and getting things... -
Ensighten
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Focuses on a small start-up software company engaged in a negotiation over its software licensing agreement with a very large potential client. The entrepreneur... -
Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down Barriers and Transforming Work
30.00View Details We need a new approach for solving tough problems in a complex world--we need to collaborate smarter. Market volatility. Sustainability demands. Hybrid... -
Note on the Technical Aspects of Programming in Nonprofit Organizations
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Discusses some of the complexities associated with capital investment decision making in nonprofit organizations when issues such as the value of a life... -
Atlanta Ransomware Attack (B)
Management Case Study5.00View Details This case describes the March 2018 Ransomware attack on the information technology (IT) systems of the city of Atlanta and the response by Mayor Keisha... -
Jeanne Lewis at Staples, Inc. (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Andersen Consulting - EMEAI: Reorganization for Revitalization
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Vernon Ellis, managing partner of Andersen Consulting -- Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India (AC -- EMEAI), is considering how best to reorganize.... -
Utah Symphony and Utah Opera: A Merger Proposal
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Anne Ewers, general director of Utah Opera, is awaiting the decision of the members of the board of the Utah Symphony and Utah Opera about whether to... -
RosettaNet and ebXML: Betting on the Right eBusiness Standard
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details A major enterprise software company must select which technologies to support, based on their long-term and short-term viability and benefits. The protagonist...
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We Need Imagination Now More Than Ever
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's crucial for creating new opportunities and finding new ways to grow. -
Breaking Up the Retail-Price Confusopoly
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleThis year's holiday shopping season improved somewhat over last year with sales likely to top $11 billion. Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving -... -
Do You Know When to Give Up?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThere are times when it's just better to cut your losses and move on. -
Is it Time for Mutiny?
Managing people Digital ArticleA close study of the real thing — seafarers’ insurrections during the Age of Discovery — might help you decide. -
In Praise of the Incomplete Leader
Collaboration and teams Magazine ArticleNo leader is perfect. The best ones don’t try to be—they concentrate on honing their strengths and find others who can make up for their limitations. -
Critical Thinking Is About Asking Better Questions
Leadership & Managing People HBR BestsellerSix practices to sharpen your inquiry. -
Outsmart Your Own Biases
Cognitive bias Magazine ArticleHow to broaden your thinking and make better decisions -
The Big Decisions that Impact Your Career
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleWhat you do in your 20s matters in your 50s. -
Executives and Boards, Avoid These Missteps in a Crisis
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleThree decision-making traps. -
Building a Community at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details Over the past decade, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) had developed a unique set of benefits and cultural amenities for its...