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Network of Invention
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSocial and professional networks are crucial to innovation. New research reveals that it takes just a few key players to catalyze the agglomeration of... -
Connect and Develop: Inside Procter & Gamble's New Model for Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor generations, Procter & Gamble generated most of its phenomenal growth by innovating from within--building global research facilities and hiring the... -
Stop Mixing Business with Pleasure
Business communication Digital ArticleIt may come as news to some (young) people, but business and pleasure are not synonymous. With the Millenials’ exodus to social media platforms from good old-fashioned email accounts, the lines between our business and personal lives are increasingly blurred. We live on our smart phones or blackberries and technology has enabled us to multi-task […] -
Are You Taking Full Advantage of Your Network?
Professional networks Digital ArticleIf you’re only using it to land your next job, you’re missing out. -
The Awkward Person’s Guide to Networking
Career planning Digital ArticleOverthinkers, reticent schmoozers, and wallflowers — this is for you. -
Make the Most of the Network You Built During Your Internship
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYour relationships shouldn't end just because the role has. -
5 Ways to Make Conference Networking Easier
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How Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Their Fear of Talking to Strangers
Innovation & Leadership Digital ArticleStartup founders need to network with customers, investors, and other stakeholders. -
How to Network When There Are No Networking Events
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleStep one: Turn canceled conferences into private networking opportunities. -
What’s the Right Way to Find a Mentor?
Career planning Digital Article76% of people say that mentors are important, but only 37% actually have one. -
Take Control of Your Personal Brand
Dorie Clark, author of "Reinventing You," explains how to make others see where you're going, instead of where you've been. -
Forget the Business Card. Just Google Me
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleSmall rectangular pieces of cardstock with your name, phone number and company logo are going the way of the land line, compact disc, and yellow pages. You might still come away from meetings with a briefcase full of business cards, but most likely you’re going to search the web for a company or contact before […] -
How to Navigate a Digital Transformation
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA five-step process. -
Start Networking Right Away (Even If You Hate It)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleWhether you want to or not, you need to start networking within the first couple of months after a promotion, when people in the new organization are... -
The Conference That’s Trying to Reinvent How We Network
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How to Get Ahead When Your Boss Doesn’t Have Influence
Career planning Digital ArticleIt’s OK to build your own relationships with senior leaders. -
What to Say When You’re Reaching Out to Someone on LinkedIn
Managing yourself Digital ArticleFive conversation starters and sample messages. -
How to Get Booked as a Podcast Guest
Marketing Digital ArticleFour strategies to try. -
How to Network with Powerful People
Business communication Digital ArticleBacked by social science. -
How Women (and Men) Can Find Role Models When None Are Obvious
Managing yourself Digital ArticleFocus on behaviors you admire.
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How to Gracefully Decline a Networking Request
Professional networks Digital ArticleProtect your time and energy — respectfully. -
Why Cofounder Partnerships Fail — and How to Make Them Last
Entrepreneurs and founders Digital ArticleNearly half of startup founders ultimately buy out their cofounder due to interpersonal rifts and power struggles. -
Your Social Media Presence Can Help You Land (or Lose) a Job Opportunity
Job search Best PracticeTips for curating a professional and engaging brand that resonates with prospective employers. -
5 Networking Tips for Introverts (and Anyone Else)
Professional networks ResearchA new study reveals the make-or-break factors for developing networking skills. -
How to Address a Resume Gap When Switching Careers
Career transitions Best PracticeThe do’s and don’ts of navigating a career transition that’s taking longer than you hoped. -
Research: How Women Can Build High-Status Networks
Gender Digital ArticleCompanies can help women overcome common obstacles they face when trying to forge powerful professional ties. -
How to Build a Broader Network within Your Company
Diversity and inclusion Digital ArticleA growth mindset can help you make connections with colleagues who think differently. -
How to Make Small Talk with Anyone from Anywhere
Interpersonal communication Digital ArticleFive tools to help you mingle at international events. -
4 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Changing Careers
Career transitions Digital ArticleDetermine whether you truly want to move into a new field, or just escape your current situation. -
People Probably Like You More Than You Think
Managing yourself Digital ArticleA research-backed argument for why we underestimate the impression we make on others. -
Your Boss Is Leaving for Another Job. Should You Follow?
Managing yourself Digital ArticleFive questions to ask yourself before you start making moves. -
The Challenges of Retiring from a High-Powered Job
Managing yourself Digital ArticleA look at seven common pitfalls — and how to avoid them. -
How 4 Leaders Got to the C-Suite—Before They Turned 40
Early career Digital ArticleTheir advice for fast tracking your way to the top. -
New to Sales? Here’s How to Connect with Senior Leaders.
Professional networks Digital ArticleAs a B2B sales rep, you often need these relationships to successfully close deals. -
Surround Yourself with Colleagues Who Boost Your Performance
Professional networks Digital ArticleResearch found that we’re inclined to build networks that reinforce our strengths rather than complement them. -
Harness Your Network to Unlock Innovation
Innovation Magazine ArticleThree practices can help. -
What Today’s Rainmakers Do Differently
Sales and marketing Magazine ArticleBusiness development at professional services firms is outdated. Here’s what works now. -
You Regret Switching Jobs. Should You Try to Go Back to Your Old One?
Careers Digital ArticleHow to decide whether to “boomerang” back — and how to approach your former employer. -
How Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Their Fear of Talking to Strangers
Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleStartup founders need to network with customers, investors, and other stakeholders. -
How to Think Strategically About a Career Transition
Business and society Digital ArticleIt starts with envisioning your possible future selves.
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TrustSphere: Building a Market for Relationship Analytics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Manish Goel was the CEO of TrustSphere, a seven-year-old company in the data analytics industry that focused squarely on relationship analytics, a space... -
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone hospital in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in 1855. By 2016 the CHOP Care Network... -
Leading Change in Talent at L'Oreal
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L'Oréal. He is now... -
The Mosquito Network: Collaborative Entrepreneurship in the Fight to Eliminate Malaria Deaths, Commentary
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to cases KS1191 and KS1192. "The Mosquito Network" describes the appointment and work of Ray Chambers, a retired private equity entrepreneur,... -
Los Grobo
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Los Grobo, a grain farming company based in Argentina, must decide whether to expand internationally to neighboring Paraguay and Uruguay. Los Grobo has... -
Leveraging Your Networks: Harvard ManageMentor
49.95View Details This online will teach you to create a map of a network and assess the network, identify ways to strengthen a network, initiate and develop reciprocal... -
Music and the (Real) World: Thirty Years of MTV
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case is useful for teaching students the structure of creative industries and the issues to consider when attempting disruptive innovation and entrepreneurship... -
Betonn Corp.: Confidential Negotiation Information
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A two-party, multiple-issue dollar-scoring negotiation exercise dealing with the formation and terms of an IT-industry joint venture. Subordinates have... -
The HBR Work Smart Collection (4 Books)
Management Book79.99View Details Rise faster with quick reads, real-life stories, and expert advice. It's not easy to navigate the world of work when you're exploring who you are and... -
Global Knowledge Management at Danone (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The (B) case gives an update on the development of knowledge management at Danone two years after the (A) case: The Networking Attitude spread throughout... -
D-Wave Systems: Building a Quantum Computer
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details D-Wave Systems is a start-up seeking to commercialize a quantum computer. Its business model is unique: as of 2003, it had very few technical resources... -
Harambe: Mobilizing Capital in Africa
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details Harambe was a non-profit organization whose mission was to build an ecosystem to identify promising young African entrepreneurs and provide them access... -
Keith Ferrazzi
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Keith Ferrazzi had certainly come a long way. The son of a steelworker and a cleaning lady, he attended an elite elementary school and then a top prep... -
Sadiq Gillani's Airline Career Takes Off: Strategy in Action
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details As a student at the Harvard Business School, Sadiq Gillani decided to focus his career on the airline industry. This case study explores Gillani's strategic... -
Making Real Connections (HBR Women at Work Series)
24.95View Details Relationships built on trust matter. Deep and meaningful connections, especially with other women, are critical to our careers and to our overall well-being... -
Mrs. Fields Cookies
Technology & Operations Case Study11.95View Details Mrs. Fields Cookies is a small company selling freshly baked goods through privately owned specialty stores (each store sells only Mrs. Fields products).... -
National Instruments
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details This case explores the use of social media to support product design, customer support, marketing and HR activities at National Instruments (NI). Based... -
Breaking Through Action Plan
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The "Breaking Through Action Plan" is a developmental tool based on the book, Breaking Through: The Making of Minority Executives in Corporate America... -
CAI
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details
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Network of Invention
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleSocial and professional networks are crucial to innovation. New research reveals that it takes just a few key players to catalyze the agglomeration of... -
TrustSphere: Building a Market for Relationship Analytics
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Manish Goel was the CEO of TrustSphere, a seven-year-old company in the data analytics industry that focused squarely on relationship analytics, a space... -
Connect and Develop: Inside Procter & Gamble's New Model for Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleFor generations, Procter & Gamble generated most of its phenomenal growth by innovating from within--building global research facilities and hiring the... -
Stop Mixing Business with Pleasure
Business communication Digital ArticleIt may come as news to some (young) people, but business and pleasure are not synonymous. With the Millenials’ exodus to social media platforms from good old-fashioned email accounts, the lines between our business and personal lives are increasingly blurred. We live on our smart phones or blackberries and technology has enabled us to multi-task […] -
Are You Taking Full Advantage of Your Network?
Professional networks Digital ArticleIf you’re only using it to land your next job, you’re missing out. -
The Awkward Person’s Guide to Networking
Career planning Digital ArticleOverthinkers, reticent schmoozers, and wallflowers — this is for you. -
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia: Network Strategy 2016
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) began as a stand-alone hospital in the heart of downtown Philadelphia in 1855. By 2016 the CHOP Care Network... -
Make the Most of the Network You Built During Your Internship
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleYour relationships shouldn't end just because the role has. -
Finding, Forming, and Performing: Creating Networks for Discontinuous Innovation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleMost firms struggle to adapt to discontinuous changes in their environment--witness Lego's very slow adaptation to the world of digital devices and online... -
Leading Change in Talent at L'Oreal
Organizational Development Case Study11.95View Details Jean-Claude Le Grand just stepped into a new role as Executive Vice-President for Human Resources at the global cosmetics company, L'Oréal. He is now...