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- 22 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How to Learn from the Big Mistake You Almost Make
What if businesses could learn from their worst mistakes without actually making them? How might the same progress and innovation occur, without firms incurring the costs associated with such errors? The results of a recent study about...
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- 29 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
From the Classroom to the Workplace: How I Applied Learnings to my Internship
at HBS. First, working in Berlin with a truly multicultural team for the first time in my career, highlighted to me the importance of understanding cultural diversity, and personal preferences, which was the main View Details
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Consumer Products / Retail
- 26 Apr 2020
- Other Presentation
Towards Modeling the Variability of Human Attention
By: Kuno Kim, Megumi Sano, Julian De Freitas, Daniel Yamins and Nick Haber
Children exhibit extraordinary exploratory behaviors hypothesized to contribute to the building of models of their world. Harnessing this capacity in artificial systems promises not only more flexible technology but also cognitive models of the developmental processes...
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Exploratory Learning Behaviors;
Modeling;
Artificial Intelligence;
AI and Machine Learning
Kim, Kuno, Megumi Sano, Julian De Freitas, Daniel Yamins, and Nick Haber. "Towards Modeling the Variability of Human Attention." In Bridging AI and Cognitive Science (BAICS) Workshop. 8th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), April 26, 2020.
- 14 Sep 2018
- News
Lessons Learned 10 Years After the Financial Crisis
crisis of 2007-2009 were designed the way they were.” In the video from the event, when asked for the worst personal moment, Paulson recounts the weekend that it became clear that Lehman Brothers was going to fail. “I was overcome with a...
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Diversity and Inclusion - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
Assessment & Feedback Sample Class Student diversity enhances learning and can present both challenges and opportunities for discussion leadership. Some of these challenges/opportunities relate to identities that may be visible (e.g.,...
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- 24 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks
Facebook’s current data privacy crisis, could learn a lot from Johnson. Let’s examine how Johnson and Zuckerberg measured up against what I have identified as 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis. #1: Face reality, starting with yourself....
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- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
Morrell: So you've been on this continent for five and half years. How do you think the experience has changed you? Tapon: It's made me a lot more patient. I mean I'm a pretty patient person to begin with, but definitely became a lot more...
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- 01 Feb 2021
- Working Paper Summaries
Learning with People Like Me: The Role of Age-Similar Peers on Online Business Course Engagement
- 22 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
I realized this summer that it’s not only a question of “will I enjoy being around my teammates” but perhaps more importantly “will being on this team help me to become the type of person that I want to be”? For me, the latter question...
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- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
current environment. The way that we're seeing it as an opportunity to learn from how to help people make effective changes that align with this new time and how they want to live their lives. For instance, we just did a piece last week...
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- 06 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
I realized this summer that it’s not only a question of “will I enjoy being around my teammates” but perhaps more importantly “will being on this team help me to become the type of person that I want to be”? For me, the latter question...
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Nonprofit / Government
- January 2023 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Steve Jobs: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case traces the life of Steve Jobs who throughout his career flaunted convention and chose an unusual path to success. The case describes how Jobs, as young man, acquired an appreciation for aesthetics and the liberal arts, but was also quick to recognize and...
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Entrepreneurship;
Technology;
Business Startups;
Personal Characteristics;
Leadership Style;
Innovation;
Work-life Balance;
Innovation Leadership;
Power and Influence;
Success;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Steve Jobs: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 123-022, January 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
- September 2002 (Revised October 2002)
- Case
Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
By: Dorothy A. Leonard and David Kiron
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) faces a serious loss of knowledge--both because of the "faster, better, cheaper" mandate for Mars missions and from the retirement of key personnel. An extensive knowledge management system for NASA/JPL includes formal knowledge-capture...
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Knowledge Management;
Knowledge Dissemination;
Leadership Development;
Internet and the Web;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Organizational Culture;
Retirement;
Human Resources;
Human Capital
Leonard, Dorothy A., and David Kiron. "Managing Knowledge and Learning at NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)." Harvard Business School Case 603-062, September 2002. (Revised October 2002.)
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What We Can Learn from Five Naturalistic Field Experiments that Failed to Shift Commuter Behaviour
By: Ariella S. Kristal and A.V. Whillans
Across five field experiments with employees of a large organization (n = 68,915), we examined whether standard behavioural interventions (“nudges”) successfully reduced single-occupancy vehicle commutes. In Studies 1 and 2, we sent letters and emails with nudges...
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Kristal, Ariella S., and A.V. Whillans. "What We Can Learn from Five Naturalistic Field Experiments That Failed to Shift Commuter Behaviour." Nature Human Behaviour 4, no. 2 (February 2020): 169–176. (This article was featured on the cover as the lead article.)
- 11 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”
For John Bracaglia, his academic and professional careers have been driven by two themes: “machine learning and behavioral economics,” he says. “The two work together. Machine learning is about how computers...
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Learn About Alumni Resources | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
professional and personal development.Use the alumni research portal to learn about topics, companies, industries, and trends that matter to you.Our research guides can help you navigate more complex...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
technology that offers personalized instruction, is what I hope will come out of this. Do you see online learning dominating the education sector 10 to 20 years from now, or will there be a more blended...
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- April 2021 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
Mahatma Gandhi: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of Mohandas Gandhi from his early days in British-controlled India to the inspirational martyr who, through personal deprivation and leadership, inspired millions and became the catalyst for India to break away from Britain. The case describes...
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Mission And Purpose;
Values And Beliefs;
Personal Characteristics;
Power And Influence;
Diversity;
Leadership Development;
Work-life Balance;
History;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
India
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Mahatma Gandhi: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-069, April 2021. (Revised February 2023.)
- January 2022 (Revised August 2022)
- Case
Jackie Robinson: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Max Saffer
This case traces the rise of Jackie Robinson from the poor streets of Pasadena, California to one of the most famous people in America after he overturned the color barrier in baseball. The case describes how as a youth he excelled at basketball, football, baseball,...
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Keywords:
Diversity;
Power And Influence;
Personal Characteristics;
Values And Beliefs;
Mission And Purpose;
Sports;
Entrepreneurship;
Leadership;
Leading Change;
Personal Development and Career;
United States
Simons, Robert, and Max Saffer. "Jackie Robinson: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 122-042, January 2022. (Revised August 2022.)