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- 21 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
Without Immigrants, We Wouldn't Have Google
Fisher, Jurvetson, can serve as an example. In 1995 he and his partners heard a proposal from two coworkers who aspired to be entrepreneurs, Sabeer Bhatia, a native of India, and Jack Smith. Though lacking any entrepreneurial experience,...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Beacon of Liberty
now a U.S. citizen and every bit as American as any of my fellow joggers or coworkers across the river. Somehow, though, people expect me to react differently to what happened. I don’t. The same ghosts haunt me. As I stretch my muscles,...
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- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
deliver breakthrough innovations and new products in large, mature organizations. The authors detail who these serial innovators are and how they develop novel products. Based on interviews with many of them and their coworkers and...
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- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Wired and Black: Focus on Careers
Black: Career Development in the New Economy," said newly minted MBAs should be able to learn quickly, handle problems, and build relationships with coworkers over workplace divisions. The panelists also advised students to know the...
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by Carrie Levine
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
employers make an investment in you," and it behooves them to be accommodating so they can realize the value on that investment. She attributes her success to having excellent support. "I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a nanny. I have supportive View Details
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by Wendy Guild
- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
about someone, the more you will probably like them and the closer you feel. Without such sharing, especially in remote work, you end up with a one-dimensional transactional relationship that is only about the task at hand. Unlike in person, where the idle time you...
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by Michael Blanding
- 25 May 2021
- Blog Post
The Surprising Power of Nostalgia at Work
encourages employees to both share nostalgic memories and make new ones with their coworkers primes the pump of creativity. People are more likely to feel comfortable taking risks and exploring new ideas when they feel socially supported,...
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- 13 Jul 2022
- Book
Reimagining the Economy: What Would It Take to Put People First?
harshest months of the lockdown. The level of control Sandra and her coworkers have over their working conditions may sound like a reasonable baseline for all workers. Indeed, access to dignified work, democratized governance, and a job...
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by Avery Forman
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
the customer service representative at T-Mobile. “I love this.” “It’s actually really cool,” she can be heard saying to a coworker as the team leaves the store. “Did you hear that?” Foalea asks Behrens. They high five. Bolstered by the...
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- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
says, came in adapting the culture of the workplace to accept the autistic employees. This was done through autism-awareness training sessions for all employees, and management training for workers engaging directly with the team, to help them understand the talents...
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Jennifer Myers
- 31 May 2018
- News
Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
Practice sharing that story to that one person before you ever do it. But it's so important to start to find your voice again and not let the eating disorder voice be the one ruling your life. Flint: What are the ways that we can offer support to a friend, family...
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- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
John Irving’s Lessons for Business
of autonomy, as Irving had when he was a child. Moreover, the work environment should be one where people at all levels feel that they have support, that managers and coworkers are open to hearing their ideas — rather than being...
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by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Are Company Founders Underpaid?
equity unequally based on different contributions, and also crafted a founder's agreement where founders who did not participate in the company full-time would surrender their equity. These two cases sparked my interest in how the past relationships of the founders...
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- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
Moreover, we find that relatively higher wages also promote social norms such that coworkers are less (more) likely to collude to steal inventory from their company when relative wages are higher (lower). Our research contributes to an...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Articles and Working Papers 2008
an overview of the literature on both areas, and identifies opportunities for creating more effective and useful research. By Deepak Malhotra and Max H. Bazerman. 2. Peer Effects and Entrepreneurship How do your coworkers affect your...
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by Staff
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
ask questions or to appear vulnerable, and pressuring coworkers to prove themselves through acts of physical bravery. The goal of this company’s training was to enhance employee safety and reliability in a very hazardous workplace. We...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
reporting them in an open, supportive work environment. The survey's findings were further supported in observing and interviewing hospital employees on the job. In the unit with the highest detected error rate (unbeknownst to the researcher conducting the interviews),...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
All in a Day's Work
throughout Massachusetts, creating some 4,200 affordable homes and more than 1,100 jobs. Colorful masks made by a community cultural center decorate the office walls, and there’s good news for a Monday morning: a coworker has brought in...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
some were not. I have seen firsthand union threats and violence against employers and their property. Worse yet, I have seen unbridled coworker intimidation to and by union wage earners. In my opinion, if ever there was a group that must...
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- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
Castlight coworker about this issue, would I be as enraged? “Then that makes me realize, ‘Oh, I’m getting angry here because I’m talking to my husband right now, and I need to take that off and realize I’m actually just talking to my...
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Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North