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- 10 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Do You Have Change Fatigue?
that Kanter calls IKIWISI (I'll know it when I see it). She compares it to improvisational theatre: you make the best judgment you can in the moment and remain prepared to adjust to whatever new conditions arise. "Personally, I hate...
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by Nick Morgan
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Negotiation is Like Jazz
Skilled improvisational musicians practice alone and with others for hours every day, year after year—notes, scales, chords, and progressions. After all of this practice comes a performance, and an View Details
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by Kathleen L. McGinn
- 07 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Negotiation and All That Jazz
propositions apply in negotiation, as well, according to Michael Wheeler's new book, The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World. As the title suggests, he sees negotiation as an art rather than an exact science....
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Tickling the Ivories
discipline, creativity, and risk-aversion that contribute to innovation, Kao sat down at a piano and played improvisational jazz. According to a rapporteur at the session, Kao artfully demonstrated how “seemingly mistaken notes” can be...
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Tanya Khakbaz
Say yes. When I was an undergraduate, I took an improvisation class on a whim. It completely changed my life. Improv has only one rule: say yes. Say yes to the scene that your actors are building with you, embrace their offers and build...
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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle
self-confidence, sophisticated analytical skills, and the ability to make decisions quickly. And unlike the top-down hierarchy found in the U.S. military, the IDF is a ground-up organization where local commanders are responsible for creating strategy, solving...
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- Profile
Samuel Racana
improvisation and stage training have come in unexpectedly useful in life. What is your favorite childhood memory? Food has always been at the center of my family gatherings, whether during travels or at home. Cooking during Christmas...
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Rohan Gopaldas
Much of that thinking becomes manifest through the case method. "Everyone comes into the classroom on the same page," Rohan says. "Then the professor poses a question that takes the discussion in multiple directions. It's like View Details
- 14 Jan 2016
- Blog Post
Liberal Arts Major Pursues an MBA
strategy, operations, and entrepreneurship. And, for any fellow actors out there, HBS professors love a good role play! I could always advance the class discussion by volunteering to improvise a meeting or pitch a sale from the...
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- 02 Dec 2017
- News
Helping HBS Make Big Bets
programs like the ABT Leadership Lab, where company dancers demonstrate their creative process to business executives to help them improvise and problem-solve. Barnett is deeply grateful to HBS and gives annually to the HBS Fund for...
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- 05 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Ten Deadly Mistakes of Wanna-Dots
issues. Williams-sonoma Williams-Sonoma is a great example precisely because it had such a hard road to travel from initial denial to its first round of successes. The CEO was converted from skeptic to sponsor through two pilot ventures that were View Details
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- Web
Podcast - HBS Online
improvisational nature makes it much like jazz. He also shares stories about a former president's photo and the acquisition of a television system to illustrate strategies for succeeding at the bargaining table. Mihir Desai on Apple's...
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- 01 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
What it Takes to Lead Through Turmoil
improvisational theater." When chief executive Scott McNealy decided to push Sun Microsystems beyond workstation sales and into service and other opportunities around the Internet, every department in the company came up with ideas...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Books
a start-up, discuss lean prototyping techniques for hardware, identify costly outsourcing mistakes, provide practical tips on user acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing different parts. The Art of...
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- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
intense emotions and improvise as the situation unfolds, customizing the way in which they treat those on the receiving end of their actions. For these individuals, following a scripted response to the situation might feel like a burden....
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by Martha Lagace
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
book, Joseph Badaracco answers this question in practical and, at times, provocative ways. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/product/the-good-struggle-responsible-leadership-in-an-unforgiving-world/an/11540-HBK-ENG August 2013 Simon & Schuster The Art of...
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Sean Silverthorne
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
new textural and improvisational horizons at the nexus of multiple musical perspectives. Rajna's debut album with RAJAS, titled Of Agency and Abstraction, will be released by Biophilia Records on April 26, 2019. She has been active as a...
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- 11 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
wonder if we could have done better; if we get a great deal, we wonder if we could've gotten even more." In his book The Art of Negotiation: How to Improvise Agreement in a Chaotic World, Wheeler gave readers concrete strategies for...
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by Michael Blanding
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
draws on historical case studies and research into areas as varied as improvisational comedy and military training to provide a series of intellectual and practical frameworks that defy conventional wisdom and show how to seize triumph...
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- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
boundaries for the group's activities; and managing the tensions inherent in group life—deciding, for example, when to be supportive and when to be confrontational, when to improvise and when to impose a structure. Watch an interview with...
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