Until recently, I hadn't really known any great leaders. As a writer, the highest-ranking people I deal with are editors,...
Over the 23 years since we met, my wife Eleanor and I have spent considerable time, money, and energy on...
People talk about Francis Bacon as the last person to know everything. Apparently, these people don't know any 15-year-old girls....
Facebook's shares open for trading today. Chances are, you're holding your breath or rolling your eyes. Whether you're inspired or...
While Facebook's rise took many by surprise, its success was little surprise to the hundreds of researchers who study social...
Polymath is one of those words more likely to show up on the SAT than in everyday conversation. But the...
Facebook "goes public" tomorrow. Imagine what it might be like inside the company right now. Soon, paper stock option agreements...
An interview with Paul Polman, CEO of Unilever. This interview is featured in the forthcoming June issue of HBR. Download...
Three-quarters of the world's CEOs say more emphasis should be placed on measuring the value of non-financial assets such as...
Tony Schwartz's recent post The Magic of Doing One Thing at a Time made a convincing case for staying focused....
For anyone running a sales organization, the 48 hours before a pipeline presentation are the worst days of the month....
Each year, twenty million babies worldwide are born prematurely or with a low birth weight, and four million of them...
What do your innovators want? What do they need from you? Earlier this month, we invited the HBR community on...
<div>Avoiding mistakes is impossible. But what if we accept that risk is inevitable and focus on making "smart mistakes" instead?</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/KKGo_hrP-VE" height="1" width="1"/>
Every day brings some new bit of information — or hype — about social business. If you actively follow the...
The new millennium has not brought much progress for women seeking top leadership roles in the workplace. Although female graduates...
Ever been shut down by someone who supposedly knows more than you? It happens to me daily. I get denied...
You want to start a business. So you need a plan, right? No. Not really. As part of the research...
You probably think that the barriers to innovation are negative elements of your organization — that is, the wrong people,...
HP announced in March that it was combining its printer and personal computer businesses. According to CEO Meg Whitman, "The...
Technology is meant to serve us. Instead it increasingly runs us — and runs us down. Where we put our...
People get awfully excited about quotas. So do countries. After Norway's lead in 2008, gender quotas on corporate boards have...
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If you've spent any amount of time in executive retreats or leadership off-sites, you've probably been asked to participate in...
The other day, I finally tackled a long-overdue task: reviewing a stack of VHS tapes to see what was on...
To stay competitive, organizations need to continually find opportunities for innovation in key processes such as customer service and product...
Have you ever been in a situation where everyone seemingly agrees on a particular strategy, but somehow it never happens?...
Institutional banking businesses — including trading operations — typically don't have high barriers to entry. There are few copyrights or...
This week marks the release of Clayton Christensen's highly-anticipated book, How Will You Measure Your Life (with co-authors James Allworth...
These probably aren't words that you were expecting to see in the same sentence — Harvard Business School and empathy....
I am not pessimistic about Facebook's future. I have used the social network for eight years and continue to be...
The higher up in the organization you get, the less likely you'll receive constructive feedback on your ideas, performance, or...
Planes are now held together by tape, not bolts. It's really, really strong tape, but still. Who knew the maker...
<div>Are you doing everything you can to generate new income? The more effective you are with "money work," the more time you'll have for "creative work."</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/beV1WN-3oZI" height="1" width="1"/>
I confess — I have a somewhat clunky phone manner. I tend to dispense with small talk, go straight to...
People often ask me why it's so hard for big companies to be innovative. My answer is "corporate antibodies" —...
This post is the second in a three-part series. In his provocative book The Paradox of Choice, Barry Schwartz's warns...
<div>Wendy MacNaughton captures the nuances of this year's 99% Conference - from hairstyles to hand gestures - in an awesome illustration series.<br /><br /></div> <div><br /><br /></div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/xW1uzCJUH78" height="1" width="1"/>
Trade productivity for positive emotions Being on facebook, twitter, multiple email addresses, spotify and news sources all at once may not be the way to be the most productive, that’s true. But it will make you the most happy. Here, Nathan Ingraham discusses a study by Dr. Zheng Joyce Wang that shows that while multitasking doesn’t leave [...]
Diversity is the crucial element for group creativity. Innovation teams tasked with creating new products or technologies or iterating existing...
A serious threat facing most brands in dynamic markets is the loss of relevance because the category or subcategory they...
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, a new film set in India and directed by Shakespeare in Love's John Madden (age...
We aren't being critical with that headline. But the problem really is you. More specifically, it's the way you were...
Pinterest surged into the spotlight earlier this year when it was revealed that it drives more web traffic than YouTube,...
In his wonderful book Expert Political Judgment, psychologist Philip Tetlock (following the lead of Isaiah Berlin), divided the world of...
If you're wondering what to do next in your career, you're hardly alone. The debate about where and how we...
Apple is the latest company to execute what I like to call the "Little Dutch Boy" approach to CSR strategy....
In the spirit of reverse innovation, and reverse mentoring, I submit to you that the next trend to watch out...
An interview with Daniel Gross, columnist and economics editor for Yahoo! Finance and author of Better, Stronger, Faster: The Myth...
The professional world is powered by favors — busy individuals helping those in their extended networks land highly contested roles,...
It's pretty widely accepted that people's innate intelligence doesn't change much. Youth, health, and a positive environment can help people...
Here's a rough summary of our worldview: excellence = design x culture. Your job as a leader is to get...
Resumes are dead. Interviews are largely ineffectual. Linked-In is good. Portfolios are useful. But projects are the real future of...
In the recent HBR article "The Crowdfunding Road to Hell," Daniel Isenberg argues persuasively that crowdfunding — specifically equity crowdfunding...
The most famous cognitive obstacle to innovation is functional fixedness — an idea first articulated in the 1930s by Karl...
Net Promoter Score (NPS) is perhaps the best known customer loyalty tool around today, based on the entirely sound principle...
It’s rare to hear someone say that there is too much money, but Fred Wilson said it. Speaking at our Tuesday, May 8th #Rethink, Wilson broke down the problems with Venture Capital. Most notably, Mr. Wilson pointed out that the vast majority of venture capitalists do not make returns on the $30 billion of capital invested annually; his feeling [...]
<div>Get insights on creative epiphanies, finding your superpower, and celebrating small wins from this year's incredible 99% Conference.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/E3SPAm0C_J8" height="1" width="1"/>
It seems that you can't go anywhere these days without seeing a new pretender to a digital revolution in education....
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Most customers now ignore targeted marketing campaigns, avoid responding to offers, and provide minimal feedback when asked. Instead, potential customers...
Mindsets matter. For more than two years, we and others have been talking about the need to shift the prevailing...
The innovator's quest has been to find the win-win proposition: a great new product that can create differentiated value for...
As the online waters rose, executives at the Susan G. Komen Foundation huddled behind their fortress walls like first-class passengers...
Inspired by the loss of her thirteen year-old daughter, Candice Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in 1980 to...
Most VCs and entrepreneurs believe start-ups are inherently iterative, that a string of mistakes doesn't prevent success, but may even...
<div>A call for a new start-up paradigm, lessons on vulnerability, and why you can't iterate yourself into a business model from this year's 99% Conference.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/0bWC3RqjyCo" height="1" width="1"/>
Consumer behavior in China could be changing yet again. Until now, research has shown that the Chinese usually trust better-known...
Six Sigma, Kaizen, Lean, and other variations on continuous improvement can be hazardous to your organization's health. While it may...
U.S. telecom carriers face daunting challenges from device makers, content providers, social networks, and an array of disruptive technologies. But...
Here's an uncomfortable truth about innovation: No matter how great your idea, you can't deliver breakthrough innovation without breakthrough organizational...
Here's a quick quiz for you. Is it easier to get A: 1% of a huge, established market? or B:...
This week, Microsoft is announcing an unusual initiative that it hopes will change how the company operates: an internal fee...
"Here's my problem with email," Jane*, a lawyer friend of mine told me recently, "I open Outlook expecting to quickly...
Unilever's AdeS, a combination of soymilk and fruit juice, has become a big success in Latin America. In Brazil it's...
As a growth officer in my early career with the mad men and women of McCann Ericksson, my mom could...
<div>Lessons on embracing "gut churn," turning self-doubt into a strength, and embracing your work as a gift from this year's 99% Conference.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/GWKEW2bDEiI" height="1" width="1"/>
Recently we wrote about how managing for innovation requires balancing four critical factors to produce a highly motivated and creative...
Did you know that if you think you are creative, you're more likely to actually be creative? This surprising fact...
<div> <div>Forget instagram, it's all about tintypes. Michael Shindler documents the 2012 99% speakers with an incredible, old-school photography technique. </div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/BAFANRXjoN8" height="1" width="1"/>
A topsy-turvy world like the one in which we live offers us tremendous opportunities. But to tap them, we must...
As we saw again this quarter, earnings announcements can have significant impacts on stock valuations—at least over the short term....
After more than 18 months, a dozen and a half summits, multiple rounds of austerity, a trillion dollars of liquidity,...
Be present, but only if it’s for a reason We’ve seen reports about big meetings leading to burn out and actually hindering productivity, but that doesn’t have to be the case. In order for meetings to be effective, they have to be done with purpose. That includes who you welcome into the room. Ken Segall [...]
As the editor of the journal Innovations, I'm asked with some regularity, "So, what is innovation anyhow? How would you..."?...
When Carolyn Li came into my office for her first coaching session she looked seriously concerned. She had just stepped...
An interview with Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group and author of Every Nation for Itself: Winners and Losers in...
If you're applying for jobs outside your native country, you need to re-examine much of what you know about putting...
Anyone who has sat in enough teleconferences has experienced a special kind of meeting hell. The discussion drifts and sags...
Are you a CEO preparing to give a town hall state-of-the-union talk to your employees? Whether you're a new CEO...
The day of e-commerce is finally here. Online sales of everyday items — soap, orange juice, toothpaste — more than...
Sometimes when I am reviewing the work of our innovation groups I see how hard they tried to be innovative,...
You probably don't know as much as you think you do. When put to the test, most people find they...
Some organizations will excite you. They'll stimulate your success and growth. Others will be stressful. They may lead you to...
What's the next big thing? Is it 3D printing, personal genomics, cleantech, hydrotech, self-driving cars, augmented reality, wearable computing, microcurrencies,...
Increasing productivity — making more with less — is at the core of any company or any economy's economic progress....
My client Janet already had her laptop open when I asked how many versions of the budget report were on...
Consider the following: Works long hours. Carries wireless device everywhere. On the phone at kid's soccer game. Checks in frequently...
The idea that customers can't or shouldn't participate much in the innovation process is one barrier to creativity that companies...
<div>It's time to wake up to your life. A look at the subtle yet dynamic benefits of meditation on creativity and productivity.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/nRuZbHe9SIk" height="1" width="1"/>
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In the 1800s, enterprises organized themselves to use their capital assets effectively. Beginning in the mid-1900s, they organized to take...
We have seen several TV comedies that feature men behaving badly. The UK's Fawlty Towers started in 1975 and features...
This post is the first in a three-part series You're probably familiar with the purchase funnel, invented in 1898 by...
Andrew Fastow, the former chief financial officer of Enron, recently completed a six-year prison sentence for his part in the...
Many years ago, I watched a most unusual puppet show at the Surajkund Mela, one of India's most popular crafts...
As an entrepreneur or small business owner, nothing can strike terror into your heart like the arrival of a fat...
Tomorrow is my birthday — always an opportunity for reflection, but especially this time. For several weeks now, I've been...
Innovation may be an organization's life blood, but still its success rate in most companies hovers at just 17%. Even...
Your passion for your career can sabotage your attempts to succeed. When you go from feeling energized, excited and in...
It's been a banner year for start-ups. With the JOBS Act, the rise of international accelerators, the upcoming Facebook IPO,...
On February 16, 2012, Barclays of U.K. launched Pingit, a service that lets people send and receive money using a...
Product developers can learn much from manufacturing, but many have gone too far in applying ideas that work in manufacturing...
A few weeks before Steve Jobs passed away, I was at Apple having lunch with a leader there. We revisited...
When you write online, no one checks to see if you have a journalism degree before they start to read....
Technology, for a free-lancer like me, creates a powerful and not entirely mad illusion that we work in a peopled...
<div>How to get money off your mind so you can get on with your creativity.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/uIYI_ARoOR8" height="1" width="1"/>
In the past decade, and long before Dilma Roussef was elected the country's first female (and wildly popular) President, Brazilian...
Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) announced its annual financial results this month and they are impressive, especially for a company...
It's an age of unprecedented, staggering technological change. Business models are being transformed, lives are being upended, vast new horizons...
Nick Bilton of The New York Times strongly suggests that comfort and wealth are inimical to innovation. He points out...
<div>Meet OneBeep, IPT, and Unbound Concepts - the awesome innovations of young inventors who are pushing forward world-changing ideas.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/XZA0_5YPTKg" height="1" width="1"/>
A few weeks ago, I returned from a week-long technology-free vacation with my family. No computer, no phone, no email....
Many people love to attack Walmart — as the world's largest company it's an easy target. And although the retail...
An interview with Doc Searls, alumnus fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University and author...
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Just before he stepped down as CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs tried to buy DropBox for Apple. But he and...
The unthinkable happened at a friend's wedding last month. As the groom was asked to confirm his desire to accept...
If I had to single out the leadership job that's hardest to do, I'd say head of sales. And not...
In a famous experiment, researchers ran a lottery with a twist. Half the participants were randomly assigned a lottery number....
One of the challenges facing market leaders is that transformational trends are only obvious when it's too late. Typically, transformation...
In his classic, Talks to Teachers, William James observed that "All our life, so far as it has definite form,...
Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from...
When hard times hit and revenues fall, R&D is always a tempting target for corporate cuts, because reductions yield quick...
Picture this: a nutrition scientist does a study with one person, limiting him to a 1500 calorie diet and having...
Work is a financial necessity for almost everyone, along with the sacrifices work sometimes demands. It can be drudgery. But...
Sometimes it's useful to be reminded that a great strategy is only great in context. From the early 1980s and...
Management is widely viewed as a foe of innovation. The thinking goes that too much management strangles innovation (just let...
Okay. You bought the recipe offered in our previous blog for how to get your boss to say yes, and...
<div>Great things take time. We round up a list of incredible achievements from "Mad Men" to the Brooklyn Bridge to "Born to Run" in recognition of the power of perseverance.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/PTdPLFNl_aU" height="1" width="1"/>
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To retain high-potential employees, the conventional wisdom is deceptively simple: Identify, develop, and nurture them. By paying special attention to...
It's an intriguing hypothetical: In a fight between Bruce Lee and Mike Tyson, who wins? We'll never know the answer...
Is every democracy destined for the problems of Greece? In writing Passion & Purpose, my coauthors and I heard a...
In my previous post, I argued that the potential gains from globalization are larger than most people think. Since I...
Creative challenges to keep you thinking Feeling a little creatively tapped out? Push yourself creatively with these tests from the 99%. “Your success creates success for others” As someone of authority, you want to help others succeed. But their success can only parallel your own. So you know what that means – you have to [...]
What happens when one reaches the limits of a vocabulary? Consider, for a moment, the curious case of the "recovery."...
Whose life am I living? I'm sure you ask yourself that kind of question from time to time. What am...
Not long ago, I visited a Trader Joe's in Boston's Back Bay. As I went to pay for my goods,...
Aside from tiny Bhutan and their pursuit of Gross National Happiness, every country bases economic policy on the pursuit of...
How often do you intentionally push yourself to discomfort? I know that sounds a little nutty, but here's why I...
For anyone involved in the sales process, a case before the U.S. Supreme Court hinges on a fascinating question: Is...
The concept of "two-in-a-box" leadership has been examined extensively over the past few years. One of the most thorough discussions...
Here's the bad news for Gen X: at each point thus far, you've drawn a pretty short straw. Your timing...
Sometimes the best way to re-imagine the use of an asset is to think about it as your only asset....
The slow decline of industrial manufacturing in developed nations and recent failures of financial capitalism across the globe have sent...
Editor's Note: Like HBR's traditional case studies, this online-only "flash" case study dramatizes a dilemma frequently faced by leaders in...
If you've not yet heard of telemedicine or think that it's not a great way to deliver quality health care,...
Crowdfunding of equity capital for startups is one of a handful of jewels in the crown of the JOBS Act...
When a consumer product company wants to know how a new product or new marketing campaign will perform, it doesn't...
<div>Pithy wisdom on putting ideas into action from Jack Dorsey, John Maeda, Seth Godin, Jill Greenberg, and many more.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/dYDLPqrgTng" height="1" width="1"/>
In our last blog, we discussed the importance of competence for fostering the trust you need as a manager to...
Let's dispense, once and for all, with the managerial absurdity known as "stretch goals." While it's true that renowned psychologists...
I'm a huge fan of fusion cuisine — when a chef combines elements of, say, French and Mexican traditions —...
This month the blockbuster movie Titanic was re-released in 3D. With special glasses, audience-goers are now able to see the...
Whether you are trying to create a new product, solve problems more effectively, become the most successful company in your...
Randal Charlton had great strokes of midlife success — then he didn't. He did well co-founding Asterand, an ethically sourced...
An interview with Ken Favaro, senior partner at Booz & Company and coauthor of the article Creating an Organic Growth...
The recent brouhaha set off by Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen (who infamously noted that Ann Romney "never worked a day...
Consumers are hanging up on BlackBerry in droves as they are lured to sexier and sleeker smartphones and tablets. The...
"Please, Daddy, please? Can we open our presents from you now?" It was the third night of Hanukkah and my...
Today's greatest business opportunities, and also the greatest challenges we face, are global in nature and therefore demand leaders who...
<div>A peek behind the scenes at iconic designer Milton Glaser's creative process from Jonah Lehrer's new book, <em>Imagine: How Creativity Works</em>.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/y99UwoV9dT4" height="1" width="1"/>
Here's a simple question for all you students of business success and stock-market returns: What has been the best-performing stock...
When Google introduced a controversial dual-class share structure at the time of its IPO in 2004, I had reservations (as...
The cohort I like to call the "Re-Generation" began to take shape around 2008. Individuals at the formative ages of...
Is there a corporate leader who doesn't extol the virtues of innovation these days? Yet if innovation is so important,...
Collaboration is the way we work now. In a 2008 BusinessWeek study of white-collar professionals, 82% reported they needed to...
As we enter into proxy season for corporations around the world, one of the key questions for boards and CEOs...
There are few more personal, passionate, and political topics than health care. The reasons for this are clear: Health care...
Some people say — though never publicly — that the elephant in the room of the nonprofit sector is that...
You might disagree with Milton Friedman's famous claim that the sole social responsibility of business is to increase its profits....
The choice of who will lead the World Bank has been made. Earlier this week, on April 16, the US...
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I've learned about building great teams the hard way: by competing in the world's toughest adventure races. From the leech-infested...
To turn groups of employees into great teams, a powerful first step is to form a social contract — an...
We may talk about eliminating hierarchy, but most organizations still have one. Frankly, it's very hard to mobilize limited resources...
As exciting as Big Data is, the executives I meet with are understandably leery of jumping in with both feet....
If you want to create a really transformational innovation, you'd better be in an organization that's designed to support, not...
We've all seen them in action: the rules, bureaucracies, and wrongheaded policies that prevent us and our organizations from being...
This blog post comes to us from one of our Facebook fans, Unnikrishnan Alungal. We contacted him after reading his...
It was a tense meeting. I'd gathered our whole team to talk about the fact that we were under very...
At Harvard Business Review, our mission is to improve the practice of management and its impact on the world. Sometimes,...
To enhance financial flexibility, companies have been retaining unprecedented amounts of cash on their balance sheets, calling it "strategic" cash...
If you shaved today, either in the U.S. or in India, you probably used a Gillette razor. Gillette (now a...
Teams that are geographically-dispersed, or virtual, have now been used and studied for more than three decades — yet we...
<div>What does it take to build the greatest circus the world's ever seen? We go behind the big top with Cirque du Soleil co-founder Gilles Ste-Croix.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/tqnk67lERzY" height="1" width="1"/>
Find motivation internally External motivation isn’t enough for creativity (anyone who has sat down at a desk to “be creative” can tell you that). Instead, creatives need internal motivation, to see themselves succeeding. In this article, Jocelyn K. Glei explains how to motivate yourself creatively. Engage your employees with three small questions As someone of [...]
You have this really wonderful idea but: A.) It's a little bit out of the ordinary, so the traditional way...
The financial reasons for the huge growth of cloud services seem crystal clear: cloud computing simply allows us to pay...
It's depressing to realize how few of the teams in our lives use their human capital and opportunities well, when...
An interview with Christiane Amanpour, renowned war correspondent and news anchor. This interview can be found in the forthcoming May...
Most companies looking to balance genders in their workforces set a target for the number of women in the organization....
Do you know why you make the products or offer the services you do? Too often I find that companies...
Recently, my colleagues at the Focus Consulting Group and I surveyed more than 100 asset management firms around the world,...
The expression "supply and demand" was first coined as "demand and supply," by James Denham-Steuart in An Inquiry into the...
<div> <div>From a photo sharing app to clothing made from sour milk, we look at the origin stories of eight inventors under 30.</div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/ym-EL2gPGrQ" height="1" width="1"/>
<div> <div>From a photo sharing app to clothing made from sour milk, we look at the origin stories of eight inventors under 30.</div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/dF6lBvEkR7g" height="1" width="1"/>
Stuart stood up confidently and addressed the group: "I studied Art History at Yale, worked at Bain for two years,...
In the few years since the financial crisis of 2008 hit us where it hurts, the calls for the "end...
What kind of leaders do we need today? Steve Jobs — mysterious, charismatic, intriguing — is often cited as one...
You manage what you measure. We all know that abstractly, but it can be revelatory to see just how much...
One of the most frequently repeated pieces of advice for presenters is to "Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em,...
Multicultural teams are ubiquitous in today's business environment, and a lot has been written about them. What is often lost...
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Coworking is a trend that has taken off in the past couple of years, and we aren’t the only ones who have taken action. What makes Grind different than other coworking offices? NPR interviewed co-founder Benjamin Dyett about our curated membership and how that balances our community. As noted in NPR: “Besides providing a well-lit [...]
Buying a lottery ticket has an extremely low chance of paying off. Yet many people, at least in countries where...
If Congress doesn't act soon, the U.S. Export-Import Bank will hit its $100 billion credit exposure limit by May 1...
The strategic conversation in most companies has shifted from cost-cutting to growth and expansion. But how do companies get out...
"Siew Tian, why don't you speak up? I know you have something to say, and you're not saying it," I...
One of the best-kept secrets in economics is that there is no case for the invisible hand. After more than...
Check out these new and forthcoming books from HBR Press: Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the Teams...
I have been a consistent user of social media for many years. I've used Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and now Google+...
Executives tell me their teams make decisions all the time. "Bob," a CEO will say, "I know you think that...
<div>Is shyness genetic? Can confidence be learned? Designer James Victore on overcoming self-doubt and acting with conviction.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/XfdTOaTzknU" height="1" width="1"/>
Remember "global imbalances"? The lopsided economic relationships between exporting nations like China, Japan, Germany, and the OPEC nations on the...
A movement originating from the United States' West Coast has sought to transform the creation of new businesses from an...
There is a general consensus that U.S. healthcare needs major reform. Can reverse innovation — innovations originating from poor countries...
If you feel like the pace of competition is increasing, you're right. Tectonic shifts in culture and technology over the...
Here's a tiny question. What do you think most people really want? What do you think the average Jane —...
Competition today punishes companies that make episodic improvements in key processes. Continually improving performance is what matters, and that can...
<div> <div>When you're in love, it's like the rest of the world doesn’t exist. It's no different when you're pursuing a great idea.</div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/3BPchSigOCI" height="1" width="1"/>
What does imagination mean? It’s hard to be creative, to get down to the core of imagination. But, what does it mean to have imagination? In this post, Maria Popova introduces Imagine: How Creativity Works by Jonah Lehrer. To be a strategic thinker… There are many skills necessary in being a great leader. One of [...]
I was sitting in a cavernous hotel ballroom yesterday afternoon, one of a sea of women eagerly listening to Billie...
Mobile devices have exacerbated an always-on work culture where employees work anytime, anywhere. They've contributed to the blurred distinction between...
Everyone knows that a little confrontation from time to time is constructive, right? And the classic business literature confirms it....
The purpose of career strategy is to generate greater and greater income. Or is it? Some MBA students are surprised...
Negotiating a salary can be an uncomfortable process. You want to get what you're worth but you also don't want...
Mainstream macroeconomists no longer ignore the financial sector. I can attest to that after doing my honest best to work...
An interview with Charlotte Fritz, assistant professor at Portland State University. This research can be found in the forthcoming May...
The answer to the headline is "never," right? As we said in a previous blog, if you can't afford to...
Globally, one in three employers struggle to find employees with the skills and experience necessary to meet their needs, and...
Bank of America recently rolled out a "Mortgage-to-Lease" program to help financially struggling homeowners. Instead of foreclosing on delinquent mortgagees,...
Björk and Tina Brown have many differences but one common problem: They are watching the boat beneath them sink. Their...
If you spend much time around salespeople, it won't take long before you hear them griping about the issue that...
Many firms assume that customers can do just one thing of real significance: buy their products and services. It's time...
Throughout most of my career, I've made a big mistake in the way I've lead teams — and wouldn't be...
I am deeply indebted to Al Ries and Jack Trout for advancing branding with their classic book, Positioning: The Battle...
I had been feeling a little odd; a number of minor physical discomforts were leading me to feel anxious about...
Entrepreneurship seems to have become the silver bullet for a job-scarce, unemployment-saddled global economy still struggling to shake off recession....
Have you noticed that everyone around you now seems to be an expert at something? How your boss gives you...
Target is getting nervous, for the first time in a while. Some Target shoppers are browsing comfortably in the company's...
A basic prerequisite for business success is to know — really know — your customers. There's a variety of traditional...
We often hear from job seekers: "If I have the necessary skills and experience, why am I not hearing back...
The response to our HBR blog "Are Women Better Leaders than Men?" has been dramatic, to say the least. Clearly,...
Over my 35 years of experience in the corporate and non-profit worlds, I've been part of hundreds, if not thousands,...
Adam Lashinsky's new book Inside Apple offers lots of intriguing material about Steve Jobs and the strategic choices, design principles,...
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Two years ago, I wrote a piece in HBR called "Turning Doctors into Leaders," which began with the sentence "The...
There are few experiences more painful than being rejected. We vividly remember the hurt of not being picked for a...
We consider the ability to manage a team so important that, in a recent book, we made it one of...
The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, whatever its eventual impact on entrepreneurship and economic growth, has already accomplished some...
As researchers in the field of women and leadership, we read a lot about this topic. The scope of dos...
Welcome to the Permanent Job Search. From now on, all of us will be "looking" for a job even when...
What do these words have in common? "Savor," "relish," " "luxuriate," "stroll," "muse," "dawdle," "mosey," "meander," and "linger?" We rarely...
<div> <div>Entrepreneurs make their own luck, and so should we, according to the new, break-out bestseller <em>The Start Up of You</em>.</div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/nkRhEDQFkdM" height="1" width="1"/>
It is time for immigration reform that will keep more top technical talent in the United States. Today, American colleges...
If you're an experienced professional, it can be tough to find a job in today's market. Sally (name has been...
I was always encouraged from an early age to be balanced in everything that I do. Generally speaking, I'd say...
In a social age, people don't like to be pushed. As described in my last post, top brands like Apple,...
With almost a billion friends on Facebook, six billion cell phone accounts globally, and twenty billion "things" from refrigerators to...
<div>How creative are you? Find out by taking a few quick tests that psychologists have been using to study creativity for decades.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/-x1ko9vKxBc" height="1" width="1"/>
When you need something done — and done right — you probably know who you can count on. Even at...
It's a topic that perhaps would only appear on the pages of The Economist: an effort to establish North America's...
In some sense, barbecue has always been a competitive sport. You've probably experienced it this way yourself. Think back to...
We're living with something of an irony right now regarding leadership. On the one hand, the topic has never been...
An interview with Avivah Wittenberg-Cox, CEO of the consultancy 20-first and author of How Women Mean Business. For more, see...
5 tips for getting a job in social media What’s better than a job in social media? You get to be on the forefront of breaking news, promote your brand, and share your voice. But how does one break into the industry? Whitney Parker has the tips. Was your project successful? I’ve always learned that [...]
In 2008, adult conversations shifted. After nearly a decade of headlines on terrorism and the resultant wars, suddenly signs of...
"We have a dysfunctional corporate governance system in the United States and nobody can attack it and nobody can do...
"If you're really passionate about what you do, but it's not going to make you a lot of money, should...
If I had to pick one skill for the majority of leaders I work with to improve, it would be...
Our business at Continuum is design and innovation (if you've used a Swiffer or pushed a new Target shopping cart,...
Here's a tiny question. When you boil it down, what's the human purpose of enterprise? Of industry and ingenuity, effort...
As the internet has grown from 70 million users in 1997 to 2.2 billion, entrepreneurial companies with technology at their...
Sometimes, the measures managers use to guide their decisions stop making sense. Take television ratings—the metric by which TV shows...
<div><span style="font-size: small;"></span>A look at the characteristics that have propelled inventors from Leonardo Da Vinci to Thomas Edison to Steve Jobs to success.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/2moLkJegL3s" height="1" width="1"/>
The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche is nothing if not determined in its quest to acquire Illumina, the San Diego-based leader...
Political campaigns used to be short, frenzied run-ups to an election — after which the winning candidate would turn to...
In today's highly matrixed workplace, your ability to influence others can be the key to your professional success. In a...
Winston Churchill famously said, "We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us." The places we work and the ways we...
Jeff Vogel is managing to make a pretty good living as an indie game developer, even though his work is...
When most organizations design new work processes, they assume that team members will make the best possible use of them...
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You might remember the FedEx commercial "Stolen Idea". A boss asks his team for cost-cutting ideas and a young staffer...
Here one thing you can say that's true about U.S. corporate taxes: the statutory rate (35% at the federal level;...
A friend in New York called me after he was laid off from a large financial services company. He'd made...
Creativity is the most essential skill for navigating an increasingly complex world — or so said 1,500 CEOs across 60...
Like it or not, most of us think about career success in terms of moving up the hierarchy. Let me...
I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. Two years later, despite great...
As a management consultant, I often have a courtside seat to the senior team discussions of many companies. Sometimes we...
I recently returned from a family vacation to Walt Disney World in Florida. There, my son noticed the manhole cover....
Western multinationals — especially the most successful ones — consistently struggle to achieve their growth targets in emerging markets. Why?...
In the game of innovation, there is next to no time to rest. As soon as you've discovered the next,...
The hiring manager calls with great news: the job is yours. Phew, the hard part is over, right? Maybe not....
Using social media to accomplish a meaningful purpose involves more than providing new technology and praying for success. Successful mass...
Amidst all the (justified) hoopla over "big data" right now, I'm a little afraid that managers will overlook some important...
It has been another long, exhausting budget meeting. As the presenters showed you their plans, you challenged every number, explored...
For half a century, the U.S. was the center of the global economic system, and Western-style capitalism dominated. But this...
Have you ever been in a team meeting and wondered something like, "Why did the boss gave Jamie that assignment?...
I often feel awkward when I go to a conference. Reluctant to sidle up to a stranger and introduce myself,...
<div> <div>Creative Time's Anne Pasternak tells us how the New York-based nonprofit ushers stunning public art projects into the world again and again.</div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/gNPKuPnwMBk" height="1" width="1"/>
As corporations witness the huge economic growth and burgeoning purchasing power in emerging markets, a huge debate is focused on...
A workshop attendee asked me this seemingly simple question: "So, what else should I read to learn more about...
Jean-Claude Trichet, now a few months into retirement, has no regrets about his eight-year tenure as president of the European...
When faced with a major investment decision, how many organizations would bet their success on a gut feeling? How many...
Consumers are up in arms. From airlines to banks to telecoms, companies are gouging us in our moment of need,...
It's long been a mantra of consumer advocates: Extended warranties are a sucker's bet. "We have long advised that extended...
An interview with Tom Davenport, Babson College professor and coauthor of Judgment Calls: Twelve Stories of Big Decisions and the...
Keep it Simple Overwhelmed with work at work? Do you have too many things to accomplish and not enough bandwidth to get everything done? Leo Babauta has thirteen little things you can do to make a big impact on your day. Being a control freak ups your productivity There are times when being a control [...]
The "zone." Flow. Whatever you want to call it, at one stage or another, every one of us aspires to...
Despite recent signs of recovery in the labor market, there are still more than 12 million unemployed job seekers. So...
The ability to acquire and develop multicultural talent is becoming a critical competitive advantage for multinational and national companies alike....
The United States has a serious competitiveness problem. The U.S. is experiencing more than just the challenges related to a...
In our last blog , we discussed the importance of trust. It's the foundation of all you do as a...
In Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes and What Capitalism Can Learn from the NFL, I argued that the NFL is...
Every time I take a walk in the woods around Boston now, I'm going to be looking over my shoulder...
A friend recently described a remarkable travel experience. Strange to say, the story was about an airline, and it wasn't...
Global teams face the challenge of having to operate with limited face-to-face contact and across vast distances, time zones, language...
Résumés in the U.S. and UK rarely include photos, so it might be tempting to think that you can gain...
<div> <div>Who will be the next great serial inventor, perhaps even the next Thomas Edison? The 99% and GE introduce the first annual Alva Award.</div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/H7mGISegaQo" height="1" width="1"/>
Robert S. McNamara, the Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968, who was the driving force behind the controversial Vietnam...
Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from...
I have just spent the past couple of days listening to the male corporate leaders of two different companies (in...
Since founding EO Integration in 2009, Roberto has produced three short films, and developed digital and branded content for numerous clients. In 2011, Roberto brought EO to Grind. He started the year taking on an incredible project: creating and producing a social media campaign for Ecuador’s Yasuní-ITT Initiative in order to change the rules of [...]
Are you frustrated? We know we are. Most of us prepared hard for the future we expected, and yet things...
I've just returned from a trip to Germany and Scandinavia, where I heard two different management teams debate what it...
In most businesses, the prevailing assumption is that teams are the best way for leadership groups to go when solving...
I'm the CEO of Desso, a European company that makes carpets, carpet tiles and synthetic sports surfaces. I'm also an...
The only sustainable way to build a business these days, we are told, is to be straight with your customers....
Remember the days when looking for a new job involved the Sunday newspaper classified section and a black magic marker?...
Collaboration has a cost. It requires time and, in some cases, significant effort. When it comes to connections, more is...
Recently, I came across this startling statistic. Each day, we make an average of 217 food-related decisions. Is it any...
<div>Our new Alva Emerging Fellowships, presented with GE, will give three young inventors a cash grant to put their ideas into action.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/D6ZEKMyGa6c" height="1" width="1"/>
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Whenever I share stories about "green" business strategy, someone inevitably asks me whether pursuing sustainability is against a company's best...
Perhaps the most difficult part of any manager's job is telling a subordinate that he can no longer stay with...
Why aren't U.S. businesses leading the global economy to recovery? Erratic capital markets, systemic risk, tax policy, and regulatory uncertainty...
The topic of teams is an enduring one for HBR. Enter "teams" into the search box on our home page...
Like many people, I've encountered teams that are "clicking." I've experienced the "buzz" of a group that's blazing away with...
When I visit companies, it's one of the most frequent complaints I hear: "I'm working on a project with people...
<div>We're thrilled to introduce an all-new version of the Behance Network, with enhanced features that give you even more creative control.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/lQnOJ1RKyCw" height="1" width="1"/>
I listened in this morning as Apple CEO Tim Cook and CFO Peter Oppenheimer explained what they're planning to do...
The most viable rival to Apple's iPad isn't produced by a traditional hardware firm. Samsung, Motorola, Toshiba, HP, RIM and...
James Whittaker left Google and wrote about it. Long story short: Google came under "new" management (which was actually really...
As Afghan-U.S. relations continue to deteriorate, it's hard to imagine that the two nations can find political common ground. But...
Are you the seven-foot superhero, the conniving villain, the strong-willed woman, or the family-man cop? You'd better be one of...
"You're the best!" the four American Idol contestants cried to their voice coach Patty after narrowly escaping elimination, "We couldn't...
That's the big question HBR posed with our March issue and a month-long online conversation. Of course, the answer is,...
Schumpeter's vision of the lone entrepreneur is so entrenched in our mind that we unconsciously tend to believe that entrepreneurial...
I've been stewing all week about a logically sloppy op-ed in Sunday's New York Times. Every Sunday morning, I leap...
Have new employees? Help them rock When starting a new job it may be hard to get with the flow of how the company works. The same goes for employers: how do you get a new employee to be awesome right from the start? Luc Levesque has some ideas on how to make sure your [...]
America is struggling with the worst jobs crisis since the Great Depression with no clear path toward restoring the jobs...
Most analysts believe that the future of the manufacturing sector in the U.S. is integrally tied to maintaining our historical...
I know: it's not manly, dignified, or barely mentionable in polite conversation. But here's the thing. Lately, I've been in...
If you're a digital native, you should be aware that the internet may have partially rewired your brain in such...
"Leadership" has changed when a decentralized group of people can take down a government. "The Value Chain" has changed when...
As Harvard Business Review has focused this month on U.S. competitiveness, one theme has been the challenge of training the...
An interview with Chris Zook, partner at Bain & Company and co-head of the firm's global strategy practice. He is...
In the right role, you have a good shot at accomplishment and personal growth. In the wrong role, you may...
The business world is abuzz today about Greg Smith's parting shot at his long-time employer, Goldman Sachs. Is it accurate?...
How to find good quality employees, how to hang onto them, and how to develop them into better employees —...
In the middle of an economic and jobs crisis, why should any politician or executive focus on a "soft" issue...
Check out these new and forthcoming books from HBR Press: Just Start: Take Action, Embrace Uncertainty, Create the Future by...
Greg Smith's resignation op-ed from Goldman Sachs Wednesday raised a zillion questions. What was the back-story? What was with the...
If recent news reports are right, American productivity is taking a big hit this week, thanks to March Madness —...
When I was a teenager, the older women in my family taught me to cook. I learned it was traditional...
Suppose you're a senior executive at a large financial services company such as Nationwide Insurance or ING. Would you look...
We've all heard the claims, the theories, and the speculation about the ways leadership styles vary between women and men....
I wanted to understand how the U.S.'s failing infrastructure is affecting our economy, so I called Eric Spiegel. He's president...
<div>Piano virtuoso Ethan Iverson, of The Bad Plus, shares the inner workings of a trio that has been pushing the boundaries of jazz for over a decade.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/97JJlDYkUmc" height="1" width="1"/>
While we are flattered by the response to our previous post, Career Plans Are Dangerous, we weren't quite anticipating the...
Psychopaths are the subject of endless fascination. We tend to apply that term loosely to people who engage in bad...
Andy Haldane gave a speech this morning. It's co-authored with a couple new colleagues of his at the Bank of...
The population used to be shaped like a pyramid: lots of young people, a medium number of middle aged, and...
Our prior blog post posed the question, "Will Business Step Up or Step Out?" Will business leaders reconnect with their...
Why is it that between 25 and 50 per cent of people report feeling overwhelmed or burned out at work?...
Last week, Invisible Children launched a brilliant video aimed at making Ugandan rebel warlord Joseph Kony "famous" in the interest...
While writing our book Jugaad Innovation, we've come across many innovators in the U.S. who are using the jugaad mindset...
When people from several different countries share the same workplace, misunderstandings can generate friction. Sure, there are language issues and...
One thing that the Chinese do quite well — and that the U.S. could learn from — is to test...
A friend of mine in Dallas loves the local Chick-fil-A restaurant. The reason? An employee named Jose once asked my...
President Obama's recent appointment of an Interagency Trade Enforcement Committee to stop unfair trade and ensure a "level playing field"...
Often when an organizational problem occurs, the typical response is to create regulations to prevent that problem from happening again....
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U.S. energy industries, from oil and gas to ethanol, wind, and solar, have long enjoyed lavish government subsidies and other...
I believe that Steve Jobs was among the best CEOs of this generation because he created entirely new categories six...
If you are looking for a job right now, it is certain to take longer than you would like. The...
Is corporate sustainability on the wane or growing more important to top executives? At the beginning of the year, two...
HBR curated tweets from the 2012 SXSW conference about events featuring HBR Press authors and more. [View the story "Harvard...
Curated tweets from Harvard Business Review's SXSW panel discussion on "Are Great Employees Overrated?" held on March 11, 2012. Introduction...
MBA education is changing. As a result, it's fair to ask what, exactly, students now are learning. For one thing,...
There's a flawed belief that your only 'friends' in business are the enemies of your enemy. At one time, this...
In 2002, a 14-year-old Malawi boy named William Kamkwamba built a windmill using items he collected from a scrap yard...
We operate in a business landscape driven by an obsession with youth. I should know. I used to work in...
Over the past 3 three years, the number of employees at HubSpot has grown by over 800 percent. No company...
Increasingly, Western companies are developing products in countries like China and India, and then distributing them globally. For example, GE...
American efforts to jumpstart the development of a cleantech economy have not been wildly successful to date. While there have...
"We've got another lawsuit," my friend and client Lana* told me over the phone. "Really?" I was honestly surprised. "What...
I recently participated in a spirited panel discussion with Bruce Brown, Procter & Gamble's Chief Technology Officer, and Erich Joachimsthaler,...
<div>What type of work are you doing right now? Reactionary work? Problem-solving work? Insecurity work? A look at how to manage your work energy smartly.</div> <div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/Fzis5m2X1rM" height="1" width="1"/>
<div>Does the notion of the lone genius really hold true? Recent research shows that even famously reclusive creatives relied on collaborative networks.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/7HTWtWjwHCk" height="1" width="1"/>
As we mentioned in an earlier blog post, the United States is poised for a manufacturing renaissance that is being...
For Jeco Plastic Products, 2011 was a landmark year. Since 1979, the manufacturer has employed a 25-person staff, designing and...
When Johnson & Johnson named vice chairman Alex Gorsky as its next CEO, the company concluded a very public succession...
<div>Perfection isn't everything. By setting goals based on improvement - rather than looking smooth - you can stretch your potential and reduce your anxiety.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/mtVIArbSYUE" height="1" width="1"/>
Fast, effective conversation You only have a little bit of time for person-to-person communication. How do you make the best of it; communicate your point and do it effectively? Tom Searcy of INC. has 5 tips for how you can have a snappy and poignant conversation. To be a good worker, you need to have [...]
An interview with John Lees, career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You'll Love. For more, see...
Most conversations about changing the world eventually degenerate into despair or, after a hands-in-the-air "well, anyway..." segue, they lapse into...
One of the responders to my last post asked, "Why are managers so tolerant of poor quality data?" One important...
Given the growing sensitivity to widening income inequality in many developed economies, it is no wonder that criticism of soaring...
With today's 101st anniversary of International Women's Day, it's a good time to reflect on how companies are doing with...
Does your company still have a long way to go to develop more robust risk-management capabilities and create a more...
Brands are spending a great deal of time and energy investing in platforms to get likes or pluses, and not...
The March issue of HBR on U.S. competitiveness strikes a pessimistic tone about certain demographic facts — the education gap...
Thanks to disruptive innovations, much of our world today looks radically different than it did just a decade or two...
Recently, I had the privilege of moderating a conference of global entrepreneurs and venture capitalists in Mumbai — an event...
Raise your hand if you hate politics: The shady, behind-the-scenes deal-making. The tradeoffs where neither party is satisfied. The game-playing...
Do you have the confidence that every message and experience that customers have with your organization rings true and leaves...
Getting tough on China is becoming a popular idea. President Obama has established an Interagency Trade Enforcement Committee with a...
The competitiveness of the American economy depends disproportionately on the competitiveness of its multinational corporations, especially those headquartered in the...
Disruptive innovators ask the right questions, observe the world like anthropologists, network for novel ideas, and experiment to make things...
Natural resources is not a sector that people automatically associate with gender balance. In fact, most people assume that oil,...
Imagine a Gen Y employee is invited to a corporate strategy session. He listens to the presentation, focused on evaluating...
We're living in a time of uprisings — you just have to pick up the newspaper to know that. Depending...
<div>The Internet has fundamentally changed the way we search for jobs. We talk to the founder of OneDayOneJob.com about a 21st-century approach to finding work.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/mNAJR24YnLk" height="1" width="1"/>
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Want to learn something new? Check out these Skillshare classes being taught this month at Grind. Virtual Presentations: Make Sure They’re Listening! March 7th, 7pm Taught by Allon Yosha In today’s world, our interactions have become increasingly virtualized. Globalization and the internet have enabled us to connect with people in every corner of the earth [...]
As the world becomes increasingly global, the need for true global citizens to lead organizations in business, nonprofits, and government...
Managers spend most of their time talking. Like wrenches for the plumber, words are our most frequently used tools of...
I recently heard newscaster Tom Brokaw respond to what seemed like an obvious question: "Did today's ubiquitous availability of information...
The pages of HBR and hbr.org have in recent weeks been full of suggestions for how to make the U.S....
When big business leaders think about social media they tend to focus on three things: innovative technologies, marketing applications, and...
Technological innovation accounted for almost half of U.S. economic growth over the past 50 years, but the country's standing as...
Making the United States an even more attractive location for factories and investments is critical for the health of our...
Why is it that three prominent books published just during the past several months focused on the subject of willpower?...
Time-crunched employees are increasingly looking to their jobs to provide opportunities for the good deeds that they don't have the...
Europe's young people are bearing the brunt of the fallout from the collapse of the financial system and the struggle...
It's becoming ever clearer that entrepreneurship is the answer to the vexing economic questions facing Africa today: job creation, capital...
The past year has seen near-constant revelations of large, well-respected institutions suffering cyber-attacks. The most damaging attacks, however, often never...
The most successful companies in business today have something in common. This trait doesn't just make them better than the...
For smart, talented, and ambitious people, winning is sometimes so easy that it makes true success elusive. That's because victories,...
I gave a talk at the Canadian Marketing Association in Toronto last week. Leaving the hall, I fell into step...
The annual TED conference, held last weekend, used to be a small, exclusive, intimate affair in Monterey California. But it...
We should take a look at the most dynamic parts of today's global economy — the so-called emerging markets —...
Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing in his State of the Union address, President Obama...
This post was co-authored with Bob Moesta, Managing Partner of The Re-Wired Group in Detroit. While it's written from my...
<div>"Travel more" is on almost everyone's bucket list. So why don't we act on it? Three veteran world travelers tell us how to take the plunge & still produce great work.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/hFTLzrLbDLU" height="1" width="1"/>
I needed to talk to my boss. You see, I was having some issues. Not in the boardroom — but...
"Where do you see yourself in five years?" Despite the tendency to slip in some of the questions Google asks...
Do you use your talents? What are your talents? Are you doing what you love to do? You may have a great career and work hard, but are you using the skills that you have? Work to your strengths and feel stronger about what you do. Are you in your brilliance zone? Your brilliance zone [...]
When we talk to managers, we often ask, "Do your people trust you?" Most are taken aback. It's not something...
The United States is at a dangerous juncture: Manufacturing jobs are on the rise, but the growth is still fragile....
Amid all the concern over America's competitiveness, it's easy to overlook a sector where many U.S. companies are outperforming their...
As global companies focus their strategies on developed and emerging markets, they require substantial cadres of leaders capable of operating...
Pinterest is the social media darling of the month, growing madly and reported to be driving more traffic to third-party...
Silicon Valley's been cracking with activity in the last few years — along with Melbourne, Australia and Santiago, Chile. According...
<div>A mistake is a collision between your perception and reality. As such, it's a terribly valuable asset.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/CRFfFRGk5Uc" height="1" width="1"/>
Reid Hoffman, co-founder and executive chair of LinkedIn and investor in Facebook, Zynga, and Groupon, sees networks. "It's not like...
Many business leaders don't care why employees do anything as long as they follow the company's rules, processes, cultural norms...
An interview with Rosabeth Moss Kanter Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article Enriching the Ecosystem. For...
As business leaders pick up the post-recession pieces, I'm increasingly asked how companies can restore trust with employees. My answer:...
Every day, of course, is a good day to work on improving the way that you engage and communicate with...
This election year, we'll all get rich if we earn a nickel each time a presidential hopeful vilifies culprits for...
The U.S. competitiveness debate too often devolves into a cry for more Apples and more Ciscos on American shores, when...
No, we don't mean come work for us. (Though we are hiring). For the next 30 days, we'll be rolling...
Looking for a job while you already have one can be stressful, especially in the age of social media when...
How does a customer-service expert in Seattle catch the attention of a hot San Francisco startup in San Francisco, 700...
When times are good, businesses tend to stick with what's working. "It's served us well so far," goes the reasoning,...
A few years ago, while I was a first-year Ph.D. student in the engineering school at Johns Hopkins University, I...
When given a choice between getting $1,000 with certainty, or having a 50% chance of getting $2,500, most people will...
We all know why leap years exist, right? Our calendars get out of sink with the solar system so we...
Believe it or not, Pixar was once a scrappy startup. The multi-billion dollar juggernaut with a near-perfect record of churning...
While researching our forthcoming book — Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck — my co-authors and I made a fascinating discovery:...
Between 1945 and 1990, Japan went from rags to riches, entering the ranks of the world's wealthiest countries and posing...
Imagine that you wanted a new home theater system. But instead of spending hours in Best Buy or on Amazon...
The United States desperately needs an energy policy. It is fundamental to our economic growth, environmental sustainability and national security....
How useful would it be to identify the problem-solvers within your business? They're called entrepreneurs, and not all of them...
Editor's Note: This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from...
The U.S. economy is improving, but the recovery's been slower than expected. Why? The business leaders I talk to lack...
To what extent do you compartmentalize? Or rather, do you ever put things into categories to understand them? Psychologists define...
If you ever want to lie awake at night, go ahead and think about your "one thing" — the one...
<div>Is compassion contagious? We talk to BMD's Sarah Foelske about what it's like to lead as a woman and a designer & why Jay-Z lyrics come in handy sometimes.</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/EXxBToVdrLQ" height="1" width="1"/>
While the global financial meltdown and its aftershocks have unleashed a flood of indignation, condemnation, and protest upon Wall Street,...
A few weeks ago, I attended a lecture about microfinance, and got sucker-punched. Expecting to hear a litany of pros...
We live in a world mad for talent. From Hollywood and sports to executive search firms and HR departments around...
At the Chemical Heritage Foundation's recent seminar on advanced materials innovation, a half-dozen R&D leaders collectively commanding billions in spend...
If you want to improve how your organization develops, delivers and supports its products or services, it's hard to avoid...
A growing number of executives of U.S.-based companies are repatriating their manufacturing capabilities — moving some production operations back from...
In order to tackle its competitiveness challenges, America needs to harness the inherent creativity of its workforce. It is making...
As much as companies like to tell you the customer is king, that's hardly true in most industries. Instead, major...
<div>What's the best making-ideas-happen advice you've ever received? Check the top 25 tips and quotes from our army of 99% Twitter followers.</div> <div> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/The99Percent/~4/1SVdexaux30" height="1" width="1"/>
It's an elusive dream twinkling in executives' eyes: what if I could take an entire month off? The lure is...
Even in this contentious election year, all sides agree on one issue: The loss of American manufacturing jobs over the...
An interview with Mihir Desai Harvard Business School professor and author of the HBR article The Incentive Bubble. Download this...
Become your own mentor Having a career mentor can be amazing. You have someone who can push you in the right direction, help you make choices and give you advice. What do you do when you can’t find anyone who knows how to help? Take a lesson from Courtney Martin and become your own mentor. [...]
Outside of Timisoara, Romania, near an industrial district that borders on beautiful countryside, is one of the strangest cornfields you...
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A popular post on this site, Nine Things Successful People Do Differently, provides a fabulous summary of what makes the...
Michael Porter's article in the March issue of HBR on choosing the United States makes the point that in choosing...
Admiral Lord Nelson, Britain's famous naval leader, owed his enviable record of victories to the ability of his officers to...
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As you grow in your career, it's important to grow your network with you. By the time they're 45 or...
Will we see the day when all products carry environmental labels with data on carbon emissions and other impacts? Recent...
A Stanford Professor quit his job. But he doesn't plan to go to another prestigious university. Nope. He, like others,...
Some exciting news to share with the HBR community: The new HBR iPad app is now live in the iTunes...
Mustering willpower is a struggle for almost everyone — and it's getting harder. We, as individuals and as a society,...
Let's get real — and back to basics. In an era of high unemployment, and especially in this political season...
When I was growing up, one of the principles in our house was that we had to tell the truth,...
Having a strong domestic manufacturing base is vital to the United States maintaining its world leadership in innovation. That is...
Complaints about email abound. Perhaps you've heard some of these or uttered them in pain yourself: I receive hundreds of...
"My manager expects me to be at my desk from 9 to 5," a highly successful salesperson lamented during a...
This Sunday many of us will be watching the red carpet arrivals and cheering for our favorite actresses, actors, and...
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6 tips for being more optimistic Being optimistic can make your day a little brighter and your mood a little greater. That positive spin can take any situation and make it fantastic. Use these tricks from Geoffrey James to become more optimistic. Maintain your online privacy Generally, the words “privacy” and “internet” are accompanied by [...]
Something odd and interesting happens to a lot of people who become very successful. Once the initial thrill wears off,...
The realities of globalization, with increasing emphasis on emerging markets, present corporate leaders with enormous challenges in developing the leaders...
The longest line on a busy Saturday afternoon in a celebrated New York department store is at the returns desk:...
Leverage is the mantra of the times in philanthropy, and rightly so. People want to know that the charities they...
It's obvious to anyone paying attention that the United States needs well-educated, technically skilled workers if it's to remain competitive...
My first reaction was panic. You know how it goes. First I heard about Pinterest. Then I heard that it...
Last year's business pages were filled with episodes of consumer outrage over price hikes. Within hours of Verizon's announcement of...
What do you think causes millions of people to miss work and school in developing economies? Illness? Lack of childcare?...
An interview with Tiziana Casciaro and Lotte Bailyn on the HBR case study When to Make Private News Public. Tiziana...
When I was the chief marketing officer at Deloitte & Touche, we would have our annual leadership off-site in Las...
Is the tide finally turning? The Labor Department recently reported that the number of Americans quitting their jobs has begun...
I feel privileged to have had some amazing experiences in my work with top performers in business, sports, and the...
"We've spent a fortune on collaborative technology, but no one is using it ... or if they are, it's for...
Do you wonder why there were an average of 8 million jobs posted online in the U.S. every month of...
Passing through an airport lounge the other day, I saw television images of Greek, Italian and Spanish legislators debating austerity...
Two consecutive interviews I did last week, one with a man and the other with a woman, seemed to sum...
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When Facebook announced its recent $5 billion IPO, many applauded the company's mission to connect friends and make the world...
The other day I had coffee with a friend who was complaining about her company's ability to innovate. "That iteration-itis...
There are news reports almost every day about factories downing their shutters in Guangdong, one of China's most populous and...
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I recently returned from a trip to Beijing where I was working with senior managers to develop leadership skills in...
A few years ago, Brad Anderson, then CEO of Best Buy, told me something both provocative and profound. We were...
From extravagant compensation packages to heated boardroom clashes to dramatic exits, misbehaving chief executive officers dominated management headlines in 2011....
One of the pleasures of my job is that it requires me to travel abroad several times a year. These...
Twenty-one authors. Fourteen articles. A lot of different ideas about how the U.S. can become more economically competitive, and more...
The current discourse on U.S. competitiveness is dominated by the question, "What must government do?" To some extent, the emphasis...
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Beyond Bureaucracy Challenge, the second leg of the HBR/McKinsey M-Prize for...
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So, how was your Valentine's Day? Me? I had an anti-Valentine's day at my local bar with the ghost of...
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"This business model is right for a company selling Purina Dog Chow, circa 1970." "There's no way we could ever...
In November 2010, to big fanfare at Unilever's London headquarters, chief executive Paul Polman boldly articulated a new strategy. The...
When we started Angie's List in 1995 — going door-to-door in Columbus, OH to find reliable contractors for my co-founder's...
Here it is Valentine's Day, nine days after my beloved New York Giants defeated the New England Patriots to win...
Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, has been speaking out a lot lately about subtle dynamics that hold women back from...
The job of the senior executive is much more complicated today than it was a decade or two ago —...
His team is enjoying a five game winning streak. He's ranked fourth on the NBA Player Efficiency Ratings. He's played...
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Business has become one of the primary players in structuring the global economy and, by extension, global governance. This places...
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You've heard about the African Renaissance, right? The Aid Bosses, once the unquestioned successors in Africa to the joint heirloom...
Companies doing business in China constantly struggle to convert brand awareness into loyalty. A marketer will invest furiously to ensure...
An interview with Andy O'Connell and Scott Berinato, editors of the Idea Watch section of HBR and The Daily Stat....
What can you learn from going undercover? You don’t have to don a disguise to find out how your company functions, but the insights you get from going to the core of your company are invaluable. In this article from the Harvard Business Review, Robert M. Galford points out the strengths and flaws you could [...]
Since Daniel Goleman's Emotional Intelligence, we've recognized the importance of tuning into social and emotional factors in the workplace. But...
The most painfully awkward debates I hear in ostensibly innovative organizations revolve around "crazy ideas." When unexpected challenges arise, what...
I want to write a screenplay. I wanted to write one last year, but other work took more time than...
Michael Black is an American employee working in China for one of the country's oldest and most traditional consumer products...
What would you think if a job candidate sent you a resume listing six jobs held in the last four...
In my consulting work with large, multinational companies, I see a pervasive anxiety among managers who have trouble finding people...
Why are you here? It's arguably life's most important question, but is it one you ask yourself? I recognize it's...
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Four longtime Yahoo board members, including the chairman, are leaving the company. In this one move, Yahoo is trying to...
I've been learning a lot from Danny Kahneman's great book Thinking Fast and Slow. Kahneman is the world's leading expert...
Imagine you're looking for a new job. Right now. You have a first-class strategy. You're off to a good start....
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To deliver more value, the human resources function needs to spend more time accelerating operational improvement and less time on...
We recently convened a team of 21 millennials from various GE businesses and functions around the world for a special...
The most successful innovators are consistently portrayed as possessing a passion that borders on dogmatism. They work tirelessly to bend...
Imagine the world in 2030, more resource-constrained than ever—but then suddenly benefitting from a breakthrough approach to harnessing wind energy....
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At the recent GreenBiz Forum in New York, I was surprised by an on-stage interview with Fred Bedore, an executive...
You may have noticed something was missing throughout the nation's most social sporting event of the year. The Super Bowl...
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A few years ago, I had a brilliant New Year's resolution: I'd arrange to play squash with my friend Ben...
In her first week as Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde spoke for the greater inclusion of women in...
This post was co-authored with Holly Newman. Here in the U.S., the Super Bowl this weekend showed us the power...
The forthcoming Facebook IPO gives us lots to talk about. It is likely to be the largest in history (cool)....
American Express has launched a travel service call Nextpedition. It's interesting and a little odd. On a Nextpedition vacation, we...
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The theme at Davos this year was "The Great Transformation: Shaping New Models." One of the models up for discussion...
The record-breaking Facebook IPO proves a number of things. But one thing it won't prove is that investors who buy...
The reality of web marketing is that almost all of it happens on platforms that are owned by others. Platform...
Be ahead of the curve to be relevant With everything changing so fast, it’s hard to stay ahead of forming trends. How do you make sure you stay relevant? Paul Williams offers tips on how to keep yourself ahead of the curve. Turn conflict into creativity Collaboration is the key to new ideas and great [...]
An interview with Frances Frei and Anne Morriss, authors of Uncommon Service: How to Win by Putting Customers at the...
This month, learn something new with Skillshare classes at Grind.   How To Negotiate Your Salary Like an FBI Agent Jim Hopkinson Thursday February 2, 2012 7 pm to 8:30 pm Do Tank You’ve networked like a politician, found your dream job, and nailed the interview. It’s crunch time, and the Evil HR Lady leans [...]
The new gauge of success: personal fulfillment How do you know when you’ve achieved success? Is it monetary, big house, big car? Or is it personal, big love and big gestures? INC has an idea. Geoffrey James believes that “real success comes from the quality of your relationships and the emotions that you experience each [...]
As you may have previously read, Grind has partnered with Skillshare to bring a variety of interesting and insightful classes to our space. Check out some of the classes below, register online, and learn something new. As Skillshare says, “the future belongs to the curious.”     Ready to build your website? Nate Cooper Monday, [...]
It’s simple. Hire good people. Building a team sounds daunting, particularly when you have a focus on “hiring.” But what if it wasn’t just about that? What if it were about talent? In this article, DJ Patil discusses how you should be looking for the skills you want and the people you want to work [...]
Use your time efficiently Work is a big part of life, but it doesn’t have to be your entire life. If you use your time efficiently, you can find more hours in the day to enjoy your time. Anthony K. Tjan has tips on how to work efficiently, accomplish more, and enjoy your time. Proof [...]
Rock your new position Career advancements are great, but how do you handle the new responsibilities that come with the new position? Elizabeth Grace Saunders and the 99% have the tips to help you adjust. Resolve to live like a free radical The lifestyle of a free radical is exciting and challenging. This year, as [...]
Your title? Free radical As a free radical, you know that your skills are niche. In today’s changing work culture, conventional positions are being broken down to their most basic pieces and restructured as needed to best benefit the company. Now is the time to create the position that’s right for you, with the skills [...]
Skillshare is a community marketplace to learn anything from anyone. Their mission is to democratize education by empowering anyone to be a teacher. Now, Skillshare and Grind have teamed up to present interesting classes hosted in our collaborative space, taught by free radicals. As Skillshare says (and Grind agrees) “We believe that learning should happen [...]