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Using Improv Comedy to Unite Your Team 17 May 2019 --- Here's what happened when a behavioral scientist took a comedy class. Read more at https://hbr.org/2019/05/using-improv-to-unite-your-team. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our l...

Introducing HBR Executive: Masterclass 2 Jun 2025 --- Level up your leadership with our new HBR Executive offering. Subscribe here: https://s.hbr.org/4mGyOVy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giving Tuesday Is an International Success. Creator Henry Timms Shares How They Did It 9 Dec 2022 --- Henry Timms is CEO at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and creator of GivingTuesday, the global philanthropic movement that has generated billions of dollars for good causes around the world. Timms credits Giving Tuesday’s success to its use of “new power.” New power is the opposite of top-d...

The Explainer: Solving Problems by Starting with the Worst Idea Possible 11 Jun 2019 --- Sometimes wrong thinking can lead to the right answer. There are many creative tools a designer uses to think differently, but none is more counter-intuitive than “wrong thinking,” also called reverse thinking. Wrong thinking is when you intentionally think of the worst idea possible — the exact opposite of th...

Rolling Stone’s Jann Wenner on Cultivating Creative Talent | HBR IdeaCast 8 Mar 2023 --- Rolling Stone launched in 1967 with a mission to not only redefine music journalism but also chronicle important societal changes. Under the leadership of founding editor and publisher Jann Wenner, it published work from some of the 20th century’s greatest writers, reporters, designers and photographers. He ex...

How the Covid-19 Pandemic is Forcing Companies to Build AI Skills Quickly 20 Jan 2021 --- A huge digital transformation is gaining speed, and to succeed firms must focus on their digital core. The challenge for companies that have not been AI-centric is: how to adapt? Many thought they had time to make critical adjustments, but with the pandemic changing the way we work, that is no longer a choice...

The Five T's of Great Coaches - Part 5: Tenacity 24 Jul 2023 --- Whether you call it grit or resilience, it's what helps your team build mental muscle for the lows and highs that come with any competition. This is Part 5 of our series exploring what lessons major-league, professional sports coaches have for business leaders seeking to unlock human potential on their teams. New installments coming...

I Want to Play Video Games for a Living | Career Crush 10 Jun 2021 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Can you make a career out of playing video games? Short answer: Yes. Read more from the interview at https://hbr.org/2021/06/career-crush-i-want-to-play-video-games-for-a-living Pokémon trainer Steve Sarumi tells us how to make money as a full-time Twitch Stre...

How to Answer “What Are Your Salary Expectations?” 8 Dec 2023 --- Go too low and you may end up making less than a prospective employer was willing to pay, but go too high and you could price yourself out of the job. Luckily, there are smart ways to answer–or not answer–this question. Here’s how to be ready for this point in the job interview, so you can maximize your pay without minimizing your c...

How to Be an Anti-Ableist Ally | Christine vs Work 7 Dec 2023 --- When your company envisions a “normal” employee or a “normal” customer, who do they see? And when does that definition of “normal” underscore an ableist bias within the business? 00:00 Facts you should know 00:59 Meet Lydia X. Z. Brown 01:36 Is my workplace ableist? 03:33 What does ableism look like? 05:35 How to be an anti-ableist...

Walmart's CEO Predicts AI Will Transform Every Job 20 Nov 2025 --- “Every job we’ve got is going to change in some way—whether it’s getting the shopping carts off the parking lot, the way our technologists work, or certainly how leadership roles evolve.” At HBR’s Future of Business 2025 event on November 3, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon discussed how AI will transform work and the e-commerce industry....

Building a Conflict-Intelligent Organization 18 Jul 2025 --- High conflict intelligence starts with leaders—through the language they use and the skills they model every day. 🎧 Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4eTy9N0 — Editor's note: We reposted this to fix a typo. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Jumpstart Creativity 27 Feb 2025 --- In the age of Gen AI, human creativity matters more than ever. So how do you jumpstart your own and your team’s creativity? Try these prompts. Read the full article by Kathryn Jacob and Sue Unerman here: https://s.hbr.org/3CZrG4N Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Forget Perks—Here's What Makes Employees Happy 21 Nov 2025 --- Data from 7,500 companies shows that happier employees outperform the market. Harvard professor @drarthurbrooks explains what actually drives workplace happiness. Sign up to receive Arthur’s new six-week newsletter "The Leader’s Happiness Reset" here: https://s.hbr.org/49XFIlg ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad ch...

Do You Have What it Takes to Own a Food Truck? | Career Crush 18 Jan 2022 --- Starting a food truck seems like a fun idea. But there’s a lot more to it than just being a great chef. 00:00 Ever thought about getting a food truck? 01:06 Meet Jon Moy 02:50 How much does a food truck cost? 03:31 The money 05:34 The struggle is real 07:00 The food 08:35 Skills needed In this episode, Ascend editor Kels...

How to Build Your Mental Strength 12 Aug 2020 --- First, realize there’s a difference between acting tough and actually being mentally strong. Developing mental strength takes practice, and involves overcoming our natural anxieties so we can handle difficult situations. Amy Morin, author of “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do”, says it’s not about making sure you never fail, but telling you...

How the Myth of Meritocracy Divided the U.S. 11 Nov 2020 --- One week after a contentious U.S. election, we speak with Harvard political philosopher Michael J. Sandel about making sense of what’s happening in America. In his new book, “The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good?”, Sandel argues that stalled social mobility has led to anger and frustration. He advocates for building a f...

Using Philosophy to Deal with a Mid-Career Crisis 27 Feb 2019 --- When MIT philosophy professor Kieran Setiya had a midlife crisis, he turned to philosophy for help — and was surprised by how much it had to say. To find out what he learned, go to https://hbr.org/2019/03/facing-your-mid-career-crisis --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, w...

Telling Stories with Data in 3 Steps (Quick Study) 30 Oct 2019 --- Setup, conflict, resolution. You know right away when you see an effective chart or graphic. It hits you with an immediate sense of its meaning and impact. But what actually makes it clearer, sharper, and more effective? In this video, Scott Berinato, author of “Good Charts” and “Good Charts Workbook”, walks through the three essen...

The Limits of How We Imagine the Future 5 Sep 2025 --- We’re not as good at imagining the future as we think. Here’s why even smart companies overlook big shifts. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/421AUGN ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. Politics Are Broken: Here's How Industry Competition Theory Can Help Fix the System 25 Oct 2024 --- Unhealthy competition is at the root of political dysfunction. Applying a famous business framework can help identify the best ways to fix it. (This video was originally published in 2020.) Although people tend to think of the American political system as a public institution based on high-mind...

IDEO’s CEO, Sandy Speicher, Asks: What Is an Office Even For Now? 15 Dec 2021 --- Speicher explains how design thinking can help guide us to new ways of collaborating as we rethink work and the workplace in a post-Covid world. This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up...

Strategies for Underdogs: How Alibaba’s Taobao Beat eBay in China | Cold Call 21 Jun 2023 --- In 2007, Alibaba’s Taobao became China’s leading consumer e-commerce marketplace, displacing the once dominant eBay. How did underdog Taobao do it? And will it be able to find a way to monetize its marketplace and ensure future success? Harvard Business School professor Felix Oberholzer-Gee discusses his...

Struggling to Get Promoted? 16 Nov 2024 --- Do you feel like you’re ready for a promotion, but you’re just not getting it? Executive coach Muriel Wilkins is here with advice and strategies that can help — delivered in one minute or less. Wilkins is the host of HBR’s Coaching Real Leaders, available wherever you get your podcasts. You can also listen here: https://s.hbr.org/3YByY6M Learn more about...

How Do I Stay Motivated After Surviving Layoffs? | Coaching Real Leaders 5 Jun 2023 --- She’s finally found a leadership role that feels aligned with her personal mission. But in the wake of unexpected company-wide layoffs, she’s struggling with how to plan for her team’s future amid the organizational uncertainty. Host Muriel Wilkins coaches her through how she can motivate and lead her team when...