Idea posted: April 2026

Institutions: Northwestern University    Kellogg School of Management    University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

In the world of social impact and public health, there is a long-standing belief that the best way to get people to care about a problem is to show them…

Idea posted: March 2026

Institutions: Harvard Business School; Harvard University   

For decades, the prevailing trend in corporate architecture has been a ‘war on walls’, characterised by the removal of cubicles and private offices in favour of open, ‘unbounded’ workspaces. The…

Idea posted: March 2025

Institutions: Open University Business School    University of Melbourne Business School    University of Bristol Business School   

The “glass cliff” is a well-known metaphor that describes how women are set up for failure by being put in leadership roles when organizations are in crisis. A research team…

Idea posted: December 2024

Institutions: University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

Lying, or any form of deception, is a negative and destructive behavior that is proscribed in organizations—at least theoretically. ReReal-lifeypically complicates theory, and a study from the University of Chicago…

Idea posted: January 2024

Institutions: State University of New York At Buffalo School of Management    Louisiana State University School of Leadership and Human Resource Development    Drexel University Management Department   

One resilient conclusion from leadership commentators and observers is the connection between extraversion and leadership—that is, extraverted individuals are more likely to become leaders than introverted individuals. Leadership research, however,…

Idea posted: November 2023

Institutions: University of St. Gallen    Durham University Business School    University of St. Andrews School of Management   

Many people “make sense” of the world through their peers—that is, they seek to better understand events in the world around them by talking with and learning how their peers…

Idea posted: May 2023

Institutions: York University    Johns Hopkins University   

After we have finished a compelling book or a film, the narrative of the story will linger in our minds. This lingering is involuntary: we do not choose or decide…

Idea posted: March 2023

Institutions: Simon Fraser University, Beedie School of Business    University College London   

How does one listen well? The answer—as revealed in an exhaustive review of the listening research published between 2000 and 2021—is often built on the speaker’s perception. For example, some…

Idea posted: March 2022

Institutions: London School of Economics    University of Edinburgh    Copenhagen Business School   

Effective communication among members of a team or organization is key to the success of a group. Fast and direct face-to-face communication would appear to be the ideal method of…