Ideas
Don’t Let Employees Become Too Inhibited to Do the Right Thing
Idea posted: November 2022
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business Utrecht University
When we find ourselves in social situations that are unfamiliar, unsettling, or confusing, our tendency is not to react immediately, but rather to take a moment and think about what…
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Making Amends: The Two Levels of Moral Repair
Idea posted: October 2022
Institutions: Université de Lille University of St. Gallen
When a company has committed a transgression against one or more of its stakeholders, and wishes to rebuild the stakeholders’ trust and confidence, it engages in ‘moral repair’. For example,…
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Hidden Bias Can Hamper Diversity Efforts
Idea posted: October 2022
Institutions: The Samuel Dubois Cook Center on Social Equity Duke University Fuqua School of Business Duke University
In 2008, a study led by Prof. Ashleigh Shelby Rosette of Duke showed that for Americans, Whiteness was one of the prototypical attributes of leaders. As a result, Whites, seen…
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Why Companies Reduce Environmental Management Practices after Environmental Accidents
Idea posted: October 2022
Institutions: Utah State University Huntsman School of Business University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
The economic, social, and environmental impacts of a spill and pollution (SP) accident can last for years. At the company level, SP accidents will generate negative publicity, damage share price…
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How Mindfulness Reduces Guilt… But Also Apologies
Idea posted: September 2022
Institutions: Foster School of Business University of Washington Yale University ESSEC Business School
A manager overreacts to an employee’s minor mistake and yells at the employee in front of his peers. Afterwards, the manager feels some guilt about the outburst for several reasons:…
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Are Working Class CEOs Less Worried about Employee Welfare?
Idea posted: September 2022
Institutions: University of Miami Florida State University Stony Brook University
CEOs and corporate leaders come from diverse backgrounds, with a broad range of childhood experiences. While some CEOs were raised in affluent families, with all the privileges and opportunities that…
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How to Succeed in Business Ecosystems
Idea posted: September 2022
Institutions: Drucker School of Management Claremont Graduate University
Companies once viewed themselves as isolated entities engaged in win-lose battles with opponents for the same set of customers. The technology-driven evolution of business has re-ordered the universe. Today, companies…
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Jumping to Conclusions and Other Bad Thinking Habits Hurt Leadership Effectiveness
Idea posted: August 2022
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
Your thoughts and feelings impact how you interpret what is happening around you. You might, for example, receive a vague email from your boss asking for a meeting. For hours,…
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Customers Score Highest New Products that Balance Innovation and the Familiar
Idea posted: August 2022
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School University of Cambridge
Is novelty a winning strategy for business? Some observers argue that innovative products attract more customers, who are eager to discover new features. Others argue that customers do not want…
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