Ideas
How ‘Power Recall’ Is an Effective Technique When Easy
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: University of Cologne INSEAD Kellogg School of Management Columbia Business School
Psychological tools are proving to be very effective in helping people in the workplace gain the right frame of mind in challenging situations. Imagine that you are about to enter…
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Supervising Projects Despite Limited Time and Expertise
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School Stockholm School of Economics HEC Paris
A company in the facility engineering industry took on a large and complex project that presented both technical challenges and was subject to legal regulations that affected customer requirements. Unfortunately,…
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How CRM Reaches Customers’ Social Networks
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: Columbia Business School HEC Paris
The results of the study showed a 35% increase in usage by the targeted customers and a 10% increase in usage by the connections of the targeted customers. In addition, suspensions…
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Business Templates that Succeed in ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ Environments
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: Aalto University School of Business ESADE
More than a billion people live in poverty around the world, earning less than $2 a day. A billion people may be a huge market in terms of numbers but…
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High Social Class Helps Men Get Jobs, But Not Women
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
With social inequality in the U.S. only getting worse and with intergenerational mobility lower than in many other advanced economies, it is clear that individuals in the higher socioeconomic levels…
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Integrating Social Identities Spurs Creativity and Innovation
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Research has shown that creativity and innovation come from combining seemingly unrelated or irrelevant knowledge. You can create the context for combining unrelated knowledge by bringing together people with diverse…
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Reading Group Emotions Is Key to Transformational Leadership
Idea posted: June 2017
Institutions: University of Michigan Ross School of Business Vanderbilt University Owen Graduate School of Management
Being aware and attending to the emotions of others is recognized as one of the key skills of today’s transformational leaders — leaders who inspire and engage their people. However,…
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How a Happy Face Sticker Improves Perception of the Customer Service Experience
Idea posted: May 2017
Institutions: University of the Fraser Valley University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Research has shown that our thoughts and emotions can be subconsciously activated or ‘primed’ by an external stimulus. In three experiments, two researchers reveal that a simple supraliminal prime —…
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Why Flat Information Structures Enable Creative Thinking
Idea posted: May 2017
Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management
Creativity occurs when pieces of information are put together in novel and useful ways. ‘Information’ here is used broadly, and includes objects, symbols and facts. This broad concept of information…
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