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Why Sleep Matters

Idea posted: September 2016

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

It is well known that we are sleeping less than we ever have. To explore the impact of this lack of sleep on performance at work, two researchers from Hult…

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Meritocracy at Work: Well-Intention Systems Can Cause the Reverse

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: MIT Sloan School of Management   

Many companies make an effort to promote and compensate their employees based on performance rather than, as in the past, seniority. Specifically, companies will implement merit-based routines and written policies…

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Beware of Egocentricity Causing Team Members to Overestimate their Value

Idea posted: August 2016

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business    University of Chicago Booth School of Business   

Logically, the percentage of work that each team member contributes to a team project cannot add up to more than 100%. For example, if both authors of an academic paper…

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Build Ambidextrous Teams to Combine Present and Future Objectives

Idea posted: July 2016

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University    University of Piraeus    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam    Athens University of Economics and Business   

Companies have both short-term and long-term responsibilities: they must be successful in the present while preparing for the future. While many companies believe they are managing these two priorities effectively,…

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Last Chance Cheating: A Gig Economy Challenge

Idea posted: May 2016

Institutions: London Business School    University of California, San Diego    Kellogg School of Management   

The gig economy (‘gigs’: think musicians and bands) — an economy built more than ever before on contract workers and part-timers — is dramatically changing the relationships between employers and…

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How to Inspire Resistant Employees to Embrace Health and Wellness

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University   

More and more business leaders and top managers understand that employee wellness programs help the organization succeed, through less absenteeism and greater engagement and productivity, as much as it helps…

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Forget the Hero: Leadership as Day-to-Day Processes, Practices and Interactions

Idea posted: March 2016

Institutions: Mälardalen University    KTH Royal Institute of Technology   

For three Scandinavian researchers, the traditional approach to leadership almost renders the term a misnomer: the study of ‘leadership’ is actually the study of ‘leaders’ — the study of the…

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Incentivizing Managers to Promote Employee Health: The 10% Solution

Idea posted: February 2016

Institutions: New York University School of Medicine    Cornell University Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management   

There is a growing consensus that employee wellness is good not only for the employee but also good for the company. It’s not just a matter of sick days. Healthier…

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Expel Expensive Toxic Workers Before Hiring Superstars

Idea posted: January 2016

Institutions: Kellogg School of Management   

There is much research and much human resources emphasis in recent years on finding, hiring and retaining star performers. New research involving nearly 60,000 workers in 11 firms reveals that…

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