Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: London Business School University College London
There is a quote from Mahatma Gandhi that should be in the lexicon of every aspiring business: “Live as if you were to die tomorrow, learn as if you were…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #121Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Ethan Mollick, the Edward B. and Shirley R. Shils Assistant Professor of Management at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, has conducted extensive research on how user communities…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #120Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Thunderbird School of Global Management
"One-half of all employees reported being on the receiving end of rudeness at least once a week — compared to only one-quarter 1998." Christine Pearson of Thunderbird and Christine Porath…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #119Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business
Executives cannot afford to ignore the dangers posed by acting overconfidently. Numerous examples in recent history can attest to this, from the inflation of the dot-com bubble in the late…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #118Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: INSEAD
For big corporations, regardless of industry, making disruptive changes is not a question of money: many have substantial budgets. It is a question of mind set and how you position…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #117Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business
Executives and managers recognize today that discrimination has no place in the workplace. No employee should be required to work in an environment of abuse and harassment — including in…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #116Idea posted: April 2013
Institutions: Columbia Business School
Rising unemployment, household incomes taking a dip, bankruptcies becoming widespread — these are just some of the hallmarks of an economic recession. We all remember these things from not too…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #094Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: Ivey Business School at Western University
For as long as capitalism has existed, there have been pirate organizations that have refused to play by the rules and standards set by the state and the ‘legitimate’ business…
READ MORE PIN TO MY IDEAS Idea #114Idea posted: March 2013
Institutions: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Research shows that 50 to 75 per cent of all change initiatives fail. And yet, some companies are consistently better at successfully implementing change, and some leaders successfully lead a…
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