Idea posted: January 2014

Institutions: University of California Berkeley Haas School of Business   

The desire for high status is widely considered a universal human motive. Those with higher status tend to be listened to more, and are often perceived as having more power.…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: IESE Business School    Université de Montréal   

January 2008 to April 2011 was a shocking time for France Telecom, when more than 60 employees committed suicide — a large number leaving behind notes blaming stress and misery…

Idea posted: December 2013

Institutions: University of Waterloo    Stanford University   

Would you seek help from someone who has rejected you in the past? Most people are hesitant to ask for favours the first time around, let alone ask someone that…

Idea posted: November 2013

Institutions: University of Pretoria Gordon Institute of Business Science   

  Music transforms experience … from the humdrum, the everyday, into something else … Music is used in theater, it is used in movies, it is used to ratify revolutions…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: INSEAD   

Group coaching is known to help break down barriers to communication, build trust and solve specific and practical problems in organizations. An interpersonal learning process, it can create the impetus…

Idea posted: October 2013

Institutions: Accenture Institute for High Performance    China Europe International Business School (CEIBS)   

Imagine a cellist, taking on different roles depending on whether he/she is playing with a quartet, a chamber orchestra, or a full orchestra. Today’s leaders are not dissimilar; they come…

Idea posted: September 2013

Institutions: Columbia Business School    University of California, San Francisco   

Social status relates to the prestige, esteem and respect that managers and employees receive from their colleagues, subordinates and superiors. While in society, social status can be attained through wealth…

Idea posted: August 2013

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management   

Without tools and processes, the quality of thinking from even the most diverse team is likely to match that of the loudest person in the room. Unless people are taught…

Idea posted: July 2013

Institutions: Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University   

A growing number of studies in both the field and the laboratory demonstrate that people are imperfect co-operators — they tend to co-operate only if others do so, and a…