Why Emotional Intelligence in Business Is Difficult

Idea posted: January 2019

Institutions: RocheMartin Institute    Australian Catholic University    Dublin Institute of Technology   

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Although the concept of emotional intelligence (EI) is widely accepted, there is no single accepted way to define EI and measure it in people. One recent metric that has emerged…

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Global CFOs: Facing Growing Data Security Threats

Idea posted: October 2018

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

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In April 2018, five million records of Saks Fifth Avenue and Lord & Taylor department stores (both owned by Hudson Bay) were compromised. Facebook has been hit twice in 2018,…

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Speaking Truth to Power Is More Complex Than You Think

Idea posted: July 2018

Institutions: Ashridge Executive Education, Hult International Business School   

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Recent corporate scandals as well as the recognition that great innovative ideas can come from lower-level and front-line employees are two important reasons that the most successful organization are those…

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Can Leaders Be Too Smart?

Idea posted: March 2018

Institutions: University of Lausanne    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of California Davis Graduate School of Management   

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In general, previous research shows a linear relationship between intelligence and perceived leadership effectiveness, with the line heading steadily northeast (the more intelligent, the higher your actual and perceived leadership capabilities).…

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Typical Air Quality in Offices Hurts Cognitive Function

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health    SUNY Upstate Medical University    Syracuse University   

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Over a period of six days, a team of researchers recreated a variety of air quality conditions, and simultaneously conducted cognitive tests of volunteers under the various conditions to determine…

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Corporate Culture: A Key Drivers of a Firm’s Value

Idea posted: January 2017

Institutions: Duke University    Duke University Fuqua School of Business    Columbia Business School   

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How important is corporate culture to the success of a company, and what factors play into developing an effective or ineffective culture? A team of researchers from Duke University’s Fuqua…

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Media Multitasking: Unproductive but Gratifying

Idea posted: December 2016

Institutions: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business   

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The research is consistent and unequivocal: media multitasking — that is, doing multiple tasks at the same time with at least one of those tasks involving some kind of media…

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Uncovering the Elements of Knowledge at the Heart of Innovation

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Dartmouth College   

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The idea of a new invention may seem to suddenly appear in the imagination of the inventor. In truth, the inventor has carefully constructed the idea by combining different ‘elements…

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Six Disruptive Demographic Trends and What They Mean for the Workplace

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

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According to Jim Johnson of University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, the major demographic trends transforming America today are unprecedented — so unprecedented that he calls these trends “disruptive…

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