In 2003, when plumbing fixtures industry veteran Rob Buete first encountered the “walk-in tub” made by a startup called Safety Tub, he burst out laughing. A bathtub with a door? It seemed like a joke, or at best a clunky contraption for frail seniors who couldn’t step over a regular tub. #Designing #Disability #Mind #Sparks […]
Carolyn Geason-Beissel/MIT SMR | Getty Images Summary: A new United Nations treaty establishes an international framework for investigating and prosecuting online crimes, such as ransomware attacks and financial fraud, which often involve multiple countries. While it explicitly defines cybercrime and spells out what law enforcement and companies are responsible for in such cases, concerns related […]
ADI IGNATIUS: I’m Adi Ignatius. ALISON BEARD: I’m Alison Beard, and this is the HBR IdeaCast. ADI IGNATIUS: So, Alison, I want to start today by talking about identity, and specifically our identity at work. So, you and I think are both people who feel very connected to our work, our self-identity is wrapped up […]
Without structural and psychological support, even the strongest leaders drift toward the status quo. #Bold #Leader #Hired #Starts #Conform
Leaders from Microsoft, Verizon, Allianz, Schneider Electric, and Mahindra share where AI is already delivering results and what it will take to lead through the technology’s disruption. #Whats #ROI
In his new book The Transformation Economy: Guiding Customers to Achieve Their Aspirations, B. Joseph Pine II argues that there is a new offering companies can provide: change. In this adapted excerpt, he explores four types of aspirations people have and how companies can tap into them when creating their products, services, or experiences. #Customers #Aspirations
Much of the conversation about how to work effectively with generative AI has focused on prompt engineering or, more recently, context engineering: the semi-technical skill of crafting inputs so that large language models produce useful outputs. These skills are helpful, but they are only part of the story. The real payoff comes when employees learn […]
AMANDA KERSEY: Welcome to HBR On Leadership. These episodes are case studies and conversations with the world’s top business and management experts, hand-selected to help you unlock the best in those around you. I’m HBR senior editor and producer Amanda Kersey. Companies tend to praise leaders for being capable, decisive, and self-sufficient. But those expectations […]
You have an opening, and you know exactly who you want: that superstar on another team who always seems to get it. But before you make a move, you need to navigate some tricky organizational politics. How do you approach a peer about hiring someone from their team without damaging your relationship? What do you […]
Topics Frontiers An MIT SMR initiative exploring how technology is reshaping the practice of management. More in this series Brian Stauffer/theispot.com Summary: The term enshittification, famously coined by Cory Doctorow to describe big platforms’ exploitative strategies, also applies to the user experience for some physical products with digital connectivity. When companies use digital control over […]
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