Stand Out in a Job Interview | The Harvard Business Review Guide 3 Sep 2024 --- Nailing a job interview takes more than preparation and practice. HBR contributing editor Amy Gallo shares strategic tips on how to prepare, what to do, and what to say to make a great impression. Learn how to do your homework, craft compelling stories, practice effectively, have engaging conversations, and handle unexpected challenges. Whether it’s in-person or virtual, these strategies will help you stand out and ace your next interview. Read more: https://hbr.org/2024/09/the-hbr-guide-to-standing-out-in-an-interview https://hbr.org/2012/09/stand-out-in-your-interview https://hbr.org/2021/11/10-common-job-interview-questions-and-how-to-answer-them https://hbr.org/2022/11/tips-for-acing-your-first-job-interview https://hbr.org/2021/10/how-to-succeed-in-your-next-job-interview https://hbr.org/2022/07/5-ways-to-stand-out-in-your-next-job-interview https://hbr.org/2017/04/to-ace-your-job-interview-get-into-character-and-rehearse 00:00 Conflicting advice 00:42 Do your homework 01:50 Craft your stories 03:27 Practice 05:03 Have a great conversation 06:22 When things go wrong... 08:28 A note on virtual interviews 09:45 Let's review Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Artificial Intelligence, Real Food 28 Jul 2017 --- Can AI really help you be more creative? We paired IBM's AI with an expert chef and a kitchen novice to see how humans and machines could work together. Here's what happened. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

#HBRLive: What We've Learned Since the Financial Crisis 10 Oct 2013 --- #HBRLive: What We've Learned Since the Financial Crisis ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should You Sell Your Startup, or Find a New CEO? (Case Study) 29 Jan 2020 --- Should a small company founder facing stalling growth sell to a competitor or hire a new CEO? In this HBR fictionalized case study, 2 Proud Pups is Elena's all-natural dog care product business. She launched it to create products that weren't full of chemicals that irritated her dogs. She invested her own savings, and grew her staff and product line — and now her products are carried by more than 1,000 independent pet retailers nationwide. But revenue growth has stalled flat, and she's ready for a change. She sees two options for moving forward: Option 1: Hire a new CEO who wants to target Amazon, Chewy, and Petco. She'd get less cash up front, but could retain her majority shareholder position while stepping back from the business. Option 2: Sell the company to a competitor who could expand her brand's reach, gaining a generous cash buyout and 10% of merged equity — while losing control of the company and risking a departure from her values. What would you do? Script and Audio Production : Jessica Gidal Based on the HBR Case Study, “A Founder Steps Back from Her Start-Up” by David R. Dixon https://hbr.org/2018/06/case-study-can-i-step-back-from-my-start-up Illustration: Ryan Garcia Animation: Riko Cribbs --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Real Meeting Happens Before the Meeting 1 Apr 2025 --- For aspiring leaders, meetings aren’t where decisions are made—they’re where decisions get confirmed. The real influence happens earlier. Career adviser and author of "The Unspoken Rules", Gorick Ng, unpacks the “meeting before the meeting” and how experienced leaders quietly shape agendas, build alignment, and move initiatives forward. Read more in Ng's "The Unspoken Rules: Secrets to Starting Your Career Off Right": https://www.gorick.com/unspokenrules Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Meeting #Rules #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Set the Right Boundaries at Work? | S1E1 | New Here 25 Oct 2023 --- So, you’re in a new job. Do you know how to set healthy boundaries? This week on New Here, we learn why it’s important to set your boundaries at work from day one – and how to do it. Host Elainy Mata talks with her own therapist about how boundaries come into play at work, how to define them for yourself, and how to handle the discomfort you feel when a colleague crosses your boundaries. Then Elainy and her work friends Dustin Brady, Jhymon Moodie, and Cheyenne Paterson discuss her therapist’s advice and share what they’ve learned about how it feels when boundaries get crossed at work. Have a career question? Let us know at NewHere@HBR.org. Key topics include: communication, difficult conversations, work-life balance, mental health, careers. Read More: • How to Spot a Bad Boss During an Interview (Sara Stibitz): https://hbr.org/2015/12/how-to-spot-a-bad-boss-during-an-interview • Ask an Expert: What Should I Do If My Boss Is Gaslighting Me? (Mary Abbajay): https://hbr.org/2020/11/ask-an-expert-what-should-i-do-if-my-boss-is-gaslighting-me • The Right Way to Give Negative Feedback to Your Manager (Tijs Besieux): https://hbr.org/2020/12/the-right-way-to-give-negative-feedback-to-your-manager You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/how-do-i-set-the-right-boundaries-at-work - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-do-i-set-the-right-boundaries-at-work/id1705031803?i=1000626955927 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0o2SWypfXwWV7AydNLGZFL?si=f2ff3ae5b18a4451 Series Description: The young professional’s guide to work — and how to make it work for you. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 3:47 – What Are Boundaries? According To a Therapist 14:37 – Roundtable Discussion 29:52 – Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review/ Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #business #careers #workadvice Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Write a Resume That Stands Out 20 Dec 2023 --- 📋 Check out an example resume here: https://hbr.org/2022/05/how-to-write-a-resume-that-will-stand-out Writing a resume has always been hard. How do you condense all of your experience into one page (or even fill out one page if you've just graduated)? How do you make it look good, but still easily readable? Now, with the introduction of applicant tracking systems (aka the bots that scan your resume), the resume writing process has become even more challenging. But thankfully, there are some ways to make your resume work for you. I talked to Kristi DePaul, CEO of Founders and a personal branding expert, about how to make my resume stand out. She taught me exactly what to do to get my resume past the bots, into the hands of a hiring manager, and on top of the "accept" pile. I even made a new resume based on her guidance. Watch until the end if you need a template to base yours off of. 00:00 Resume writing feels like this 01:06 Meet our expert, Kristi DePaul 01:28 What are people scanning first? 02:05 Objectives are out, headlines are in 02:36 More context, less generic 3:20 You have experience (more than you think) 4:20 One resume for humans, one resume for robots 5:30 Be yourself, on paper 6:06 Include endorsements, and quotes 6:30 Multiple pages are okay (just don't force it) 6:58 My new resume! 📋 Read Kristi DePaul's original article: https://hbr.org/2020/09/how-to-get-your-resume-noticed-and-out-of-the-trash-bin Produced by Andy Robinson, Paige Cohen, Kelsey Alpaio Video by Andy Robinson Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Alex Belser and Karen Player Subscribe to our newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true #resumetips #jobsearch #writingskills ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Taylor Swift Handles Criticism 12 Apr 2025 --- Criticism doesn’t derail Taylor Swift—it sharpens her strategy. In this clip, HBR’s Kevin Evers breaks down how she turns backlash into empowerment, and why that mindset matters for leaders. 🎧 Listen to the full episode on HBR IdeaCast here: https://s.hbr.org/3EhNtFn ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Should Leaders Experiment with Chinese AI? 3 Sep 2025 --- Chinese AI models like DeepSeek are advancing fast. Amit Joshi explains why leaders should explore them—and what risks and opportunities to watch. 🎧 Listen to full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4fYbeRh ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Understanding the Economic Shock of the Covid-19 Crisis 21 May 2020 --- Predicting the path ahead has become nearly impossible, but we can speculate about the size and scale of the economic shock. Economic contagion is now spreading as fast as Covid-19 itself. Social distancing, intended to physically disrupt the spread, has severed the flow of goods and people, stalled economies, and is in the process of delivering a global recession. Predicting the path ahead has become nearly impossible, as multiple dimensions of the crisis are unprecedented and unknowable. Pressing questions include the path of the shock and recovery, whether economies will be able to return to their pre-shock output levels and growth rates, and whether there will be any structural legacy from the coronavirus crisis. This Explainer explores several scenarios to model the size and scale of the economic shock and the path ahead. Based on the HBR article by Philipp Carlsson-Szlezak, Martin Reeves and Paul Swartz --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Succeed in Your Next Job Interview (Includes Tips and Scripts) 4 Oct 2021 --- Making a good impression on a job interview requires preparation and practice, but what specifically should you say to sell yourself effectively? Tori Dunlap, entrepreneur and finance educator, lays out three crucial talking points to help you stand out as a candidate. 0:00 Introduction 0:10 Prepare stats and stories that speak directly to the job description 0:37 Tie your experiences to specific data-driven outcomes 0:54 Real-life example: A restaurant employee showcases applicable skills to successfully transition into the recruiting industry 1:34 Be ready for the salary questions 1:47 How to answer “What is your current salary?” 2:18 How to answer “What are your salary requirements?” 2:45 Why you don’t want to disclose a salary number first 3:02 Always ask questions about the company and role 3:39 Ask “How do you measure success for this position?” 4:17 Ask “How do you help your team grow professionally?” 4:42 Ask “What is the salary and performance review process?” 5:13 A job interview lets you figure out if a job is right for you In this HBR collaboration with Tori Dunlap, you'll learn how to make educated decisions about your money and your career. Learn more about Tori Dunlap at: https://herfirst100k.com https://www.instagram.com/herfirst100k https://www.tiktok.com/@herfirst100k Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #career #jobinterview #interviewtips ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are Your Beliefs Holding You Back as a Leader? 25 Nov 2025 --- When you reach senior levels of leadership, you are used to behaving in a certain way – and seeing results. But what got you there won’t always get you to the next level. Whether it’s negative feedback or lackluster performance, there are flags that all leaders experience that indicate it’s time to change. In this episode of HBR IdeaCast, host Alison Beard speaks with executive coach Muriel Wilkins about the most common thought patterns that hold leaders back, patterns that emerged from decades of coaching some of the most powerful executives in the country. #executivecoach #executivecoaching Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Expert Reactions to Three Real Resumes 18 Jan 2024 --- Kristi DePaul gives her real time feedback on three Ascend editors' resumes. Read Kristi DePaul's original article: https://hbr.org/2020/09/how-to-get-your-resume-noticed-and-out-of-the-trash-bin Produced by Andy Robinson, Paige Cohen, Kelsey Alpaio Video by Andy Robinson Editing by Andy Robinson Animation and Design by Alex Belser and Karen Player Subscribe to our newsletter: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters?movetile_hbpascendnl&hideIntromercial=true #resumetips #jobsearch #writingskills ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Negotiate a Flexible Return to the Office 28 May 2020 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ Many of those working from home during quarantine are now being asked to return to the office. But how do you talk to your manager if you don’t want to go back in? The pandemic forced physical coworking spaces to temporarily shutter, and for many employees the transition from working in an office to working from home was abrupt. However, many of us have adapted to working from home—and what may have seemed unfamiliar at first now feels more routine. And until a Covid-19 vaccine is widely available, office re-entry carries both measured and unknown risks. Karen Mattison, a flexible working consultant and co-founder of Timewise, offers advice on how to enter a negotiation with your manager for an alternative working arrangement during this crisis. Tips for negotiating flexible work: 1. See things from your manager’s perspective. They’re most likely under a lot of stress during this time, so your goal is to make this difficult transition smoother for them as well as for yourself. 2. Take the time to practice. Role-play with a friend or someone in your network who’s a manager. You can even record your sessions so you can replay them later and workshop what you could have said differently during the scenarios. 3. Avoid going into the negotiation with an apology, a wishlist of your needs, or all the reasons why you need a different work arrangement. These approaches instantly put you in a “down position” and weakens your leverage. Instead, go into the conversation with a proposed solution and explain how it’s beneficial to your manager and to your company. 4. Know before going into the negotiation where you are willing to compromise and where your dealbreakers lie. 5. Trust is paramount. Success lies in the strength of your core relationship with your manager. Use it to your advantage. Learn more about Karen Mattison: https://timewise.co.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review #negotiation #remotework #workingfromhome ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Deal with a Job Loss or Demotion 23 May 2025 --- Think a layoff might be coming? CEO Whitney Johnson explains why feeling your emotions is the first step forward. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/3H5Yn1S Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Anthony Fauci on What It Will Take to Beat the Pandemic 3 Jul 2020 --- The U.S. is still dealing with the first wave of Covid-19, he says. This video was recorded live on July 2, 2020. Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, offers his thinking on the current state of the pandemic. "We should not be thinking about a second wave," he warns. "We are still knee-deep in the first wave." He discusses how to balance safety vs. the need to return the economy to some sense of normality, and what a realistic timeline for a vaccine might look like. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Innovation Starts with Noticing This 4 Jun 2025 --- Want to get better at innovating? Start by training your team to notice what everyone else overlooks. Read the full article by Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson: https://s.hbr.org/4jSLSEV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To Be More Creative, Schedule Your Breaks 30 May 2023 --- New research shows that scheduling when you take breaks or switch tasks encourages creativity and helps you find more insightful answers to problems you are solving. Based on the HBR/Ascend article by Jackson G. Lu, Modupe Akinola, and Malia Mason: https://hbr.org/2017/05/to-be-more-creative-schedule-your-breaks This video is co-produced with @Emeritus. You can find more co-productions from HBR and Emeritus on the Emeritus app: https://emrt.us/HarvardBusinessReview Follow HBR: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Explainer #Creativity #Breaks #Tips #Work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Amazon Uses Startup Thinking to Stay Fast and Focused 10 Jul 2025 --- What does it take to run one of the world’s most innovative companies in 2025? Amazon CEO Andy Jassy sat down with Adi Ignatius, HBR Editor at Large and co-host of IdeaCast, to discuss his strategy and why Amazon’s approach to AI is built to stand apart. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/43q4I0O ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Explainer: How to Be a Disruptor 9 Jul 2019 --- Clay Christensen's landmark theory of disruptive innovation has proved to be a powerful way of thinking about innovation-driven growth. “Disruption” describes a process whereby a smaller company with fewer resources is able to successfully challenge established incumbent businesses. Specifically, as incumbents focus on improving their products and services for their most demanding (and usually most profitable) customers, they exceed the needs of some segments and ignore the needs of others. Entrants that prove disruptive begin by successfully targeting those overlooked segments, gaining a foothold by delivering more-suitable functionality — frequently at a lower price. Incumbents, chasing higher profitability in more-demanding segments, tend not to respond vigorously. Entrants then move upmarket, delivering the performance that incumbents’ mainstream customers require, while preserving the advantages that drove their early success. When mainstream customers start adopting the entrants’ offerings in volume, disruption has occurred. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Value of Healthy Conflict at Work 24 Jul 2025 --- Creating space for healthy debate isn’t about avoiding conflict—it’s about fostering psychological safety, candor, and a culture where people can challenge ideas and spark innovation. 🎧 Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/450yJUL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Actually Work...When You’re Working from Home 11 Mar 2020 --- Because boundaries are fuzzy, you could either burn out or not get anything done. More people are foregoing a lengthy commute and working from home. But sometimes, like during the coronavirus outbreak we’re experiencing now, you may actually have to work from home. Whether you are a full-time freelancer or the occasional telecommuter, working outside an office can be a challenge. What are the best ways to set yourself up for success? How do you stay focused and productive? And how do you keep your work life separate from your home life? Based on the following HBR.org articles: “5 Ways to Work from Home More Effectively” by Carolyn O’Hara https://hbr.org/2014/10/5-ways-to-work-from-home-more-effectively “How to Stay Focused When You’re Working from Home” by Elizabeth Grace Saunders https://hbr.org/2017/09/how-to-stay-focused-when-youre-working-from-home --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

7 Key Tensions Every Leader Must Balance 14 Jun 2024 --- In decades past, executives were usually taught to practice command-and-control leadership. Today they’re often advised to be more nimble, more adaptive, and less controlling. The truth is that most executives need to be able to move back and forth between those two leadership styles. IMD leadership professor and social psychologist Jennifer Jordan offers tactics for navigating these tensions. More on this topic from HBR: https://hbr.org/2020/02/every-leader-needs-to-navigate-these-7-tensions https://hbr.org/2022/01/finding-the-right-balance-and-flexibility-in-your-leadership-style 00:00 The 7 traditional vs emerging leadership styles 03:30 Why do I need to balance these styles? 04:35 How do I know which style to use? 05:35 Who in the business world balances styles well? 07:36 What if I’m not good at a certain style? 09:16 Do people still need strong leadership? Produced by Scott LaPierre Video by IMD Animation and design by Alex Belser Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #Leadership #HarvardBusinessSchool #IMD Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We Need to Revamp Econ 101: It May Limit Your Business Thinking 4 Apr 2024 --- Treating economics like a natural science can limit its scope and give corporations permission to look the other way on harms they may be causing. The New Yorker's Nick Romeo reports on the case for bringing the humanities–including ethics and philosophy–back into the curriculum. Romeo is the author of The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy (https://www.amzn.com/1541701593). 00:00 An “acceptable” rate of joblessness? 01:00 Economics is not a natural science 01:39 Distorted business thinking 02:30 But isn’t economics essential? 03:10 The real cost of cheap stuff 04:10 One alternative: true pricing 05:04 An alternative to Econ 101? Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #Work #Business #Economy #Economics #Education #Economics101 #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Do I Recover from a Big Mistake at Work? | S1E4 | New Here 15 Nov 2023 --- How Do I Recover from a Big Mistake at Work? So, you messed up at work. How do you move forward? This week we’re talking about how to handle your first big mistake in a new job. We’ll learn how to own what happened, regain trust, and move forward. For radio journalist Priska Neely, making a mistake in a news report or broadcast can be a very public experience. She leads a team of reporters at NPR’s Gulf States Newsroom, and it’s her job to guide her team through all of their mistakes – big and small. Priska helps host Elainy Mata understand why mistakes happen at work – and offers her perspective as a manager on what your boss might be thinking when it happens. Plus, she takes listener questions about workplace blunders. Have a career question? Let us know at NewHere@HBR.org. Key topics include: managing up, communication, difficult conversations, credibility, careers. More Reading: • So, You Dropped the Ball. How Do You Get Your Credibility Back? (Jeff Tan): https://hbr.org/2022/03/so-you-dropped-the-ball-how-do-you-get-your-credibility-back • You Made a Big Mistake at Work. What Should You Do? (Dina Denham Smith): https://hbr.org/2021/11/you-made-a-big-mistake-at-work-what-should-you-do • The Best Lesson a Manager Ever Taught Me (Sonika Bakshi): https://hbr.org/2021/07/the-best-lesson-a-manager-ever-taught-me You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2023/09/how-do-i-recover-from-a-big-mistake-at-work - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-here/id1705031803?i=1000629383493 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Z64EUt9SGMWIIyBYgjMrm?si=d02c1cd136914e15 Series Description: The young professional’s guide to work — and how to make it work for you. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 2:03 – Interview with Priska Neeley 14:50 – Listener Questions 19:40 – Takeaways/Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/mycompany/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review/ Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #business #careers #workadvice Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Keep Your Team Connected While You’re Apart (Quick Study) 6 Apr 2020 --- It’s about collaborating in small groups, embracing each other’s humanity, and designating a “Yoda.” The Covid-19 crisis is forcing leaders to discover new ways of fostering connectivity among team members. But in virtual meetings, teams need to create psychological safety and space for open communication in order to succeed. Working remotely doesn’t have to feel remote. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Friend Who Recently Joined Corporate America 5 Jun 2024 --- If you know, you know. Inspired by @LeoGonzall #workjargon #corporateamerica #work Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Two-Minute Burnout Checkup 25 Jun 2024 --- Work can be stressful sometimes, but how do we know when that stress is headed towards burnout? Try this two-minute exercise to check in with yourself. — Adapted from “A Two-Minute Burnout Checkup,” by Chris Bailey. #burnout #mentalhealth #workstress Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Create Slides People Will Remember 12 Dec 2012 --- Nancy Duarte, author of the "HBR Guide to Persuasive Presentations," explains how to avoid PowerPoint hell. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do Compliments Make You Cringe? Here's Why. 23 Jul 2024 --- Have you ever wondered why compliments make you uncomfortable? This might be why. — Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/46hDsl6 #research #didyouknow #psychology Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Closing the Opportunity Gap for Black Americans 15 Jan 2021 --- Ken Frazier, CEO of Merck, is one of only four Black CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. He talks about his new initiative to close the opportunity gap for Black Americans, how the business community can contribute to social progress, and Merck’s own journey in the race to develop a vaccine. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Innovation Rarely Starts with a Plan 28 May 2025 --- Innovation isn’t a straight line. It often come from messy, unexpected moments—not master plans. Read the full article by Martin Reeves and Bob Goodson: https://s.hbr.org/3Hfg9zP Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Business Lessons from the Failure Museum 21 Feb 2025 --- What can failures like Harley-Davidson Cologne or Cheetos Lip Balm teach us about success? Sean Jacobsohn, partner at Norwest Venture Partners and founder of the Failure Museum, takes us on a tour of notable products and services that bombed. He shares the six forces of failure and how companies can avoid making the same mistakes. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4iqyYxB Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's OK to Fail, but You Have to Do It Right 27 Jul 2023 --- If you're trying new things and not all of them succeed, that's called experimentation. When you deviate from known practice because of inattention or lack of training, on the other hand, that's probably a mistake. For this episode of our video series “The New World of Work”, HBR editor in chief Adi Ignatius sat down with Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson, an expert in psychological safety, to discuss: + Good and bad types of failure + Dangers of not experimenting enough + The tension between paying close attention to individual employees' needs, and those of the team and organization This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, Adi will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://hbr.org/my-library/preferences?movetile=newworldofwork. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #NewWorldofWork #Failure #PsychologicalSafety #Work #Business #Psychology #Harvard Copyright © 2023 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What’s the Point of LinkedIn, Anyway? | Christine vs. Work 27 Oct 2020 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ It’s the least fun social platform, but the most important for your career. Here’s how to make LinkedIn work for you. While LinkedIn is the central hub of online professional networking, it can also be an overwhelming and confusing place. But your digital persona is more important (and necessary) than ever, so you should probably get good at LinkedIn: How should you think about your profile and activity on LinkedIn, and why is it important to prioritize your time on this platform? Innovation Editor Christine Liu talks to Madeline Mann, a human resources leader and host of “Self Made Millennial” on Youtube, who explains why LinkedIn matters, how to maintain and grow your network, and how best to use this platform for personal and professional growth. Learn more about Madeline Mann: https://www.youtube.com/SelfMadeMillennial/ *This video is not sponsored by LinkedIn. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review #linkedin #career #personalbranding Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Four-day Workweeks and 8 Other Trends That May Shape 2024 and Beyond 15 Feb 2024 --- In 2023, organizations continued to face significant challenges, from inflation to geopolitical turmoil to controversy over DEI and return-to-work policies — and 2024 promises more disruption. Gartner researchers have identified nine key trends, from new and creative employee benefits to the collapse of traditional career paths, that will impact work this year. Employers who successfully navigate these will retain top talent and secure a competitive advantage for themselves. More details on these trends: https://hbr.org/2024/01/9-trends-that-will-shape-work-in-2024-and-beyond 00:00 Are you and your team ready for these game changers? 00:27 Trend 1 - Work costs 00:59 Trend 2 - AI and work 01:28 Trend 3 - Four-day workweeks 01:53 Trend 4 - Conflict resolution 02:15 Trend 5 - GenAI 02:46 Trend 6 - Skills-based hiring 03:11 Trend 7 - Climate change 03:37 Trend 8 - DEI 04:08 Trend 9 - Career paths Produced by Scott LaPierre and Elainy Mata Video by Elie Honein Design by Alex Belser Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #2024 #Trends #YourCareer #Career #AI #Work #Business #Harvard Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: The Leadership Model 27 Jan 2021 --- Apple leaders need deep expertise, immersion in details, and collaborative debate. (Part 2 of 3) This is part 2 of 3 Part 1--The Functional Organization: https://youtu.be/5hENFA3CJUY Part 3--Leadership at Scale: https://youtu.be/hczW4Bqf3Qk Ever since Steve Jobs implemented the functional organization, Apple’s managers at every level, from senior vice president on down, have been expected to possess three key leadership characteristics: deep expertise that allows them to meaningfully engage in all the work being done within their individual functions; immersion in the details of those functions; and a willingness to collaboratively debate other functions during collective decision-making. When managers have these attributes, decisions are made in a coordinated fashion by the people most qualified to make them. Based on the HBR article, “How Apple Is Organized for Innovation" by Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansen: https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovation --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How Apple Is Organized for Innovation: Leadership at Scale 27 Jan 2021 --- As Apple has grown, its functional structure and leadership model have had to evolve. (Part 3 of 3) This is part 3 of 3 Part 1--The Functional Organization: https://youtu.be/5hENFA3CJUY Part 2--The Leadership Model: https://youtu.be/d5enAGG51PQ Deciding how to organize areas of expertise to best enable collaboration and rapid decision-making has been an important responsibility of the CEO. The adjustments Tim Cook has implemented in recent years include dividing the hardware function into hardware engineering and hardware technologies; adding artificial intelligence and machine learning as a functional area; and moving human interface out of software to merge it with industrial design, creating an integrated design function. Based on the HBR article, “How Apple Is Organized for Innovation" by Joel M. Podolny and Morten T. Hansen: https://hbr.org/2020/11/how-apple-is-organized-for-innovation --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

5 Mistakes Managers Make When Giving Negative Feedback 25 Jan 2025 --- Navigating performance conversations is one of the toughest challenges for new managers. It’s natural to feel nervous about giving critical feedback, but avoiding these common mistakes can help ensure the discussion is productive and constructive. Read the full article by Steve Vamos here: https://s.hbr.org/40X2hlv ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To Lead Better, Shift the Beliefs That Hold You Back 4 Nov 2025 --- Real change doesn’t come from reinventing who you are. As executive coach Muriel Wilkins puts it, growth begins when you recognize your beliefs aren’t fixed—and you choose the ones that serve you better. To learn more, explore Muriel’s new book “Leadership Unblocked: Break Through the Beliefs That Limit Your Potential” https://s.hbr.org/4qw8U97 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lean Into Imposter Syndrome, Don't Give In to It 5 Aug 2025 --- Why do ambitious “strivers” so often feel they haven’t truly earned their success? Harvard behavioral social scientist and author of "The Happiness Files" Arthur C. Brooks argues that self-doubt is usually evidence of healthy humility—not incompetence—and a clear contrast to the overconfidence of “dark-triad” personalities. Brooks shows executives how to reframe imposter feelings as diagnostic feedback, then “lean in without giving in” by targeting the specific skills and knowledge gaps those feelings reveal, turning discomfort into a disciplined catalyst for growth. For more insights on leadership, success, and workplace well-being, explore Arthur's new book, "The Happiness Files", a curated selection of essays from his popular column in The Atlantic: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4MFQ6VN More by Arthur Brooks: https://arthurbrooks.com/ Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tech at Work: How to Get the Most Out of Digital Collaboration Tools 31 May 2024 --- Tools for collaborating online — email, instant messengers, videoconferencing apps, and so many others — have become the norm for most of us. But few managers have taken the time to learn the best ways for their teams to actually use them. In our latest episode of “Tech at Work,” we discuss how to best match collaboration tools with work tasks at hand. Listen to the show on the HBR IdeaCast feed wherever you get your podcasts. #tech #remotework #podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How to Receive Feedback Like an Olympic Athlete 28 Aug 2024 --- Listening to critical feedback is hard, especially because a lot of us still equate our self-worth to our performance at work. That's why it can feel like a direct threat to our identities — as opposed to useful information about how we can get better. But ... there's a better way to process this kind of feedback. Here are some tips from performance psychologist Michael Gervais. Read the full article: https://s.hbr.org/4cLgLaq Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HBR Asks: What Are NFTs, and Why Do They Matter? 19 Mar 2021 --- NFTs are all over the news. We decided to take a closer look and figure out just what this bitcoin-adjacent technology is — and whether it's worth the hype. 0:00 -- Intro 0:27 -- What are NFTs? 1:14 -- How are they related to bitcoin and blockchain? 2:29 -- Why are they in the news? 3:32 -- Why are people spending real money on NFTs? 4:25 -- The thing driving this: the idea of scarcity 5:24 -- What’s the future of NFTs, especially for business? 6:20 -- NFTs might (eventually) have practical business applications 6:45 -- Ok, do I really need to pay attention to these? Are booming NFT art and sports-card markets just a passing fad, or the beginning of a major trend? Whether or not these new markets crash, the underlying technology is definitely worth keeping an eye on, says HBR’s senior editor for technology, Thomas Stackpole. Hosted by Ramsey Khabbaz. For more, visit HBR.org. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Explainer: Creating New Products for Emerging Markets 16 Jul 2019 --- Engineer a reverse innovation. When a company investigates a new product opportunity, it is important to define the problem, and the requirements that will dictate a viable solution, independently from the company’s existing lines of similar products or preconceived ideas of what a solution should entail. This is especially true when businesses are considering entering emerging markets or aim to realize opportunities to create high-performance, high-value products and services that appeal to consumers in poor and rich countries alike. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Senior Leaders Should Stop Having So Many One-on-Ones 29 Oct 2025 --- Too many executive 1:1s create silos, bottlenecks, and back-channel decision making. Instead, bring the right leaders together early so alignment happens before action—not after confusion. Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/4qxrr4H ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Explainer: The 5 Forces That Make Companies Successful 9 Jul 2019 --- Michael Porter’s theory has shaped a generation of academic research and business practice. Understanding the competitive forces, and their underlying causes, reveals the roots of an industry’s current profitability while providing a framework for anticipating and influencing competition (and profitability) over time. A healthy industry structure should be as much a competitive concern to strategists as their company’s own position. Understanding industry structure is also essential to effective strategic positioning. Defending against the competitive forces and shaping them in a company’s favor are crucial to strategy. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Does PayPal’s CEO Think About Bitcoin? 2 Dec 2020 --- PayPal CEO Dan Schulman's company is at the leading edge of both stakeholder capitalism and financial innovation. We talk about what PayPal is doing to ensure that its employees are earning a true living wage, and about the company's moves to bring bitcoin into the mainstream. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mastering the Art of Persuasion | HBR IdeaCast | Podcast 21 Dec 2022 --- Jonah Berger, professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, says that most of us aren’t approaching persuasion the right way. Pushing people to behave how you’d like them to or believe the same things you do just doesn’t work, no matter how much data you give or how many emotional appeals you make. Studying both psychology and business, he’s found better tactics for bringing people over to your side. One of the keys? Asking questions so people feel like they’re making the decision to change. Berger is the author of the book The Catalyst: How to Change Anyone’s Mind. (https://www.amazon.com/Catalyst-How-Change-Anyones-Mind/dp/1982108606/) This episode originally aired on HBR IdeaCast on August 11, 2020. Listen to more HBR IdeaCast episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLzAU8TPKsJuaxff5Cp0P2DKE_tFyaWOOa You can also listen to this episode on HBR.org, and wherever you listen to podcasts: - HBR.org (transcript available here): https://hbr.org/podcast/2020/08/mastering-the-art-of-persuasion - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mastering-the-art-of-persuasion/id152022135?i=1000487795860 - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1hEN8tTnAZaTLNZ89pJI1v?si=o7y1Z2P-Qhqq0LgQyrmdZw - Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/hbr-ideacast/episode/mastering-the-art-of-persuasion-76876726 - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cDovL2ZlZWRzLmhhcnZhcmRidXNpbmVzcy5vcmcvaGFydmFyZGJ1c2luZXNzL2lkZWFjYXN0/episode/dGFnOmF1ZGlvLmhici5vcmcsMjAwNi0wNS0wODppZGVhY2FzdC4wNzUz?sa=X&ved=0CAUQkfYCahcKEwj4heqi2f77AhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQEw Series Description: A weekly podcast featuring the leading thinkers in business and management. About Harvard Business Review: Harvard Business Review is the leading destination for smart management thinking. Through its flagship magazine, books, and digital content and tools published on HBR.org, Harvard Business Review aims to provide professionals around the world with rigorous insights and best practices to help lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Learn more at www.hbr.org. Chapters: 00:00 – Intro 1:36 - The Most Common Persuasion Mistake... 5:12 – ...and How to Overcome It 8:17- Possible Scenarios and Persuasion Techniques 18:15 – The Art of Being Subtle 20:02 – How to Negate Your Stubbornness 26:51- Outro Follow Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harv... https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_bus... Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #business #management Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Masterclass: Transformation Starts with Fewer Projects 9 Feb 2026 --- Real transformation isn’t about doing more—it’s about doing less, better. In this HBR Executive Masterclass, Antonio Nieto-Rodriguez explains how leaders create focus and execution. For more insights, subscribe here: https://s.hbr.org/4kbybkB. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices