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Spinning uncertainty into success
Tom Ehrenfeld, Strategy+BusinessA new self-help book gleans lessons from entrepreneurs who saw potential where others saw
executive education
adaptive leadership
Can Design Thinking Succeed in Your Organization?
David Dunne, Theresa Eriksson, and Jan Kietzmann, MIT SloanMany leaders become discouraged when design thinking doesn’t get the results they expect. They can improve the odds of success by assessing the readiness of their organizations and preparing their teams for a different problem-solving process.
executive education
adaptive leadership
5 Ways Managers Can Support Neurosignature Diversity at Work
Friederike Fabritius, Harvard Business ReviewNeurosignatures are the unique properties that make up how our brains are wired. Each of us has four brain systems: the dopamine system, the serotonin system, the estrogen system, and the testosterone system. The amount of activity that takes place within each system varies from person-to-person.
adaptive leadership
executive education
Boost Employee Confidence and Inclusion by Creating Voice Space
Bejoy Philip and Dana KaminsteinNew research finds that building employee confidence is key to inclusion and provides insights on how to enhance inclusion at an actionable level in the workplace.
leadership communications
executive education
Don’t let hierarchy stifle innovation
Timothy R. Clark, Harvard Business ReviewMuch of the know-how required for innovation comes from the bottom of the organization. Yet many non-management employees consider innovation outside the scope of their jobs. Even when they want to participate, they don't because the organization’s tacit norms discourage it....
executive education
The cognitive shortcut that clouds decision-making
Jonas De keersmaecker, Katharina Schmid, Nadia Brashier, and Christian Unkelbach, MIT SloanMerely repeating false claims increases their believability, leaving business leaders vulnerable to basing decisions on misinformation. MIT Sloan proposes four strategies to prevent this...
executive education
How leaders can escape their echo chambers
Diana Smith, Harvard Business ReviewWhile leaders are broadly aware of the importance of creating a psychologically safe culture to encourage candor, they are less cognizant of how subtle leadership behaviors can get in the way of people speaking up. In this article, the author shares behaviors that leaders might not realize shut down dissenting...
executive education
What is your crisis quotient?
Adam BryantA new metric can help identify potential leaders who have what it takes to thrive in times of disruption...
crisis management
executive education
adaptive leadership
How to write concisely
Harvard Business Review, Jane RosenzweigIt’s not the end of the world if you use an unnecessary word now and then, write the occasional overlapping sentence, or tell us what you’re doing in a sentence before you do it. But the extra words add up. In this article, the author offers advice for how to make your writing shorter and...
executive education
A time-tested strategy for leaders facing a “perfect storm”
Brad Borkan, Strategy+BusinessThe great polar explorers all had seconds-in-command to help manage their teams. The role is still needed in organizations today.
executive education
crisis management