Why Business Jargon Isn’t All Bad

Anne Curzan, English professor at the University of Michigan, studies the evolution of language. While many of us roll our eyes at bizspeak — from synergy to value-add to operationalize — Curzan defends business jargon. She says the words we say around the office speak volumes ab … | Continue reading


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How to Ask Your Boss for an Unpaid Leave to Travel, Study, or Spend Time with Family

Explain how you’ll minimize the impact on coworkers and clients. | Continue reading


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Survey: What Diversity and Inclusion Policies Do Employees Actually Want?

If organizations want to make progress, they need to invest in the right areas. | Continue reading


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The 3 Elements of Trust

And which one is most important for leaders. | Continue reading


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The Neuroscience of Trust (2017)

Management behaviors that foster employee engagement | Continue reading


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Why Customer Feedback Tools Are Vital for Nonprofits

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Steve Blank: Here’s Why McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model No Longer Applies

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Why It’s So Hard to Predict the Size of New Markets

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Why It’s So Hard to Predict the Size of New Markets

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Research: When Environmental Regulations Are Tighter at Home, Companies Emit More Abroad

Not everyone wants the added stress and responsibility. | Continue reading


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How to Tell Your Boss You Don’t Want a Promotion

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Research Explores How “Fresh Starts” Affect Our Motivation at Work

They help low performers but hurt high performers. | Continue reading


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What Great Listeners Actually Do(2016)

It’s about more than keeping quiet. | Continue reading


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The Most Overused Negotiating Tactic Is Threatening to Walk Away (2017)

Focus on what you’ll both gain from making a deal. | Continue reading


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Improving Cybersecurity Means Taking More Care with What We Digitize

In some cases, it’ll be necessary to preserve analog solutions. | Continue reading


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Theresa May, Woodrow Wilson, and the Perils of Negotiating Abroad Without Support at Home

One is a pragmatist, the other was an idealist — but their mistakes are similar. | Continue reading


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McKinsey’s Three Horizons Model Defined Innovation for Years. Here’s Why It No Longer Applies.

It assumes that breakthrough innovations will take years to develop. | Continue reading


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Your Company Needs a Better Retention Plan for Working Parents

If your policies don’t accommodate their needs, they’ll go elsewhere. | Continue reading


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How Pharmacists Can Help Ensure That Patients Take Their Medicines

It shouldn’t be just on the patient. | Continue reading


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The Cost of Self-Driving Cars Will Be the Biggest Barrier to Their Adoption

The technology is coming, but it’s going to be expensive. | Continue reading


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The Backlash to Larry Fink’s Letter Shows How Far Business Has to Go on Social Responsibility

What his critics are missing. | Continue reading


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How to Unlock Your Team’s Creativity

Encourage a growth mindset. | Continue reading


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Accounting for time

Fresh research puts dollar values on how you spend your hours. | Continue reading


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Taxing the Rich, and the “Woke” Advertising Trend

Youngme, Felix, and Mihir debate two of the dramatic and controversial tax ideas being proposed by Democrats (a 70% marginal income tax rate and a 2% wealth tax), before discussing the trend among brands like Gillette, Nike, and Pepsi to launch “woke” advertising campaigns. They … | Continue reading


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What Will Software Look Like Once Anyone Can Create It?

A former YouTube executive on building apps without knowing how to code. | Continue reading


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The Art of Evidence-Based Medicine

A one-size-fits-all approach isn’t good for patients. | Continue reading


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The Two Ways for Startups and Corporations to Partner

And when each one makes sense. | Continue reading


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If You’re About to Take a New Job, Should You Consider Your Boss’s Counteroffer?

It’s usually — but not always — a bad idea. | Continue reading


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The Power of Talk: Who Gets Heard and Why (1995)

We all know what confidence, competence, and authority sound like. Or do we? | Continue reading


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It’s Time to Stop Treating R&D as a Discretionary Expenditure

For digital companies, it’s an essential part of operations. | Continue reading


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Not Enough Companies Are Ready for Brexit, No Matter What Happens Next

The uncertainty is affecting every industry. | Continue reading


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Use Your Money to Buy Happier Time

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How Trade Secrets Hurt Innovation

They restrict employee mobility. | Continue reading


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To Improve Your Team, First Work on Yourself

Are you part of the problem? | Continue reading


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How to Decide Whether to Fire Someone

It’s one of the hardest decisions a manager will ever have to make. | Continue reading


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Research: People Use Less Energy When They Think Their Neighbors Care About the Environment

How social norms can help people become more sustainable. | Continue reading


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What PwC Learned from Its Policy of Flexible Work for Everyone

Working parents aren’t the only ones who need flex time. | Continue reading


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Which Countries Are Leading the Data Economy?

The U.S., the UK, China, and Switzerland are at the top. | Continue reading


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Is Your Company’s Strategy Aligned with Your Ownership Model?

When the two work in concert, they can create a powerful advantage. | Continue reading


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Pricing Needs to Reflect Who People Want to Be, Not Just What They Want

How magazines price themselves, and how identity figures in. | Continue reading


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How to Make Friends in a New City

Ask your network for connections. | Continue reading


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Pursuit of money isn’t bringing you joy – and what will

Why the pursuit of money isn’t bringing you joy — and what will | Continue reading


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One Way to Finance Tech Startups Outside of Superstar Cities

Local innovation bonds could help fund ventures in new areas. | Continue reading


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Getting Sidelined

Dear HBR: answers your questions with the help of Fast Company cofounder Bill Taylor. | Continue reading


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Which Countries Are Leading the Data Economy?

The U.S., the UK, China, and Switzerland are at the top. | Continue reading


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Businesses Are Preparing for Brexit – And Bracing for the Worst

A year and a half after the original vote, the outcome is still uncertain. | Continue reading


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What a “Health System” Is and Isn’t

And why the distinction matters. | Continue reading


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One Way to Finance Tech Startups Outside of Superstar Cities

Local innovation bonds could help fund ventures in new areas. | Continue reading


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