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The Risk of Ignoring the Lesser Risk in Projects
Idea posted: February 2023
Institutions: NYU Stern School of Business Tuck School of Business
Business projects, opportunities, or endeavours typically involve conjunctive risk—that is, the endeavour will succeed only if multiple, uncertain events occur. If just one of these required events fail to occur,…
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The Impact of Mid-life Crisis at Work
Idea posted: February 2023
Institutions: University of Pittsburgh Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business Warwick University Business School
Often treated as a joke or as a facetious explanation for unexpected behaviour, the mid-life crisis is in fact real, according to a detailed report from a global team of…
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Don’t Let Employees Become Too Inhibited to Do the Right Thing
Idea posted: November 2022
Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business Utrecht University
When we find ourselves in social situations that are unfamiliar, unsettling, or confusing, our tendency is not to react immediately, but rather to take a moment and think about what…
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How Mindfulness Reduces Guilt… But Also Apologies
Idea posted: September 2022
Institutions: Foster School of Business University of Washington Yale University ESSEC Business School
A manager overreacts to an employee’s minor mistake and yells at the employee in front of his peers. Afterwards, the manager feels some guilt about the outburst for several reasons:…
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Jumping to Conclusions and Other Bad Thinking Habits Hurt Leadership Effectiveness
Idea posted: August 2022
Institutions: Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®)
Your thoughts and feelings impact how you interpret what is happening around you. You might, for example, receive a vague email from your boss asking for a meeting. For hours,…
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Mindfulness Sparks Collaboration and Teamwork
Idea posted: November 2021
Institutions: George Washington University School of Business Villanova University School of Business University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management Clemson University Wilbur O. and Ann Powers College of Business California State University Monterey Bay College of Business
Collaboration and teamwork are key elements of successful workplaces. Past studies have shown that gratitude—employees being aware and appreciative of the benefits they receive at work—inspires the generous, helpful behaviour…
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Conversations Don’t End When We Want Them To
Idea posted: November 2021
Institutions: Harvard University The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
As human beings, we are spectacular at pulling off all the complicated tasks it takes to have a conversation. The one conversation challenge we have not mastered is coordinating the end…
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Why Personalized Marketing Succeeds or Backfires
Idea posted: September 2021
Institutions: Kellogg School of Management Ohio State University Fisher College of Business Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
A study based on an exhaustive review of the research related to personalized marketing—marketing that is tailored to the interests or personalities of consumers—dissects the psychological and contextual factors that…
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The Cost of Decision Fatigue
Idea posted: September 2021
Institutions: University of Cambridge Judge Business School
Repeatedly making decisions for extended periods of time is mentally taxing and leads to what psychologists call ‘decision fatigue’. As a result, the decision makers will revert to default decisions—decisions…
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