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Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Why Design Thinking Works
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhile we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched... -
A Refresher on Statistical Significance
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleIt’s too often misused and misunderstood. -
Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTraditional approaches to strategy assume that the world is relatively stable and predictable. But globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency... -
A Refresher on A/B Testing
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleSpoiler: Many people are doing it wrong. -
Design Thinking
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerIn the past, design has most often occurred fairly far downstream in the development process and has focused on making new products aesthetically attractive... -
Can Big-Box Retailers Provide Local Health Care?
Experimentation Digital ArticleBest Buy and Walmart are betting they can. -
Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case... -
Act Like a Scientist
Experimentation Magazine ArticleGreat leaders challenge assumptions, run experiments, and follow the evidence. -
Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case... -
When Individuals Are More Innovative Than Teams
Innovation & Entrepreneurship ResearchIt depends on what the goal is. -
Discovery-Driven Digital Transformation
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleThe huge threat posed by digital technologies and models throws many established companies into a panic. In response, they often make big, bet-the-farm... -
What Net Present Value Can’t Tell You
Financial analysis Digital ArticleThe boldest innovations are the hardest to measure. -
The Barriers Big Companies Face When They Try to Act Like Lean Startups
Experimentation ResearchAccording to a survey of executives. -
Turning an Industry Inside Out: A Conversation with Robert Redford
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleNo matter how we rail against the status quo, most of us are reluctant to take action in the workplace. Faced with choosing between our values and jobs,... -
Don’t Be Blinded by Your Own Expertise
Managing yourself Magazine ArticleHere’s how to broaden your outlook. -
How Managers Can Build a Culture of Experimentation
Experimentation Digital ArticleInnovation is often more art than science. -
To Make Money with Digital, Be an Innovator – Not a Strategist
Business models Digital ArticleThere’s no need to get everything right all at once. -
What Your Innovation Process Should Look Like
Innovation Digital ArticleWhether you’re a company or a government agency. -
Increase Your Return on Failure
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleAlthough many companies claim to embrace failure as an integral part of the innovation process, near-zero tolerance for it blocks them from pursuing new...
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Behavioural Insights Team (A), Japanese Version
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The Behavioural Insights Team case introduces students to the concept of choice architecture and the value of experimental methods (sometimes called A/B... -
To Understand Consumer Behavior, Think Like a Marketplace Scientist
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This technical note outlines the process of proper experimentation in the world of business. This reading begins by describing why organizational experimentation... -
Kjell and Company: Motivating Salespeople with Incentive Compensation (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details Kjell & Company was a Swedish retail electronics chain. The company's products consisted of home electronics and accessories. The company was noted for... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Design Thinking (with featured article "Design Thinking" By Tim Brown)
24.95View Details Use design thinking for competitive advantage. If you read nothing else on design thinking, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard... -
Behavioral Experiment (A)
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details This exercise is designed to enrich students' understanding of the "behavioral experiment" - a marketing research method used by organizations to generate... -
Booking.com, Spanish Version
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details The case reveals how Booking.com has become the world's leading travel accommodation platform. The company has put online experimentation at the heart... -
Communicating Requirements With User Stories
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In agile software development, user stories are the preferred way to communicate, discuss and prioritize requirements. For product managers, this is a... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creative Teams Collection (7 Books)
150.00View Details Ignite the creative spark within your team. For your company to stand out in today's competitive environment, you need to be original. You need to have... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity (Paperback + Ebook)
Leadership & Managing People Special Offer34.95View Details Does your organization support creativity--or squash it? If you read nothing else on cultivating creativity at work, read these 10 articles. We've combed... -
Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Pittsburgh's mayor had been among the first to welcome self-driving vehicles, but was now one of many needing to react after a pedestrian fatality involving... -
We the Possibility: Harnessing Public Entrepreneurship to Solve Our Most Urgent Problems
30.00View Details Can we solve big public problems anymore? Yes, we can. This provocative and inspiring book points the way. The huge challenges we face are daunting indeed:... -
Agile: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
22.95View Details More than a buzzword, agile is a powerful business tool for all. To the uninitiated, agile is a software development and project management process involving... -
Digital Product Management under Extreme Uncertainty: The Singapore TraceTogether Story for COVID-19 Contact Tracing (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case depicts Singapore's TraceTogether (TT) story, beginning in early 2020 when COVID-19 was spreading globally with ravaging effects. TT was the... -
HBR Guide to Unlocking Creativity
21.95View Details Anyone can think more creatively and unlock innovation. Creativity is the key to innovation, but too many projects and teams are organized in ways that... -
Digital Intelligence: Harvard ManageMentor
49.95View Details No matter your role, technology continues to transform how you do your work. With access to a dizzying array of new tools, customer insights, and data,... -
Agile Methodologies and Organizational Agility
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Organizations are experiencing a profound shift in the way they need to deliver value to customers. The contexts and conditions under which value offerings... -
Philipp Justus at eBay Germany (C)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details This case traces the development of eBay Germany, eBay Inc., and the career of eBay Germany's first country manager, Philipp Justus. The case covers from... -
HBR's 10 Must Reads on Creativity (with bonus article "How Pixar Fosters Collective Creativity" By Ed Catmull)
24.95View Details Does your organization support creativity--or squash it? If you read nothing else on cultivating creativity at work, read these 10 articles. We've combed... -
Eat, Sleep, Innovate: How to Make Creativity an Everyday Habit Inside Your Organization
28.00View Details From the author of "The Little Black Book of Innovation," a new guide for using the power of habit to build a culture of innovation. Leaders have experimented...
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Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleIn the past few years, a new methodology for launching companies, called "the lean start-up," has begun to replace the old regimen. Traditionally, a venture's... -
Why Design Thinking Works
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleWhile we know a lot about practices that stimulate new ideas, innovation teams often struggle to apply them. Why? Because people's biases and entrenched... -
A Refresher on Statistical Significance
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleIt’s too often misused and misunderstood. -
Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleTraditional approaches to strategy assume that the world is relatively stable and predictable. But globalization, new technologies, and greater transparency... -
A Refresher on A/B Testing
Analytics and data science Digital ArticleSpoiler: Many people are doing it wrong. -
Design Thinking
Strategy & Execution HBR BestsellerIn the past, design has most often occurred fairly far downstream in the development process and has focused on making new products aesthetically attractive... -
Can Big-Box Retailers Provide Local Health Care?
Experimentation Digital ArticleBest Buy and Walmart are betting they can. -
Would Vegan Offerings Dilute Our Brand? (HBR Case Study)
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleThe founders of Protein Power Plates--a company with the slogan "Let's meat!"--contemplate adding plant-based burgers to their menu. This fictional case... -
Six Lessons to Unleash Your Inner Catalyst
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe plug. It shows up every year at forecasting time, when your boss hands you next year's revenue target: chances are it has been plugged, extrapolated... -
Act Like a Scientist
Experimentation Magazine ArticleGreat leaders challenge assumptions, run experiments, and follow the evidence.