Center for Creative Leadership

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Managing a multicultural team can be a rewarding experience, giving leaders the opportunity to work closely with employees from diverse backgrounds and offering the chance for personal and professional growth. It’s easy for misunderstandings to occur on a diverse team, simply due to cultural differences. Applied Research Award.

Team 88

Team Emotional Intelligence Diversity Globalization 88

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2013

This "power of the purse" is growing rapidly; expectations are that it will swell to $18 trillion by 2014. Specifically, we find that companies fail to realize the full innovative potential of women in their midst because leadership either doesn''t know how to elicit their insights or lacks the perspective necessary to endorse their ideas.

Innovation 10

Innovation Banking Proposal Diversity 10

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 4, 2016

At 7 AM on May 13, 2014, a group of Amish community members gathered on a construction site in rural Ohio. The barn-raising approach purposely and actively elevates community, connection, and a diversity of viewpoints above ideas and individuals. Their goal was to erect a massive, multi-structure barn for a neighbor.

Innovation 8

Innovation Early Adopters Brainstorming Participative 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Cofounded by Michael Murphy, a Harvard-trained architect who has devoted himself to improving the social impact of built environments, MASS is changing the way hospitals are designed and constructed. In 2014, Murphy made a presentation on the history of hospital design at Ariadne Labs. Experiment continually.

Health Care 8

Health Care Long-term Mayo Construction 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The remainder work for Orange (née French Telecom), which launched VBN in 2014 to teach its programmers and engineers how to work with and learn from people outside of the company. Projects that would have taken months of calls are finished in weeks, demonstrating the importance of co-location in innovation.

Company 10

Company ROI Metrics Engineering 10

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 1, 2018

output comes from fracking operations that have cut costs dramatically since slumping prices in 2014 forced dozens of companies into bankruptcy. The soaring U.S. These increasingly efficient survivors now represent half of U.S. oil production, up from a mere 10% just seven years ago in 2011.

Offshoring 10

Offshoring Price Transportation Long-term 10

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2018

Because a CEO often effectively controls the director selection process, he will tend to choose directors who are unlikely to oppose him, and who are unlikely to provide the diverse perspectives necessary to maximize firm value. Advances in machine learning have led to innovations ranging from facial recognition software to self-driving cars.

Company 9

Company Kahneman Learning-by-Doing CEO 9