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How to Run a Meeting of People from Different Cultures

Harvard Business Review

It’s daunting but you needn’t feel overwhelmed, says Erin Meyer, a professor at INSEAD and the author of The Culture Maps. ” Meyer recommends “learning as much as you possibly can about the people and the regions of the world you are collaborating with so that you can adjust your management style in small ways.”

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To Reduce Stress, Embrace Your Inner Type-B

Harvard Business Review

When it comes to talent assessment, it seems we tend to make decisions with blinders on, defaulting to an expected model of high-stress, high-intensity leadership. Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman began identifying and defining Type A and Type B personalities in cardiac studies back in the 1950s. You and Your Team.

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What BMW’s Corporate VC Offers That Regular Investors Can’t

Harvard Business Review

To fill the void and build such a new BMW startup unit, Gimmy partnered with an experienced innovation manager from BMW, Matthias Meyer. Third, corporate VCs and accelerators are costly and complex to operate, turning them into a slow and expensive innovation tool. Could these experiences be replicated and scaled up at BMW?

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Improve Your Ability to Learn

Harvard Business Review

He quickly dismissed several key opportunities to reach out for feedback and guidance from leadership. It became clear that John had succeeded in the past by doing what he knew and operating rather conservatively within his domain. In their groundbreaking 1990 article, researchers Peter Salovey and John D.