Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2017

There are three things that all working parents have in common: (1) a lack of time; (2) a feeling that we should be spending more time — at work, with our kids, at the gym, or engaged in any number of important activities that get squeezed when we have too much to do; and (3) an uneasy, guilty, powerless, nagging feeling about all of it.

Career 8

Career Long-term McCarthy Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

You might email on your laptop in front of the TV and simultaneously use your tablet to look up a takeout menu, or listen to music. With the appearance of each new device, the experts have weighed in on what it will mean for the future of advertising. So, there are always skeptics. Think about your own life. Don't believe me?

Advertising 15

Advertising Discount Video Letter 15

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 20, 2020

Grocery stores installing shields for checkout staff, for example, or restaurants pivoting to takeout services. The coronavirus pandemic has had a profound impact on the lives of most of us. There is scarcely an activity that has not been affected in some way, and our professional life has been no exception.

Innovation 97

Innovation Govindarajan Short-term Banking 97

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 8, 2011

We decided to get some takeout at a place on the corner of 88th and Broadway. It was lunchtime and the seven of us — two kids and five adults — would be in the car for the next three hours as we drove from New York City to upstate Connecticut for the weekend. I pulled along the curb and ran in to get everyone's orders. Come quick!

Politics 18

Politics Discount Resistance Course 18

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2017

Paying for a cup of coffee on an iPad is mainstream in big cities, but the majority of small businesses — the backbone of our local economies — have not yet fully come online. While the business case for embracing technology is widely documented, retailers have historically shied away, given the high cost and operational complexity.

Loyalty 8

Loyalty Retail Real Estate Discount 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2013

You might email on your laptop in front of the TV and simultaneously use your tablet to look up a takeout menu, or listen to music. With the appearance of each new device, the experts have weighed in on what it will mean for the future of advertising. So, there are always skeptics. Think about your own life. Don't believe me?

Advertising 8

Advertising Discount Video Letter 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2013

However, a survey just conducted by Accenture Interactive (see The CMO-CIO Disconnect ) points to a downright unhealthy relationship in many C-Suites which can do nothing but damage to firms. Thus, even though both marketing and IT professionals say they want to be more collaborative, meaningful collaboration is unlikely to occur.

CIO 8

CIO Chief Information Officer Marketing Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2018

Peter Lourenco/Getty Images. Sitting on a bench in the dog park, Elena Pelc glanced at her phone. She’d hoped to escape from work for the morning, but as the founder and CEO of 2 Proud Pups, a maker of all-natural dog care products, she didn’t have much free time. She decided to ignore e-mail for a few more minutes. Elena smiled.

Case Study 8

Case Study CEO Productivity Products 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Laura Cronenberg, the CEO of Tots & Teens, sipped her black tea in the lounge of Shahjalal International Airport and took some time to collect herself before her flight departed. The past few days had been a whirlwind, and she was still trying to make sense of how her work life had transitioned so abruptly from celebration to crisis.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Case Study Merchandising Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 31, 2015

It dents your self-esteem; it’s tough on your bank account; and if you’re not smart about your next steps, it can derail your career. Aside from getting back on the horse and looking for a new job, what else should you do to get back on track? How do you maintain your self-confidence? Who should you talk to about the situation?

How To 8

How To Budgeting Self-aware NGO 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2013

Just as women need support from their organizations and their families to surmount the hurdles of fear and tradition, men need help in getting past the roadblocks that keep them from engaging more fully as caregivers and homemakers. And, of course, for women to advance in the world of work, men must advance in the world of home. What''s the problem?

Delegation 9

Delegation Commitment Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 9

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Or you’ve been feeling guilty about not replying to an email, even though replying would only take 10 minutes. Or maybe the last time you needed stamps, you went to the post office to buy a single stamp because you couldn’t find the 100-pack you purchased a few months ago. You know it’s around… somewhere.

Outsourcing 14

Outsourcing Stress Energy Follow-up 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Attitudes to size are also very much influenced by comparisons — in buying takeout coffee, for example, people tend to prefer the size in the middle. For example, I’ve found in my research with colleagues that when you make something bigger, people routinely underestimate how much bigger it is. Insight Center.

Productivity 8

Productivity Products Comparison Objective 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2014

Restaurants need reservations from OpenTable and takeout orders from GrubHub. Restaurants need reservations from OpenTable and takeout orders from GrubHub. The publishing group Hachette has been in a public fight with Amazon for the last month ; Amazon wants Hachette to cut its prices on books and e-books.

Airlines 9

Airlines Hotels Constraint Incentives 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 1, 2014

during the aftermath of the ferry sinking that killed 304 passengers. during the aftermath of the ferry sinking that killed 304 passengers. The ship, which was part of his family’s sprawling businesses, had been top-heavy because scores of cabins and an art gallery laden with marble were added to the upper decks. And what does it all mean?

Real Estate 8

Real Estate Ethics Hotels Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2017

Food takeout vouchers. Unlimited leave. Executive coaches for new mothers. “Flying nannies” who join their executive employers on business trips. In their efforts to do the right thing and woo talent, organizations of all kinds are reaching for headline-grabbing solutions. They’re low-intervention and low-drama.

Organization 8

Organization Attrition Performance Review Human Resources 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

But for the founders of the takeout-ordering app Eat24 , doing things differently is what allowed them to build up their company into an attractive acquisition target – they recently completed a $134 million deal with Yelp. It’s not easy to find companies that genuinely do things differently. Here’s how.

Marketing 8

Marketing Franchising Competitive Intelligence Advertising 8

Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 6, 2015

Yesterday, Jane (who can run circles around Martha Stewart) ignored our exhausted surrender of “Let’s just get takeout for Easter,” and single-handedly cooked up a storm to make the day feel special. The Power of a Shared Vision. I know you’ve had your unfair share of sad times too. No family can escape them.

Energy 180

Energy Video Power Goal 180

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

As vice president of advanced technologies at AT&T, Gilbert wants to make AI technologies widely available throughout the corporation, especially to those who might not have a computer science background and may not even know how to program. Call it the “democratization of AI.” This democratization of AI will happen in two ways.

Gilbert 8

Gilbert Insurance Tools Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

In 1987, a Portuguese audio engineer named Fernando Duarte took a friend, South African entrepreneur Robbie Brozin, to a small takeout restaurant in a suburb of Johannesburg. We believe that a company’s best hope to sustain profitable growth is to stay true to the characteristics that great founding management teams naturally possess.

Company 8

Company Hotels Supply Chain Long-term 8