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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss

Harvard Business Review

Innovators think and do things differently in order to achieve extraordinary success. Our research indicates that whether they are CEOs, senior executives, sports team owners, or film directors, game changers who stand head and shoulders above the rest share a common set of qualities that we call the innovation mindset.

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Innovation in Cities. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts. Insight Center.

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Universities Are Missing Out on an Explosive Growth Sector: Their Own

Harvard Business Review

Education is on the brink of rapid change that will create a lot of value for innovators. One representative example: April’s Education Innovation Summit , where more than 2,000 people energetically discussed how technology and markets are charting the future of education globally. But still sitting on the sidelines?

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Employees Perform Better When They Can Control Their Space

Harvard Business Review

An emerging suite of literature and research—including our 2013 Workplace Survey — clearly points to the power of choice and autonomy to drive not only employee happiness, but also motivation and performance. We wanted to take a deeper look at some of the more abstract aspects of workplace design that can impact employee performance.

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What Amazing Bosses Do Differently

Harvard Business Review

If you supervise others, make sure you do the following: Manage individuals, not teams. Articulate a clear purpose that fires your team up, set expectations high, and convey to the group that you think they’re capable of virtually anything. A 2013 Society for Human Resource Management survey of managers in the U.S.

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How Microsoft Used an Office Move to Boost Collaboration

Harvard Business Review

” Their new building “is really designed to spark not just collaboration but that innovation you see when people collide.” These findings validated a common belief that awareness of team members degrades with physical distance. ” Workplace layout also influenced team productivity and collaboration. .

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Like Silicon Valley, Singapore has strong research institutions and limited enforcement of noncompete clauses, a condition that academics now suggest can be a major driver of innovation. Like Israel, Singapore is small, with limited natural resources, which means economic growth requires innovative macroeconomic approaches.