Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Companies are now taking advantage of this new marketing reality, becoming more skilled at getting their customers to advocate for them, create peer influence in their markets, and make important contributions in areas like product development and services. Top Amazon reviewers are often more powerful than traditional media reviewers.

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Social Capital Review Software Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2014

To me this means that he has, in essence, made the calculation that the use of social networks will replace the “badges” that my generation valued to determine reputation. He has opted for the social network over the fraternity as the basis for future advancement, and I hardly think he will be the last to do so.

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Social Capital Credit Rating Reputation Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Last June, I raised a few eyebrows when I told attendees at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio (aka Rio+20 ) that "accountants would save the world." We were building social capital, but we didn't have a way to tell our shareholders — or be held accountable to keep doing it. But I meant it.

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Social Capital Report Finance Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

You can symbolically and substantively reward people who credit each other, for example by saying something as simple as "Thanks for sharing the spotlight on that project, Jan" or by including credit-sharing as a metric of good work behavior in formal reviews. But this diminishes your team's social capital.

Social Capital 13

Social Capital Metrics Long-term Team 13

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 22, 2011

This post is part of a three-week series exploring the re-invention of the social infrastructure of cities, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. We created a network and trained the community to take advantage of all these assets, turning them into social capital.

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Social Capital Education Human Capital Learning-by-Doing 13

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 10, 2015

The free-flowing exchange, in which employees, partners, and collaborators gain social capital through their creative input, has helped propel growth. Harvard Business Review. 3D Robotics currently makes more consumer and commercial drones than any other company in America. Further Reading. Innovation Book. Add to Cart.

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Creativity Storytelling Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 15, 2018

In other words, you may not have a bad boss — you just might not have developed enough or demonstrated the skill necessary for the boss to advocate for your advancement yet. Perhaps your boss is trying to advocate for you but lacks the social capital and credibility to successfully advocate for anyone.

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Mentor Short-term PR Social Capital 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2018

Cross-gender reciprocal mentorships are essentially partnerships in which men and women play complementary roles leading to career and personal development for both parties, and ultimately, greater gender equality in the workplace. We call it reciprocal mentoring.

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Mentor Self-aware Emotional Intelligence Learning-by-Doing 11

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 7, 2018

Through professional speaking, business development on behalf of The Community Company, and mentoring aspiring young entrepreneurs through groups like Junior Achievement, I interact with tens of thousands of individuals every year, but there are only a handful of people and activities I make time for religiously.

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How To Entrepreneur Social Capital Mentor 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

I once hired a McKinsey consultant into a country manager role in a developing region. Today's headlines might tell us we're suffering through a jobs crisis, at least in the developed world. You will fit more easily into the culture, retain part of your social capital, and have larger chances to recover if you fail.

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Positioning Social Capital McKinsey Globalization 11

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2013

As summarized in a detailed review of over 100 scientific studies, creative people tend to be better at identifying (rather than solving) problems, they are passionate and sensitive, and, above all, they tend to have a hungry mind: they are open to new experiences, nonconformist, and curious. Creativity Entrepreneurship Innovation'

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Innovation Succession Creativity Competitive Advantage 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 31, 2016

Develop strong external networks. An extensive network and other types of social capital can help mitigate the effects of organizational stigma. Companies that have hired many alumni of a stigmatized firm may even have developed a positive stereotype of such workers as an undervalued source of talent.

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Company Due Diligence Mission Statement How To 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Very few countries see declines in their overall score but Italy is one of them, with a drop in its performance on the Governance and Social Capital sub-indices. One of the key determinants of citizen wellbeing is the degree to which he/she is involved in a social/community group. We are trying to keep ahead of the curve.

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GDP Social Capital Globalization Entrepreneur 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Developing psychological standing requires a commitment to learning and advocating for gender equity. Share your social capital (influence, information, knowledge, and organizational resources) with women’s groups but ask them — don’t assume — how you can best support their efforts.

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Conference Self-aware Diversity Participative 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 20, 2017

In most developed nations, we find that being self-employed is associated both with higher overall life evaluation and with more negative, daily emotions such as stress and worry. It will most likely come as no surprise to anyone who owns a business that being self-employed can be both rewarding and stressful!

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Report Transportation Stress Quality 14

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Develop your rationale. Reach out to a colleague who is on the list to find out more about the agenda and objective of the meeting to determine whether it’s appropriate for you to add your voice to the discussion.

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How To Social Capital Maturity Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

This architecture reflects three key ingredients of today’s social marketplaces: Empowerment. We see this in marketing with product development and advertising, mostly. Integrate the idea of social capital in the monetization approach. Companies are embracing the idea of delegating activities to their customers.

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Price Content Reputation Advertising 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 13, 2017

There are core competencies that every PM must have – many of which can start in the classroom – but most are developed with experience and good role models and mentoring. If the best PMs have well developed core competencies and a high EQ, does that mean that they are then destined for success no matter where they work?

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Productivity Products Core Competence Management 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

When we look at long, productive lives, it is clear that when it comes to intangible assets, the development of relationships and networks is crucial at any stage. What the Old Can Learn from the Young. How to build diverse networks.

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Intangible Assets Self-aware Reputation Mentor 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In one case, two operational leaders at Kelly Services, a workforce solutions firm, created a Business Resource Group to promote leadership development and increase employee engagement. Create Energizing Events. Organize and run events with an explicit focus creating energy, not just delivering content, products, or services.

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Energy Health Care Leadership Pipeline Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And that required developing a collaboration focused upon their patients’ socioeconomic issues — the core competency of HealthLeads. What makes these five examples so painful for me is that none of them required much in the way of capital investment. Consolidating care with the London Stroke Initiative.

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Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

And that required developing a collaboration focused upon their patients’ socioeconomic issues — the core competency of HealthLeads. What makes these five examples so painful for me is that none of them required much in the way of capital investment. Consolidating care with the London Stroke Initiative.

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Health Care Examples Mayo Management 11

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

Some experts use the Social Business term as the evolution of Social Media as the same tools used for marketing efficiencies can be applied to product development, customer care, or supply chain work. Sometimes people use the term Social Capitalism to get to this same idea. social media and social business.

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Media Supply Chain Tools Porter 9

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 12, 2013

They''re always interested to build their "social capital." Or try a "Late Show" (9 pm) by a local Rock Star developer showing how he''s created amazing Apple-worthy Apps. And don''t worry about the cost of finding and engaging such folks. Then many more local entrepreneurs and business people would likely show up.

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Retail Video Audience Social Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

I am also experiencing an entirely new phase of adult development. I am recently remarried and developing ideas for new businesses. Lifelong learning will become an essential part of adult development. Like my son, I’m exploring the world and have moved to a new country.

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Career Leadership Pipeline Social Capital Open-book 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

That's why the MIX is eager to announce the third leg of the Harvard Business Review/McKinsey M-Prize for Innovation — the Long-Term Capitalism Challenge. With this challenge, we hope to accelerate the shift toward a more principled, patient, and socially accountable capitalism — one that's truly fit for the long term.

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Short-term Long-term Ethics Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Does unemployment threaten young adults’ developing confidence? We drew on a unique data archive, the Youth Development Study (YDS), which has monitored the employment status (employed, unemployed, out of the labor force) of a cohort of more than 1,000 youth in St. Paul, Minnesota as they moved from adolescence to adulthood.

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Long-term Short-term Social Capital Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 24, 2014

On occasion, these senior executives may designate lieutenants to sit on the brand council as their representatives, but they ensure the designees have the social capital, as well as the authority, to participate fully. The brand council is charged with using the brand as the lens for strategic business decision-making.

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Brand Strategy Advertising Brand Management 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2012

It's becoming ever clearer that entrepreneurship is the answer to the vexing economic questions facing Africa today: job creation, capital formation, skills acquisition, taxation-based self-sufficiency, quality of governance-demand, and of course social inclusion. But how has it actually evolved in Africa?

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Entrepreneur Banking Supply Chain Globalization 16

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 26, 2017

Political economist Francis Fukuyama predicted a future when social capital would be as important as physical capital, and that only those societies with a high degree of social trust would be able to create large-scale organizations capable of competing in the new economy.

Supply Chain 8

Supply Chain Content Power Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

has a more developed system of equity finance than the countries of Europe, including angel investors willing to finance startups and a very active venture capital market that helps finance the growth of those firms. A financial system that supports entrepreneurship. Will America maintain these advantages?

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Decentralization GDP Finance Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

There was no UK strategy to enable Scotland to develop alternative engines of growth, as other small advanced economies were able to do. Scotland has the intrinsic qualities of successful small advanced economies: an educated population, social capital, and competitive firms. But neither is this the full story.

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Consensus Globalization Politics Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

executives feel that they do not generally seem to have the kind of social capital that would cushion against a big sociopolitical backlash. A 2013 Pew Research survey found that business executives ranked ninth out of 10 professions in terms of social contribution, only placing ahead of lawyers. Perhaps U.S.

Globalization 8

Globalization Education Policies Survey 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

From a negotiation perspective, I’d advise Democrats to leverage many of these developments to energize their base with an eye to the 2018 midterm elections. Democrats and Republicans must start accumulating today the political and social capital they will surely need if they are to face a future crisis together.

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Health Care How To Politics Policies 8