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The Pursuit of Happiness

Chris Brady

One theory posits that happiness is like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Predictably, however, these experts can't come to an agreement on just what comprises happiness and what produces it over the long term. There are many interesting theories.

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A More Effective Board of Directors

Harvard Business Review

The continuum essentially represents a corporate hierarchy of needs, akin to the famous personal-development hierarchy created by psychologist Abraham Maslow. Another high-performing board immersed itself into a global financial services firm's complex financing activities, as it successfully navigated a financial crisis.

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People Are the Puck

Harvard Business Review

MBA finance majors learn early that trying to anticipate equity and commodity markets with such data is like trying to drive a car while only looking in the rear view mirror. My firm has modified Maslow's hierarchy of needs to analyze and categorize these varying levels of basic, enriching, and fulfilling consumer needs.