The Horizons Tracker

APRIL 1, 2020

The group covered a cross section of skill levels and consisted equally of male and female participants. Despite this, there was also an apparent sense of helplessness, with many regarding insecure work as simply part and parcel of the new economic order, and something they would have to deal with for the remainder of their working life.

Parcell 87

Parcell Participative Crisis Report 87

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

From the euphoria of a Friday ending the workweek to the inevitable Monday blues after a weekend are part and parcel of work life. Everyone has to participate. A workweek has its highs and lows. Monday blues have become so much a part of our lexicon that people have stopped noticing the actual effect it has on the work environment.

Parcell 87

Parcell Incentives Diversity Environment 87

HR Digest

DECEMBER 23, 2021

A slight twist on the classical passing-the-parcel game, in this game a big box is wrapped multiple times. Virtual Christmas party themes just need to follow one rule – Everyone joining in must be able to participate and have fun. This can be played individually or split people into groups and play this like a relay.

Parcell 52

Parcell Follow-up Storytelling Brainstorming 52

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2014

In a hypothetical scenario, research participants were willing to pay 6% more for a parcel of land if the male seller engaged in friendly small-talk before negotiating the deal, demonstrating that men benefit from striking up casual conversation before negotiations, says a team led by Brooke Shaughnessy of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Germany. (..)

Parcell 8

Parcell Participative Team 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 21, 2014

Addressing the agriculture value chain—soil testing, facilitation of inputs and credit, market linkage, and field advisory services—is part and parcel of agriculture development initiatives. Over 1,400 toilets have been built with people participation under sanitation initiatives.

Innovation 9

Innovation Microfinance Parcell Technology 9

Harvard Business Review

JULY 22, 2015

In addition to receiving traditional training, each participant designs and carries out a 100-day project that targets an important business challenge, such as increasing the firm’s footprint in the health care segment or developing new software to enhance mobile phones (these are real examples). Both teams exceeded their targets.

Project 8

Project Parcell How To Short-term 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

And in a connected world, build­ing stronger external networks to tap into the best sources of insight into environmental trends is also part and parcel of the leadership role. Data compiled from the network surveys I give my participants shows that we are still not using networks to our best advantage.

How To 8

How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8