Don’t Be Blinded by Your Own Expertise
“When we begin to identify as experts, our outlook can narrow, both in daily work and in times of crisis,” writes Sydney Finkelstein.
Apr 16, 2019“When we begin to identify as experts, our outlook can narrow, both in daily work and in times of crisis,” writes Sydney Finkelstein.
Apr 16, 2019Sydney Finkelstein joins HBR’s IdeaCast to discuss how managers can avoid the “expertise trap,” which he first explored in an article for the magazine’s May/June 2019 issue.
Apr 16, 2019Features Trent Meyerhoefer T’96, who will become the new CFO of Ranpak, once the company’s sale to One Madison is completed later this year.
Apr 15, 2019Feature story about Everly, a digital-native wedding planning company founded by Juliet Horton T'14.
Apr 12, 2019Cites data compiled by Kenneth French which found that shares of the most expensive and least profitable U.S. companies, weighted by their market value, outpaced the cheapest and most profitable companies in the last 10 years.
Apr 12, 2019“Creativity is about coming up with the big idea,” Vijay Govindarajan says. “Innovation is about executing the idea—converting the idea into a successful business.”
Apr 12, 2019An interview with Alison Elworthy T’11, SVP of customer success at HubSpot, about being a working parent.
Apr 10, 2019A feature story about research from Lauren Grewal exploring why consumers are less likely to choose unattractive produce.
Apr 10, 2019A feature story about Michael Sherman T’92, who was recently named the CEO of Chimerix, a biopharmaceutical company.
Apr 09, 2019Features Lee Taylor T’12, CEO of REsurety, a risk management and information services company founded by Taylor as the outgrowth of his First-Year Project.
Apr 08, 2019Mentions Diverse Business Programs from Tuck Executive Education in an article about automakers' efforts to help suppliers owned by minorities and women overcome obstacles.
Apr 08, 2019Highlights research by Sydney Finkelstein, which finds that the best managers become successful by creating industry-wide networks of people who have worked for them.
Apr 08, 2019A feature story about Roger Lynch T’95, who was recently named the CEO of Condé Nast.
Apr 05, 2019Highlights Tuck in an article listing universities offering health care management degrees, or concentrations in health care.
Apr 05, 2019“The mistake is to think it is a predictor of recessions,” Tuck’s Peter Fisher says of the yield curve. “I think it causes recessions.”
Apr 04, 2019Highlights Roger Lynch T’95, who was named the first global CEO of Condé Nast, publisher of numerous magazines and websites including Vogue, Vanity Fair, and the New Yorker.
Apr 04, 2019Roger McNamee T'82 writes that, 50 years from now, technology giants will be considered to have been on the wrong side of history.
Apr 03, 2019Kevin Lane Keller and coauthor Ann Lewnes share new modern practices for marketers in the digital era.
Apr 03, 2019