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Collaboration by Difference

May 15, 2012seka2347External Videosbusiness, cathy, collaboration, communication, davidson, harvard, hbr, leading, productivity, publishing, review, school, teams, teamwork

Cathy Davidson, Duke University professor and HASTAC cofounder, shares new ways to collaborate, share, and learn, which make teams more productive. Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

Measure Your Team’s Success

Apr 10, 2012seka2347External Videosalex, business, communication, harvard, hbr, mit, pentland, productivity, review, sandy, school, sensor, technology

Alex "Sandy" Pentland, director of MIT’s Human Dynamics Laboratory, discusses the sociometric badge, a wearable electronic sensor that uses patterns of communication to measure a team’s productivity. Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

Disruptive Innovation Explained

Mar 30, 2012seka2347External Videosbusiness, christensen, clay, disruptive, harvard, hbr, innovation, productivity, review, school, thinkers50

Clay Christensen, Harvard Business School professor and the world’s most influential management guru according to the Thinkers50, lays out his landmark theory. Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

Develop Productivity Rituals

Mar 1, 2012seka2347External Videosbusiness, effectiveness, harvard, hbr, managing, personal, productivity, review, school, schwartz, tony, yourself

Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project, lists the top four habits that help him get more work done. Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

The Future of Work 2.0

Jul 29, 2011seka2347External Videosbusiness, harvard, hbr, hyperspecialization, improvement, malone, outsourcing, process, productivity, publishing, school, tom

Tom Malone, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of the HBR article "The Age of Hyperspecialization," explains why breaking jobs into tiny pieces yields better, faster, cheaper work — and greater flexibility for employees. Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

Jan 23, 2009seka2347External Videosbalance, business, friedman, harvard, leadership, managing, productivity, publishing, school, stewart, yourself

An interview with Stewart Friedman, Professor, University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. Traditional thinking pits work and the rest of our lives against each other. But taking smart steps to integrate work, home, community, and self will make you a more productive leader and a more fulfilled person. Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

Why Zappos Pays New Employees to Quit–And You Should Too

May 23, 2008seka2347External Videosbusiness, customer, harvard, hbp, innovation, productivity, publishing, service, taylor, Zappos

An interview with Bill Taylor, Game Changer blogger for HarvardBusiness.org. Zappos knows that they can’t deliver great customer service unless their employees are committed to the values of the company. So what do they do? They pay employees to quit! Category: People & BlogsUploaded by: HarvardBusinessHosted: youtube

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