by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Rubberball/Mike Kemp/Getty Images On October 28th, Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil’s Social Liberal Party (PSL) defeated Fernando Haddad of the Worker’s Party (PT). Bolsonaro, a candidate coming from the far-right of the political spectrum, picked up 55% of the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
zodebala/Getty Images The eight-hour workday harkens back to 19-century socialism. When there was no upper limit to the hours that organizations could demand of factory workers, and the industrial revolution saw children as young as six-years-old working the coal...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | HBR
It’s the holiday season, time for buying toys for the children in our lives. As we do, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) encourages us to think about buying toys that can actually help children as they grow and develop. Play is the work of children. That...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
This year was another banner year for books on the science of a meaningful life. Many books we encountered looked at broader, societal issues that affect our well-being, giving us practical advice for weathering hard times or for making a difference in the lives of...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
zodebala/Getty Images The eight-hour workday harkens back to 19-century socialism. When there was no upper limit to the hours that organizations could demand of factory workers, and the industrial revolution saw children as young as six-years-old working the coal...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 11, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
This year was another banner year for books on the science of a meaningful life. Many books we encountered looked at broader, societal issues that affect our well-being, giving us practical advice for weathering hard times or for making a difference in the lives of...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
shanghaiface/Getty Images Thanks to the résumé, the first things employers learn about job applicants are their names and where they live. Résumés attach a place to a person, and addresses indirectly tell employers something about the...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Caiaimage/Andy Roberts/Getty Images A client (who I’ll call “Alex”) asked me to help him prepare to interview for a CEO role with a start-up. It was the first time he had interviewed for the C-level, and when we met, he was visibly agitated. I asked...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
shutterjack/Getty Images We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. We were taught that Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham were the best modern investors. We witnessed senior men sexualize younger women employees. It...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Help us spread the greater good with innovative, science-based videos—and see your generosity matched dollar-for-dollar. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/video/item/your_support_for_greater_good_videos_will_be_matched
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
shutterjack/Getty Images We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. We were taught that Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham were the best modern investors. We witnessed senior men sexualize younger women employees. It...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | HBR
Are you heading home for the holidays, hosting relatives, or throwing parties? A strong dose of calm can help you enjoy yourself more and stress less. Here are a few ways to take holiday stress down a notch and invoke your calmest self. Find your calm Breathe...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
shutterjack/Getty Images We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. We were taught that Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham were the best modern investors. We witnessed senior men sexualize younger women employees. It...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | HBR
Are you heading home for the holidays, hosting relatives, or throwing parties? A strong dose of calm can help you enjoy yourself more and stress less. Here are a few ways to take holiday stress down a notch and invoke your calmest self. Find your calm Breathe...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 10, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
shutterjack/Getty Images We overheard male classmates bond with internship interviewers about fantasy football drafts. We were taught that Warren Buffett and Benjamin Graham were the best modern investors. We witnessed senior men sexualize younger women employees. It...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Westend61/Getty Images We are living in an age of acceleration. All manner of goods can be ordered online and delivered within hours. The next date is a swipe away. Even exercise and meditation are now accessed via apps and completed in minutes. This constantly...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Westend61/Getty Images Carlos Ghosn was widely recognized as a hero in Japan for turning around Nissan when it was on the brink of bankruptcy in 1999. Things couldn’t look more different today. Ghosn was recently arrested for financial misconduct,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The transformation of health care continues at a rapid pace, bringing opportunities and challenges for health care providers to deliver improved clinical outcomes at lower costs. Despite the tidal wave of medical knowledge and digital capabilities, widespread...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The transformation of health care continues at a rapid pace, bringing opportunities and challenges for health care providers to deliver improved clinical outcomes at lower costs. Despite the tidal wave of medical knowledge and digital capabilities, widespread...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The transformation of health care continues at a rapid pace, bringing opportunities and challenges for health care providers to deliver improved clinical outcomes at lower costs. Despite the tidal wave of medical knowledge and digital capabilities, widespread...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
youngvet/Getty Images Picture a typical firefighter. Who comes to mind? If you imagined a white man, that’s understandable: 96% of U.S. career firefighters are men, and 82% are white. This homogeneity is striking, especially when you compare it to the U.S....
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
lucydphoto/Getty Images Africa shows every sign of being the world’s next big growth market. It is home to more fast-growing economies than any other region, hundreds of successful big companies, and an urbanizing consumer market whose spending outstrips that of...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Are you against racism? At the same time do you find that your dinner parties consist pretty much of people who look like you? Do you believe workplaces should provide equal opportunities for women—and yet your own office is run exclusively by men? In her new book,...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
AlasdairJames/Getty Images I spent eight years failing to act on an innovative idea that I knew would work. It was an idea that had not just technological promise but also societal value. It would help people contribute to the most important, impactful charities in...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 7, 2018 | HBR
The human microbiome, or gut environment, is a community of different bacteria that has co-evolved with humans to be beneficial to both a person and the bacteria. Researchers agree that a person’s unique microbiome is created within the first 1,000 days of life, but...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
The business landscape for all enterprises is rapidly changing. Executives must question the obvious and address challenges with new, multi-layered approaches. Learn how Harvard Business School Executive Education helps leaders build new skills and strengthen their...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Madison/Getty Images The audible, global sigh of relief in the wake of last weekend’s decision by Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping to negotiate trade war issues over the next 90 days was well justified. The deal is a big step forward for all...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | HBR
People who work in manual labor have higher rates of injury and overdose Our country’s ongoing opioid crisis has many faces, from teenagers on Cape Cod to middle-aged parents in West Virginia. A recent report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health provides...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
VisualCommunications/Getty Images Can entrepreneurs help address the society’s biggest challenges — without burning out? These are pressing questions. According to Deloitte, private businesses are increasingly expected to help solve the most challenging...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
altmodern/Getty Images The European Union has experienced a series of disasters over the last 10 years, each one of which has posed a major threat to its stability. First, there was the fallout from the 2008-9 financial crisis and the arguably ill-judged imposition of...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Paul Bradbury/Getty Images While some companies — most large banks, Ford and GM, Pfizer, and virtually all tech firms — are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence, many are not. Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Paul Bradbury/Getty Images While some companies — most large banks, Ford and GM, Pfizer, and virtually all tech firms — are aggressively adopting artificial intelligence, many are not. Instead they are waiting for the technology to mature and for expertise...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 6, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
When you’re helping others cope with stress and anxiety, how do you deal with your own? Psychiatrist Elizabeth Guinto tries a practice to be kinder to herself. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/self_compassion
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Youngme Moon, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Mihir Desai debate whether Microsoft is trending up while Apple is trending down, before discussing the Marriott (Starwood) data breach. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast Some recent...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images According to the World Economic Forum’s 2018 “Future of Jobs” report, many current organizational roles are likely to be disappear as early as 2022, only to be replaced by new organizational roles. You may...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images The top trophy hire in data science is elusive, and it’s no surprise: a “full-stack” data scientist has mastery of machine learning, statistics, and analytics. When teams can’t get their...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | HBR
In my experience, most people dealing with infertility would say that their longing for a child brings sadness year-round. Still, there are times and seasons when the pain intensifies. This may be in spring or early summer when the world is in bloom, winter coats are...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Vicki Jauron, Babylon and Beyond Photography/Getty Images The top trophy hire in data science is elusive, and it’s no surprise: a “full-stack” data scientist has mastery of machine learning, statistics, and analytics. When teams can’t get their...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
The season of gift shopping has arrived. While it’s often a joy to think about giving gifts to the people you love, there’s no doubt that it can be a fraught time, as well: It’s not always easy to figure out the right gift to give. And in looking at how often gifts...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
cintascotch/Getty Images One of the most damaging myths about creativity is that there is a specific “creative personality” that some people have and others don’t. Yet in decades of creativity research, no such trait has ever been identified. The...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 5, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
The season of gift shopping has arrived. While it’s often a joy to think about giving gifts to the people you love, there’s no doubt that it can be a fraught time, as well: It’s not always easy to figure out the right gift to give. And in looking at how often gifts...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Corey Phelps, a strategy professor at McGill University, says great problem solvers are hard to find. Even seasoned professionals at the highest levels of organizations regularly fail to identify the real problem and instead jump to exploring solutions. Phelps...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Corey Phelps, a strategy professor at McGill University, says great problem solvers are hard to find. Even seasoned professionals at the highest levels of organizations regularly fail to identify the real problem and instead jump to exploring solutions. Phelps...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | HBR
Insulin is a naturally occurring, glucose-lowering hormone used by many people with diabetes to control their blood sugar. In people with type 1 diabetes, supplemental insulin makes up for the insulin that is not produced by the body. People with type 2 diabetes may...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Ellen van Bodegom/Getty Images To retain talent, most organizations offer the typical things: free coffee and tea in the break room, competitive benefits, generous raises and bonuses, and employee recognition programs. But none of that works for an employee who...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Internal communication is more important than ever. Companies need to communicate strategically and frequently with employees, sharing messages that are relevant and accessible. Businesses that don’t communicate in ways that resonate with their workforce find...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Prapass Pulsub/Getty Images News that General Motors plans to cut up to 14,800 jobs in the U.S. and Canada was initially reported as a conventional business-cycle adjustment — a “trimming of the sails.” The main causes of the cuts were...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Prasatporn Nilkumhaeng/EyeEm/Getty Images No industry is failing faster than retail. Just last month, the 125-year-old Sears—once the world’s largest retailer—filed for bankruptcy. The public has more or less come to expect the shuttering of stores...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
anniepaddington/Getty Images A few months ago, a former client — let’s call her Kacie— called me to check in. I had supported her through her transition when she had joined a prestigious global financial services firm several months prior. Given how...
by HappyQuotient | Dec 4, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
It’s 8:30 in the morning, and I’ve arrived at what looks like a Model UN event. Dozens of high schoolers and their teachers are flowing into the University of Southern California’s Galen Center, dressed in their debating best and bantering in various...
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