by HappyQuotient | Aug 9, 2018 | HBR
Are you frustrated that you dropped only a few pounds following a new diet, but your best friend lost almost 30? Why did the probiotics that helped your sister’s bloating sensation do nothing for you? Your coworker swears that going gluten-free made his joint...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
pm images/Getty Images From time to time, every leader has to deliver news that is hard for employees to hear. Even when businesses are doing well, organizational and structural change is to be expected, and acquisitions, reorganizations, or policy changes can...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 9, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
ses/Getty Images By any measure, Elon Musk is exceptionally successful. Having cofounded and sold PayPal, he quickly moved on to launching a range of ventures with world-changing aspirations for how we generate energy, transport ourselves and our goods, interface with...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 9, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Do you take your partner for granted? Our Happiness Guinea Pig, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang, imagines a life in which he never met his wife. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/partner_for_granted
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Andy Roberts/Getty Images The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. But how well schools meet this goal, and to what extent their teaching influences their students’ leadership, is an open question. Does business school...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Yagi Studio/Getty Images It was going to be the factory of the future. Dubbed the “Alien Dreadnought,” Tesla’s new manufacturing facility in Fremont, California, was designed to be fully automated — no humans need apply. If all went well,...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | HBR
Meningitis can be a very scary infection — and vaccines can help prevent it. What is meningitis? The meninges are a membrane that covers and protects the brain and spinal cord. When that membrane gets inflamed, it’s called meningitis. One of the ways this inflammation...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Caspar Benson/Getty Images Working parents sometimes struggle with the feeling that they are either letting down their family or not meeting their career goals. It can be hard to strike the right balance. As with most of the challenges we face at work,...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Klaus Meinhardt/Getty Images The gap in wealth in the United States between the ultrawealthy and everyone else has reached its widest point in decades. One way to narrow the divide is through the use of worker buyouts, in which ownership of a company transfers from a...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Pgiam/Getty Images When Liz was offered a job as a product manager at a growing biotech firm, she was ecstatic. She had spent considerable time on her job search, found a company and a position that felt like a perfect fit, nailed her interviews, and negotiated...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 8, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Today is International Cat Day. Cora will probably start the morning like she does any other: by climbing on my chest and pawing at my shoulder, demanding attention. I will sleepily lift up the comforter and she’ll snuggle underneath it, sprawled at my side. For...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Juj Winn/Getty Images Last year I decided it was time to shake things up at our investment management company. After 12 years as president and then CEO, I thought it was time to shift some of my responsibilities to my partners. Research suggests that...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Katherine Phillips, a professor at Columbia Business School, discusses research showing that African-Americans are often reluctant to tell their white colleagues about their personal lives — and that it hurts their careers. She says people should expect and...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | HBR
Teens need to explore and challenge themselves to grow into independent adults, which sometimes involves taking risks. It can be a source of consternation and frustration for parents. But as it turns out, the adolescent brain is “deliberately” set up for risk-taking....
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Juj Winn/Getty Images Last year I decided it was time to shake things up at our investment management company. After 12 years as president and then CEO, I thought it was time to shift some of my responsibilities to my partners. Research suggests that...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | HBR
Teens need to explore and challenge themselves to grow into independent adults, which sometimes involves taking risks. It can be a source of consternation and frustration for parents. But as it turns out, the adolescent brain is “deliberately” set up for risk-taking....
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
David Leahy/Getty Images Doctors are sometimes blamed for the ills of the U.S. health care system, but our five-year research project in India and the U.S. revealed the opposite. Almost every high-performing health care organization we studied was led by a...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
By Tae Yoo, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs & Corporate Social Responsibility, Cisco When you think back to the first time an experience inspired you to take action, you’d likely point to your adolescent years. An engaging teacher, a passionate...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Alicia Llop/Getty Images Why is it that when a group of managers gets together for a strategic planning session they often emerge with a document that’s devoid of “strategy”, and often not even a plan? I have one such document in front of me as I...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Americans seem awfully divided these days. Everywhere I look, I see signs of antagonism and conflict between groups—and many politicians seem intent on making it worse. Whether it’s presidential nominee Hillary Clinton calling Trump supporters “deplorables,” or...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 7, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
HBR Staff/Victor Cardoner/Getty Images Marriott recently teamed up with Amazon to offer a hospitality version of the e-commerce giant’s Echo devices in select hotel rooms. Now, when guests want to order room service or housekeeping, they can simply ask Alexa,...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Franz Aberham/Getty Images As cities compete for Amazon’s second headquarters, many flexed their tax incentive packages and real estate options in hopes of luring the tech giant to select their city. It’s tempting to think the right financial perks is all...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
KATERYNA/KONSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images In early June, at the invitation of the European Commission to Brussels (Belgium), I toured some fascinating AI and blockchain-based projects, which the Commission is funding. Across industrial sectors, from healthcare to...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
pm images/Getty Images There is no shortage of advice for those who aspire to be effective leaders. One piece of advice may be particularly enticing: if you want to be a successful leader, ensure that you are seen as a leader and not a follower. To do this, goes the...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Russell Johnson/EyeEm/Getty Images Do your to-do lists stretch on and on — and on? Do you dread checking email on Friday afternoons, worried about seeing messages piling up when you’re just trying to get out the door? Or maybe you’ve noticed...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Russell Johnson/EyeEm/Getty Images Do your to-do lists stretch on and on — and on? Do you dread checking email on Friday afternoons, worried about seeing messages piling up when you’re just trying to get out the door? Or maybe you’ve noticed...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | HBR
When it comes to your beverage of choice, alcoholic beverages are unique. For millions, they are a regular part of the dining experience. They’re often an important component of social events, celebrations, and milestones; we toast people, events, and memories with...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
With the 2018 midterm elections looming, the stakes are high in American politics. Republicans aim to maintain control of Congress, and Democrats seek to win key elections to flip both chambers. Several new grassroots campaigns—largely organized by high school...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 6, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Russell Johnson/EyeEm/Getty Images Do your to-do lists stretch on and on — and on? Do you dread checking email on Friday afternoons, worried about seeing messages piling up when you’re just trying to get out the door? Or maybe you’ve noticed...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 5, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 4, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Recently, my adult children let me know that when they have children, they want me to be involved in their care. I was thrilled, but also humbled. Will I have the energy? How will I balance my work? And what if I make a misstep? Many people my age delight in their...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Richard Ross/Getty Images Hardly a day goes by without the announcement of an incredible new frontier in Artificial Intelligence (AI). From fintech to edtech, what was once fantastically improbable is now a commercial reality. There is no question that big data and AI...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
SuperStock/Getty Images At some point in your career, you likely encountered a manager you believed was unfair. You probably thought to yourself, “When I’m a manager, I’m never going to be like that!” Now that you’ve been promoted to a...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images On July 25, 2018, Facebook lost market capitalization of more than $100 billion in just two hours of trading after it announced its quarterly performance, despite exceeding analysts’ earnings forecasts. What caused this...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Walker and Walker/Getty Images Innovation is famously difficult — many projects end up losing money, frustrating employees, and going nowhere. And yet corporations and governments spend billions of dollars annually pursuing innovation. This huge spending...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | HBR
Omega-3 fatty acids are found primarily in fish oil and certain marine algae. Because depression appears less common in nations where people eat large amounts of fish, scientists have investigated whether fish oils may prevent and/or treat depression and other mood...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Walker and Walker/Getty Images Innovation is famously difficult — many projects end up losing money, frustrating employees, and going nowhere. And yet corporations and governments spend billions of dollars annually pursuing innovation. This huge spending...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 3, 2018 | HBR
Omega-3 fatty acids are found primarily in fish oil and certain marine algae. Because depression appears less common in nations where people eat large amounts of fish, scientists have investigated whether fish oils may prevent and/or treat depression and other mood...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 2, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Aug 2, 2018 | HBR
On July 30th, the FDA sent out a stern warning against the use of energy devices (laser therapy) to perform “vaginal rejuvenation,” and for procedures to treat symptoms related to sexual function, because of worries about adverse events. I agree with the FDA that...
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