by HappyQuotient | Aug 2, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Are you stuck ruminating about the past? Legendary pro-skater Tommy Guerrero tries looking at negative events from a different perspective. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/getting_some_perspective
by HappyQuotient | Aug 2, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Taylor Callery/Getty Images Articles about artificial intelligence often begin with an intention to shock readers, referencing classic works of science fiction or alarming statistics about impending job losses. But I think we get closer to the heart of AI in 2018 when...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 2, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Lynn Koenig/Getty Images We all have times when we wonder, “Am I at the right company? Am I in the right job? And is this all there is?” These questions are especially agonizing for mid-career professionals who may...
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Tumors that spread, or metastasize, in the body shed cells into blood that doctors can scrutinize for insights into what a patient’s cancer might do. Analyzing these so-called circulating tumor cells (CTCs) isn’t part of routine care yet, in part because they’re so...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 1, 2018 | HBR
Tumors that spread, or metastasize, in the body shed cells into blood that doctors can scrutinize for insights into what a patient’s cancer might do. Analyzing these so-called circulating tumor cells (CTCs) isn’t part of routine care yet, in part because they’re so...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 1, 2018 | HBR
Tumors that spread, or metastasize, in the body shed cells into blood that doctors can scrutinize for insights into what a patient’s cancer might do. Analyzing these so-called circulating tumor cells (CTCs) isn’t part of routine care yet, in part because they’re so...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 1, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Emma Innocenti/Getty Images Um. Ah. So. You Know. Like. Right? Well. When we find ourselves rattled while speaking — whether we’re nervous, distracted, or at a loss for what comes next — it’s easy to lean on filler words. These may give us a...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 1, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
dlanor s./unsplash Machine learning is increasingly being used to predict individuals’ attitudes, behaviors, and preferences across an array of applications — from personalized marketing to precision medicine. Unsurprisingly, given the speed of...
by HappyQuotient | Aug 1, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Ask someone to recount a time they felt lonely, and they’ll undoubtedly have a story to share. You might hear about the college freshman away from home for the first time. Or the new mother feeding her baby in the dark stillness of 4 a.m. “Most people feel lonely at...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Roger Martin, a professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Business, offers two main reasons General Electric has lost its competitiveness. GE’s stock has been removed from the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Martin blames pressures from...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | HBR
Anyone who has spent any time around teens, and seen the way they often seem surgically attached to their phones, has likely wondered: is all that time on the phone affecting their brains? A study in JAMA suggests that maybe it is. Researchers from California studied...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | HBR
Anyone who has spent any time around teens, and seen the way they often seem surgically attached to their phones, has likely wondered: is all that time on the phone affecting their brains? A study in JAMA suggests that maybe it is. Researchers from California studied...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | HBR
Anyone who has spent any time around teens, and seen the way they often seem surgically attached to their phones, has likely wondered: is all that time on the phone affecting their brains? A study in JAMA suggests that maybe it is. Researchers from California studied...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Kenny Williamson/Getty Images No organization wants to burn out its employees. And yet, according to new research, companies’ efforts to prevent prolonged stress among their staffs are falling short. When Deloitte recently surveyed 1,000 full-time employees in...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Ted Soqui/Getty Images You’ve applied for a job. Your resume has passed the first screen; maybe you’ve been interviewed, once, twice, or even more. You might feel you are in the homestretch, with a job offer on the near horizon. Then, a new hurdle appears...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Melissa Ross/Getty Images Amazon’s highly visible search for a second headquarters has offered one tremendous public benefit: it has raised public awareness of what bad economic development is. Even Saturday Night Live satirized the lengths to which local...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Wunderfool/Getty Images In January of 2018, Annette Zimmermann, vice president of research at Gartner, proclaimed: “By 2022, your personal device will know more about your emotional state than your own family.” Just two months later, a landmark study from...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
One of your best friends hosts a party without inviting you; your romantic partner seems oblivious to your attempts at conversation; work colleagues make important decisions behind your back. How long do you usually stay upset after these events? An hour? A day? A...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Wunderfool/Getty Images In January of 2018, Annette Zimmermann, vice president of research at Gartner, proclaimed: “By 2022, your personal device will know more about your emotional state than your own family.” Just two months later, a landmark study from...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | HBR
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You can learn a lot about a person’s medical concerns by looking at the health topics they’ve searched for online. It’s fascinating (and a bit creepy) to take a peek at what others are searching — and to compare what you find to what sends you online. I’ve posted...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | HBR
You can learn a lot about a person’s medical concerns by looking at the health topics they’ve searched for online. It’s fascinating (and a bit creepy) to take a peek at what others are searching — and to compare what you find to what sends you online. I’ve posted...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Shana Novak/Getty Images In a world in which men dominate leadership roles, should we focus on changing the systems and structures that favor men at women’s expense? Or should we emphasize the tactics individual women can use to get ahead? Our research explored...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | HBR
You can learn a lot about a person’s medical concerns by looking at the health topics they’ve searched for online. It’s fascinating (and a bit creepy) to take a peek at what others are searching — and to compare what you find to what sends you online. I’ve posted...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images We’ve all experienced some version of this problem: Ask “how many customers do we have?” and the marketing team provides one answer, sales a second, and accounting a third. Each department trusts its own system, but when the...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
jessica solomatenko/Getty Images It turns out that the word “innovation” is not a Harry Potter-esque magical incantation that, once spoken, renders companies more inventive, creative, and entrepreneurial. The word can be uttered by a CEO speaking to...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
JW LTD/Getty Images Companies are using AI in all kinds of innovative ways to advance their businesses. If you’ve ever searched Netflix to watch a movie, AI (a recommendation algorithm) was no doubt used in your decision about what to watch. If...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 30, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Mr. B was breathing fast in his sleep, slumped to the side with an oxygen mask on. The Emergency Department doctor noted his repeated visits for advanced emphysema—and that he continued to smoke. I scanned his chart, felt frustration well up, and walked out of...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 29, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Yuji Sakai/Getty Images “We lose $800 billion a year on trade, every year,” President Trump said in March when he announced his new tariff plan, referring to the size of the U.S. trade deficit in goods. Trump has lamented the U.S. trade deficit repeatedly,...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Carlos Osorio/Getty Images Young management consultants may be novices, but they’re sold as experts. Conversely, even experienced consultants, who legitimately present themselves as experts, still feel like novices when they embark on a new project. The...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
timsa/Getty Images A male friend of ours recently had a realization. He was walking through the bar at a private golf club, looking for a colleague he was meeting for dinner. The dark-paneled bar was filled with men and they all seemed to know each other. Will...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Patricia Toth McCormick/Getty Images Want to catch tax cheats? The government of Rwanda does — and it’s finding them by studying anomalies in revenue-collection data. Want to understand how American culture is changing? So does a budding sociologist in...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
pchyburrs/Getty Images Academic studies in the social sciences often find very different results. Even in disciplines like medicine, where one might imagine there to be a direct, physical relationship between the intervention being tested and its consequences,...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | HBR
Opioid overdose is a frightening and potentially life-threatening event. Rescue drugs like naloxone are lifesaving, but the value of CPR doesn’t get as much attention. And it should. How does opioid overdose lead to death? Opioids (like oxycodone, heroin, and...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 27, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
One of the most poignant scenes in season two of NBC’s This Is Us is when Kevin—a former high school star quarterback and homecoming king turned failing actor struggling with addiction—returns to his hometown to receive an honored alumni award. In his acceptance...
by HappyQuotient | Jul 26, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jul 26, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Lya_Cattel/Getty Images As the saying goes, “History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” After a long exile, tariffs are back, and they’re being levied on billions of dollars of traded goods, ranging from steel and aluminum to...