by HappyQuotient | Nov 23, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images Female retention in engineering remains a persistent problem. Even after overcoming hurdles to enter the profession, women leave at much higher rates than men, often because of the stress that comes with being female in a male-dominated...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 23, 2018 | HBR
Right now the world is experiencing an epidemic that is projected to get much, much worse. It’s an epidemic of dementia, affecting 40 million people — and millions more of their caregivers — staggering numbers that will likely triple by 2050. Dementia is a progressive...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 22, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Monalyn Gracia/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images The past five years have seen explosive growth in “corporate green bonds” issued to finance climate-friendly projects. While investors bought just $3 billion of these bonds in 2013, they scooped up $49 billion worth...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 22, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Hiroshi Watanabe/Getty Images Scan the newspaper headlines, or switch on cable news for a few minutes, and it’s easy to conclude that we are living through harsh, mean, divisive times. But a recent column in the Washington Post reminded me of a truth that is...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 22, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
International megastar Daniel Wu tries a practice that brings him calm amidst the chaos. source https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/podcasts/item/connect_with_body
by HappyQuotient | Nov 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Image Source/Getty Images Uber and Netflix have fundamentally shifted consumer behavior and disrupted incumbent firms. In our research, we’re beginning to see signs that Wall Street is being threatened by similar forces. Uber and Netflix’s success were...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Youngme Moon and Felix Oberholzer-Gee decide to “grade” The New York Times’ news coverage, before sharing their quick takes on other random things. They also share their After Hours picks for the week. Download this podcast For interested...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
pchyburrs/Getty Images Health care practitioners have traditionally relied on clinical heuristics to select, encode and process information from the patient. When a patient is presenting with multiple and complex issues, these heuristics reduce the...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images The moment a hyped-up new technology garners mainstream attention, many businesses will scramble to incorporate it into their enterprise. The majority of these trends will splutter and die out by Q4. Artificial intelligence (AI) is...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 21, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Ricardo Lima/Getty Images Many people believe that being a good manager only requires common sense, and that it is therefore easy to be one. If this were true, good managers would be commonplace at all levels of more organizations, and as a result, employee engagement...
