by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
From the Women at Work podcast: Listen and subscribe to our podcast via Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS Download the discussion guide for this episode Join our online community Download this podcast The glass ceiling is the classic symbol of the...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Fuse/Getty Images When innovations threaten to disrupt an industry by replacing an old business model with a new one, incumbents need to invest in that model in order to survive. That’s the conventional wisdom, and it’s given rise to popular mantra...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | HBR
As humans, we spend about one-third of our lives asleep. Though science has taught us about the human brain’s exquisite control of our daily sleep and wake patterns, tens of millions of Americans still don’t get the sleep they need. Nearly 20% of American adults...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Westend61/Getty Images Productivity in the United States’ health care industry is declining — and has been ever since World War II. As the cost of treating patients continues to rise, life expectancy in America is beginning to fall. But there is...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Martyn Goddard/Getty Images More than ever before, managers are using large-scale randomized controlled trials (i.e., experiments) to guide decisions. This has led to impressive gains for organizations ranging from Amazon to the UK government. We are excited about the...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
We all know the experience of vulnerability, even if we don’t call it by that name. It’s that feeling you get when you’re about to tell someone “I love you,” try out a new skill, or ask for forgiveness. When the risk of getting rejected, laughed at, or criticized is...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 5, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
We all know the experience of vulnerability, even if we don’t call it by that name. It’s that feeling you get when you’re about to tell someone “I love you,” try out a new skill, or ask for forgiveness. When the risk of getting rejected, laughed at, or criticized is...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 2, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
beastfromeast/Getty Images Sometimes a simple story is all it takes to capture complex issues, or so it seems. Take this one. A few years ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg lost a game of Scrabble to a friend’s teenage daughter. “Before they played a second...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 2, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Deanna Kelly/Getty Images Despite recent efforts to increase diversity in tech, the hiring and retention rates of underrepresented groups in the industry remain abysmal. Even Facebook, with billions in cash, has only been able to increase their number of women...
by HappyQuotient | Nov 2, 2018 | HBR
Here’s a medical news story that combines a common habit (drinking coffee) with a common skin condition (rosacea) — and it even has a happy ending. What is rosacea? Rosacea is probably something you’ve seen plenty of times and didn’t know what it was — or perhaps you...
