by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
fotog/Getty Images CEO activism, the growing trend of top executives speaking out on sensitive social and political issues, has been labeled the “new normal.” But behind the scenes, executives do not feel in control. They are struggling to anticipate and...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Dave King/Getty Images We recently conducted an in-depth study at Lumere to gain insight into physicians’ perceptions of clinical variation and the factors influencing their choices of drugs and devices. Based on a survey of 276 physicians,...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | HBR
Truer words were never spoken: we all have to die sometime. But here’s something you may have thought less about: we all have to die somewhere. And most people don’t want it to be in a hospital. Despite this, about one-third of deaths in this country occur in...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Jorg Greuel/Getty Images Like many professionals, my job doesn’t require expertise in data or analytics. I’m a writer and editor, so I deal with words, not numbers. Still, nearly every knowledge worker today needs to be a regular consumer of data analysis....
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
ICHIRO/Getty Images As the wave of #MeToo stories have come to light over the past year, it’s become painfully clear that whatever organizations are doing to try to prevent sexual harassment isn’t working. Ninety-eight percent of companies say they have...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Products fueled by data and machine learning can be a powerful way to solve users’ needs. They can also create a “data moat” that can help stave off the competition. Classic examples include Google search and Amazon product recommendations, both of...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Blaise Hayward/Getty Images Most leaders are, deep down, afraid of failure. But our 10-year CEO Genome study of over 2,600 leaders showed almost half (45%) suffered at least one major career blow-up — like getting fired, messing up a major deal, or blowing...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 31, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Voting is an act of altruism. When you vote, you are taking your personal time and effort to advance the collective good, without any guarantee of personal reward—the very heart of what it means to be altruistic. For many, voting is a civic duty. However, in the...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 30, 2018 | HBR
Here’s why parents need to know about e-cigarettes. First, many more teens are using them. In 2017, 3% of middle school students and 12% of high school students reported using them, and while that may not sound like a lot, since 2011 use has gone up about 500% in...
by HappyQuotient | Oct 30, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
carduus/Getty Images One of our main jobs when teaching and advising students who are thinking of founding blockchain companies is to get them to question whether or not their idea actually requires it. Data integrity is the main benefit conferred by blockchain...
