by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
OLI SCARFF/Getty Images When Apple CEO Steve Jobs approached AT&T about partnering on a new kind of mobile phone — a touchscreen computer that would fit in your pocket — Apple had no expertise in the mobile market. Yet AT&T executives...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Amid current outbreaks of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Nipah virus in India, an even scarier threat looms. Last year, researchers recreated an extinct smallpox-like virus with DNA bought online for just $100,000 and...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | HBR
It’s finally getting warm here in New England, and most of us have plans to enjoy the beautiful weather. And that’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a report raising awareness about how to prevent the tickborne infections that...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Andy Roberts/Getty Images It takes time for a big idea to make its way into business practice. Six years ago, Harvard’s Michael Porter and FSG’s Mark Kramer made the bold statement that shared value — the idea that the purpose of a company...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | GGSC, Happiness, Health, Inspire, Wellness
Half of parents today think that their children are addicted to smartphones, and these parents are concerned about how mobile phones will affect their kids’ mental health, according to a new survey from Common Sense Media and SurveyMonkey. Each day, we hear that...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 18, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
Tim Robberts/Getty Images Research has repeatedly shown that U.S. patients receive recommended care only half of the time. It is also known that patients receive non-recommended or “low-value” care as much as 20% of the time. Despite the proliferation of...
by HappyQuotient | Jun 17, 2018 | HBR
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by HappyQuotient | Jun 15, 2018 | Harvard Biz, HBR, Management Tips
baranozdemir/Getty Images Having a great boss is a potentially life-changing gift. On the other hand, many of us know firsthand that having a bad boss can cause a lot of drama, headaches, and stress. While it’s easy to love the great bosses and flee the bad...