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The HBR Channel

by Harvard Business Review

Weekly ideas, insights, and tips on management from Harvard Business Review.

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Episodes

  1. Test2

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  2. Make Time for Small Talk in Your Virtual Meetings

    Before Covid, executives often had the chance to casually chat with colleagues while they grabbed coffee before a meeting started. Today, as participants’ windows pop up on the screen, it’s either talk to everyone or don’t talk at all. Here are four ways to bring small talk back.

  3. Know Your Customers' Jobs to Be Done

    Companies can design better products by looking at the jobs that customers are struggling to do. Learn how in this video slide deck.

  4. The New Science of Customer Emotions

    They can be a source of competitive advantage and growth.

  5. Whiteboard Session: Why Every Organization Needs an AR Strategy

    Michael Porter and Jim Heppelman explain how augmented reality will change how we work.

  6. Whiteboard Session: Every Business Is a Software Business

    Five ways to manage your company like a software business.

  7. Whiteboard Session: The Problem of Loneliness at Work

    Dr. Vivek Murthy, former U.S. surgeon general, explains what can be done.

  8. The Authenticity Paradox

    Sometimes just being yourself is the wrong thing to do -- especially as you move into new roles and face new challenges. Learn how how leaders can develop an "adaptively authentic" style in this video slide deck.

  9. Whiteboard Session: This Is Your Brain on Mindfulness

    Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson show how it can improve resilience.

  10. Whiteboard Session: How Traditional Business Metrics Are Outdated

    Category creators like Tesla are reinventing the way business works.

  11. Whiteboard Session: The 3 Myths of Collaboration

    It's not a fad or a 'soft' topic.

  12. The 8 Types of Company Culture

    They all have pros and cons.

  13. Whiteboard Session: Getting Past Either-Or Decision Making

    If you don't like your choices, create better ones.

  14. Whiteboard Session: What Stops Companies From Growing

    Chris Zook explains how you can fight bureaucracy by thinking like a founder.

  15. Whiteboard Session: Africa, China, and the Future of Manufacturing

    Irene Yuan Sun explains why Africa could be the world's next great manufacturing center.

  16. Whiteboard Session: How to Think Like an Entrepreneur

    Even if you work within a company, these 5 strategies can help you make the most of your talents.

  17. Whiteboard Session: How Does Blockchain Work?

    The power of a distributed ledger.

  18. The Explainer: How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight

    These six tactics create productive conflict with a focus on issues, not personalities.

  19. The Set-Up-To-Fail Syndrome

    If your employees are underperforming, it could be a result of your own low expectations. Learn how to reverse the vicious circle in this video slide deck.

  20. Research Shows Good Management Is Incredibly Hard to Copy

    Don't underestimate the importance of basic competence.

  21. Whiteboard Session: Clashing with a Coworker? Here's What to Do

    These 4 steps will help you resolve conflicts, whether you're a seeker or an avoider.

  22. Whiteboard Session: How to Get Up to Speed in Your New Leadership Role

    Avoid these common traps when you join a new organization.

  23. Lessons from America’s Golden Age of Innovation

    Based on decades of patenting data.

  24. Whiteboard Session: Manage the Workload of Being a Leader

    How to achieve your goals while keeping stress under control.

  25. The Explainer: One More Time, How Do You Motivate Employees?

    Get employees to move forward on their own, without being pushed.

  26. Be a Better Leader, Have a Richer Life

    You can achieve wins in four domains of life at once–work, family, community, and self—following Friedman’s Total Leadership process. Learn how in this video slide deck.

  27. How Cultures Across the World Approach Leadership

    They vary in deference and decision making.

  28. The Explainer: Managing Multicultural Teams

    Overcome the challenges and get everyone working together.

  29. Whiteboard Session: Bringing the Best Business Ideas to Healthcare

    Thomas Lee, MD explains how ideas from Michael Porter and other business thinkers could fix healthcare.

  30. Sky Robot

    iRobot cofounder Helen Greiner has moved on to found a drone company. When we visited, she said, "I can't think of an industry that shouldn't be thinking about their drone strategy." Watch now.

  31. 3 Ways Drones Are Changing Telecom

    None of them involve delivering packages.

  32. The Explainer: Hidden Traps in Decision-Making

    The best defense against these traps is awareness.

  33. Boards Neglect Cybersecurity at Their Companies’ Peril

    The average breach costs around $4 million.

  34. How Managers Become Leaders

    Making the leap from unit-level manager to company-level executive requires some key changes to your leadership style. Learn what they are in this video slide deck.

  35. The Explainer: How to Write a Great Business Plan

    A business plan that asks -- and answers -- the right questions is a powerful tool.

  36. Rethinking Some Assumptions About Global Business

    Companies may be profiting, but they're not investing those profits in long-term growth.

  37. How and When Selflessness at Work Backfires

    Generosity burnout, explained.

  38. The Refresher: Net Present Value

    Next time you're deciding about a big investment, NPV can help you make a more informed decision.

  39. The Other Kind of Inequality, Explained

    Pay gaps are rising between companies more than within them.

  40. The Benefits Employees Want Don't Always Cost a Lot

    Work-life balance and flexibility rank highly.

  41. The Refresher: Regression Analysis

    A two-minute guide to one of the most important types of data analysis.

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