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How Non-Profits Navigate Uncertainty: Guidance from Save the Children U.S.
Yesterday00:40:45Tap to summarizeHow Non-Profits Navigate Uncertainty: Lessons from Save the Children U.S. 5 Aug 2025 --- As humanitarian crises continue to unfold around the world, we look back on our interview from May 2025 with Save the Children U.S. CEO Janti Soeripto, who explains how the non-profit is responding to drastic government funding cutbacks, reorganizing for continued positive impact, and pursuing long-term reform. Read more in the September-October issue of Harvard Business Review. Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2024 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Why On-Site Work Still Matters
Yesterday00:03:10Tap to summarizeWhy In-Person Work Still Matters 20 Jun 2025 --- Everyone needs to be back in the office because…” Can you fill in the blank? Peter Cappelli, a professor of management at The Wharton School, shares why in-person matters—especially for new hires. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/4nd5mHa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Let's Test Your Visual Perception
Yesterday00:03:08Tap to summarizeLet's Test Your Visual Memory 20 Nov 2024 --- A famous experiment on the topic of visual memory found that few people can correctly recall the placement of features on a penny. Can you? Read the full article here: https://s.hbr.org/40XaKp8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Former Jamba Juice CEO James D. White: Empathy Is a Talent That Can Be Taught
Yesterday00:44:56Tap to summarizeFormer Jamba Juice CEO James D. White: Empathy Is a Skill That Can Be Taught 1 Dec 2022 --- James D. White considers himself “an unlikely public company CEO.” His first job out of college was handling sales for Coca-Cola’s Minute Maid division in some of Missouri’s “sundown towns,” where potential customers would imply that, as a Black man, it would be “unhealthy” for him to stick around past sunset. Nevertheless, White rose through the ranks at Coca-Cola and would go on to hold executive positions at Safeway, Gillette, and Nestlé Purina before becoming CEO, chair, and president of Jamba Juice from 2008 to 2016, where he led an impressive effort to reinvent the brand. He has more than 20 years of experience on boards, including The Honest Company, where he serves as chair. Recently, he’s begun sharing his personal journey, and works with today’s leaders to ensure that an anti-racist world becomes the new normal. White is the co-author with his daughter Krista of "Anti-Racist Leadership: How to Transform Corporate Culture in a Race-Conscious World" (https://www.amazon.com/Anti-Racist-Leadership-Transform-Corporate-Race-Conscious/dp/1647821975). Tackling systemic racism, White says, requires business leaders to treat it like any serious company goal: it's baked into the strategy, and gets worked on daily, weekly, and monthly. “This is work that must be measured,” he says. This interview part of a series called “The New World of Work,” which explores how top-tier executives see the future and how their companies are trying to set themselves up for success. Each week, Adi will interview a leader on LinkedIn Live — and then share an inside look at those conversations and solicit questions for future discussions in a newsletter just for HBR subscribers. If you’re a subscriber, you can sign up for the newsletter here: https://hbr.org/my-library/preferences?movetile=newworldofwork. Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #NewWorldofWork #AntiRacism Copyright © 2022 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Introducing the May-June 2020 Issue of HBR
Yesterday00:02:15Tap to summarizeDiscover the May-June 2020 Issue of HBR 14 Apr 2020 --- Check out our May-June 2020 issue: The agile executive, marketing meets mission, building a transparent supply chain, and confronting sexual harassment. Subscribe today at https://trib.al/uqoTUPp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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To Alter Company Culture, Focus on Systems—Not Mottos
Yesterday00:04:19Tap to summarizeTo Change Company Culture, Focus on Systems—Not Slogans 3 Feb 2026 --- Culture change fails when leadership messaging isn’t backed by behavior. Real impact comes from operational shifts—not slogans or campaigns. Read the full article by @BenjaminLaker here: https://s.hbr.org/3Mmd0Bd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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From Rigid to Adaptable: Why You Need to Lead Like an Octopus
Yesterday00:03:21Tap to summarizeFrom Rigid to Resilient: Why You Need to Lead Like an Octopus 27 Jan 2026 --- Stuck in endless meetings, stale ideas, and rigid org charts? You might be running a Tin Man organization—engineered for efficiency, not adaptability. Today’s leaders need something smarter. Enter the octopus: more flexible, curious, and built to thrive in complexity. Learn how your company can evolve from rigid to resilient—by thinking like an octopus. Read more in "The Octopus Organization: A Guide to Thriving in a World of Continuous Transformation": https://www.amazon.com/Octopus-Organization-Thriving-Continuous-Transformation/dp/B0DRZGTH31 Books, tools, and more: store.hbr.org Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters #HarvardBusinessReview #YourCareer #Career #Job #Work #Business #Harvard #HarvardBusinessSchool Copyright © 2025 Harvard Business School Publishing. All rights reserved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How to Make Your Team's Work More Transparent
Yesterday00:03:38Tap to summarizeHow to Make Your Team's Work More Visible 12 Feb 2025 --- Helping your team members gain visibility isn’t just important for their growth and success — it’s vital for yours as a leader. Not only does it show your ability to nurture and develop potential, it also demonstrates your managerial chops. Here’s how to boost your team’s visibility. Read the full article by Rebecca Knight here: https://s.hbr.org/40UaXrh Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How to Navigate the Question, "Tell Me About Yourself" | Christine vs. Work
Yesterday00:09:28Tap to summarizeHow to Answer the Question, “Tell Me About Yourself” | Christine vs. Work 25 Jun 2020 --- 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝘼𝙨𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! ✨ https://www.youtube.com/c/HBRAscend ✨ It may seem like a softball, but it's actually the toughest job interview question. Here's how to nail it. Let’s be real: “Tell me about yourself” isn’t even a question. It sparks instant anxiety for most. Where do I start? What’s most important? How much of myself do I reveal? Also, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 am I? Innovation Editor Christine Liu decided to tackle these questions head-on with the help of Joel Schwartzberg, author of, “Get to the Point! Sharpen Your Message and Make Your Words Matter.” With a few practical steps--like matching who you are with the company’s needs and mission--you’ll have more answers than questions next time someone says, “Tell me about yourself.” Filmed in Fall 2019. --------------------------------------------------------------------- At Harvard Business Review, we believe in management. If the world’s organizations and institutions were run more effectively, if our leaders made better decisions, if people worked more productively, we believe that all of us — employees, bosses, customers, our families, and the people our businesses affect — would be better off. So we try to arm our readers with ideas that help them become smarter, more creative, and more courageous in their work. We enlist the foremost experts in a wide range of topics, including career planning, strategy, leadership, work-life balance, negotiations, innovation, and managing teams. Harvard Business Review empowers professionals around the world to lead themselves and their organizations more effectively and to make a positive impact. Sign up for Newsletters: https://hbr.org/email-newsletters Follow us: https://hbr.org/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/harvard-business-review/ https://www.facebook.com/HBR/ https://twitter.com/HarvardBiz https://www.instagram.com/harvard_business_review #personalbrand #communication #jobinterview Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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How McKinsey's Workforce Is Adapting to AI
Yesterday00:03:07Tap to summarizeHow McKinsey's Workforce Is Evolving with AI 23 Jan 2026 --- McKinsey’s Bob Sternfels shares how AI is transforming the firm—from a “human + agent” workforce to a new, outcomes-based model of consulting. Listen to the full IdeaCast episode here: https://s.hbr.org/3YXJR25 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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