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- 10 Mar 2014
- News
- HBR Blogs
Developing Mindful Leaders for the C-Suite
By: Bill George
Time Magazine recently put “The Mindfulness Revolution” on its cover, which could either be seen as hyping the latest business fad, or as signaling a major change in the thinking of executive leaders. I believe it’s the latter.
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- March–April 2015
- Article
- Child Development
Why We Think We Can't Dance: Theory of Mind and Children's Desire to Perform
By: Lan Nguyen Chaplin and Michael I. Norton
Theory of Mind (ToM) allows children to achieve success in the social world by understanding others' minds. A study with 3–12 year olds, however, demonstrates that gains in ToM are linked to decreases in children's desire to engage in performative behaviors associated with health and...
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- November 2015 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Aspiring Minds
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Marco Iansiti and Christine Snively
By 2015, India-based employment assessment and certification provider Aspiring Minds had helped facilitate over 300,000 job matches through its assessment tools. Aspiring Minds' flagship product, the Aspiring Minds Computer Adaptive Test (AMCAT), used machine learning algorithms to evaluate the...
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- 17 Jun 2013
- News
- You're the Expert
Mind Perception
...Released Jun 17, 2013 Dr. Christine Looser, an audience favorite and an expert in Mind Perception, joins host Chris Duffy for a fascinating discussion about how our brains determine whether someone is human or not. Panelists Myq Kaplan, Robert Woo, and Brendan Pelsue put their intellects to the test as they try to determine what exactly mind perception really is."...
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- February 2011
- Article
- PLoS ONE
Mind Perception: Real but Not Artificial Faces Sustain Neural Activity beyond the N170/VPP
By: Thalia Wheatley, Anna Weinberg, Christine E. Looser, Tim Moran and Greg Hajcak
...examined the processing of faces as objects vs. faces as cues to minds by contrasting images of faces possessing minds (human faces), faces lacking minds (doll faces), and non-face objects (i.e., clocks). Although both doll and human faces were associated with an increased N170/VPP from 175–200 ms...
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- 14 Nov 2013
- News
- Economist
The mindfulness business
Re: Bill George
....0, a popular series of mindfulness conferences. Bill George, a former boss of Medtronic, a medical-equipment company, and a board member at Goldman Sachs, is introducing mindfulness at Harvard Business School in an attempt to develop leaders who are “self-aware and self-compassionate”.
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- September 2002
- Teaching Material
Presence of Mind
This case is reflection on the importance of acquiring presence of mind in negotiations. Using a variety of metaphors, the case explores different ways for negotiators to achieve this selfawareness. Athletes experience the phenomenon of "being in the zone," artists and writers speak of being "in...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
- Alumni Stories
Tidy Minds
Re: Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968)
In a wide-ranging Q&A in the "Global Manager" column of the New York Times (September 2, 2012), Sir Martin Sorrell (MBA 1968), chief executive of the WPP Group, the world's largest advertising and marketing firm, had some thoughts on personnel and the hiring process....
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- 05 Nov 2017
- News
- Freakonomics
Mind Games
Re: Alison Wood Brooks
This is not a riddle: Why would water run uphill in Antarctica?
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- 21 Jun 2013
- News
- Huffington Post
The Tipping Point for Mindfulness
By: Bill George
...Mindfulness practices like meditation have been in existence for thousands of years, but only now are they reaching the tipping point in the Western world. Today's pace and stress are so great that people are searching for new practices to find resilience in the midst of chaos, and mindfulness programs are helping them find better ways to live.
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- May 2021 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
Headspace vs. Calm: A Mindful Competition
By: Ayelet Israeli and Anne Wilson
By 2021, the mindfulness app wars reached their apex. Over 2,000 meditation apps were available to consumers, but two apps, Headspace and Calm, dominated the space, jointly holding about 70% of the total market. Headspace had established itself as the approachable educator for novice meditators.
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- November 1999
- Case
Interactive Minds (B)
By: Ashish Nanda, Thomas J. DeLong, Christina L. Darwall and Scot H. Landry
Two recent Harvard Business School graduates start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet.
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- November 1997 (Revised October 2000)
- Case
Interactive Minds (A)
By: William A. Sahlman, Michael J. Roberts and Christina L. Darwall
The efforts of two recent Harvard Business School graduates to start a venture capital/consulting firm focused on opportunities related to the Internet are recounted. Raises the question of what the nature of this opportunity is, how well-positioned the protagonists...
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- 17 Jun 2016
- News
- Making A Difference
Minding God’s Money
Re: Adrienne Thomas (MBA 1991)
“Financial management in churches is stewardship over money that really belongs to God,” says Adrienne Thomas (MBA 1991), who has held fast to that perspective in a 20-year career in top financial posts at some of the largest Christian-related ministries in the United...
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- June 2021
- Teaching Material
Headspace vs. Calm: A Mindful Competition
By: Ayelet Israeli and Anne Wilson
Teaching Plan for HBS Case No. 521-102.: "Headspace vs. Calm: A Mindful Competition"...
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- 07 Sep 2010
- Research & Ideas
- Working Knowledge
Mindful Leadership: When East Meets West
by Sean Silverthorne
Harvard Business School professor William George is fusing Western understanding about leadership with Eastern wisdom about the mind to develop leaders who are self-aware and self-compassionate. An interview about his recent Mindful Leadership conference taught with a Buddhist meditation master.
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- Article
- Frontiers in Psychology
Unexpected Benefits of Deciding by Mind Wandering
By: Colleen Giblin, Carey K. Morewedge and Michael I. Norton
The mind wanders, even when people are attempting to make complex decisions. We suggest that such mind wandering—allowing one's thoughts to wander until the "correct" choice comes to mind—can positively impact people's feelings about their decisions. We compare post-choice satisfaction from choices...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
- Alumni Stories
Mind Your Manners
Re: Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012)
Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012) As a newcomer to the Global A-list, some observers say China has a few things to learn about proper comportment in Western social settings. Etiquette is one of them, declares Sara Jane Ho (MBA 2012), a quintilingual Hong Kong native who has...
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