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      • January–February 2021
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      How to Help (Without Micromanaging)

      By: Colin M. Fisher, Teresa M. Amabile and Julianna Pillemer
      Extensive research shows that when employees get hands-on managerial support, they perform better than when they’re left to their own devices, but unnecessary or unwanted help can be demoralizing and counterproductive. So how do you intervene constructively? The...  View Details
      Keywords: Helping; Employees; Groups and Teams; Management
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      Fisher, Colin M., Teresa M. Amabile, and Julianna Pillemer. "How to Help (Without Micromanaging)." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 1 (January–February 2021): 123–127.
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      Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration

      By: Ethan S. Bernstein, Jesse Shore and David Lazer
      In this article, we summarize our research on the value of intermittency for complex problem solving at work and give practical advice on how organizations can improve the rhythm of their people's collaboration. Executives have been counseled to be collaborative...  View Details
      Keywords: Problem Solving; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Internet and the Web; Leadership
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      Bernstein, Ethan S., Jesse Shore, and David Lazer. "Improving the Rhythm of Your Collaboration." MIT Sloan Management Review 61, no. 1 (Fall 2019).
      • August 28, 2018
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      How Intermittent Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence

      By: Ethan Bernstein, Jesse Shore and David Lazer
      People influence each other when they interact to solve problems. Such social influence introduces both benefits (higher average solution quality due to exploitation of existing answers through social learning) and costs (lower maximum solution quality due to a...  View Details
      Keywords: Transparency; Social Influence; Collective Intelligence; Interaction; Problem Solving; Collaboration; Intermittant; Breaks; Always On; Communication Technologies; Communication; Design; Information; Management; Leadership; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Performance; Social and Collaborative Networks; Information Technology
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      Bernstein, Ethan, Jesse Shore, and David Lazer. "How Intermittent Breaks in Interaction Improve Collective Intelligence." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115, no. 35 (August 28, 2018).
      • August 2018
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      Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain

      By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
      How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds...  View Details
      Keywords: Helping; Rhythm; Prosocial Behavior; External Team Leadership; Social Construction; Time; Qualitative Methods; Field Research; Groups and Teams; Projects; Behavior; Leadership; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile. "Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain." Academy of Management Journal 61, no. 4 (August 2018): 1524–1553.
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      Performance Effects of Setting a High Reference Point for Peer‐Performance Comparison

      By: Henry Eyring and V.G. Narayanan
      We conduct a field experiment, based on a registered report accepted by the Journal of Accounting Research, to test performance effects of setting a high reference point for peer‐performance comparison. Relative to providing the median as a reference point for...  View Details
      Keywords: Relative Performance Evaluation; Reference Points; Social Comparison; Field Experiment; Performance; Performance Evaluation; Education
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      Eyring, Henry, and V.G. Narayanan. "Performance Effects of Setting a High Reference Point for Peer‐Performance Comparison." Journal of Accounting Research 56, no. 2 (May 2018): 581–615.
      • 2017
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      Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain

      By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile
      How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds...  View Details
      Keywords: Helping; Rhythm; Prosocial Behavior; External Team Leadership; Social Construction; Time; Qualitative Methods; Field Research; Groups and Teams; Projects; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks
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      Fisher, Colin M., Julianna Pillemer, and Teresa M. Amabile. "Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-035, October 2017.
      • October 2017 (Revised January 2018)
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      Bitfury: Blockchain for Government

      By: Mitchell Weiss and Elena Corsi
      In the Republic of Georgia, legend had it their land was a precious gift from God he had intended to keep for his mother. But over time, the land had been under intermittent threat from without and within. In 2017, the Bitfury Group, which Valery Vavilov had...  View Details
      Keywords: Blockchain; Bitcoin; Cryptocurrency; Public Entrepreneurship; Public Innovation; Government Innovation; Property Rights; Property Registry; Technology Strategy; Distributed Networks; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Innovation and Invention; Technology Adoption; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; Real Estate Industry; Public Administration Industry; Georgia (nation, Asia); Tbilisi
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      Weiss, Mitchell, and Elena Corsi. "Bitfury: Blockchain for Government." Harvard Business School Case 818-031, October 2017. (Revised January 2018.)
      • June 2014 (Revised April 2015)
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      OrthoChoice: Bundled Payments in the County of Stockholm (A)

      By: Michael E. Porter, Clifford M. Marks and Zachary C. Landman
      It was the waiting that drew the attention of the Stockholm County Council. In 2008, patients seeking a hip or knee replacement in Stockholm County faced wait times of up to two years of sometimes debilitating pain, intermittent missed work and income, and the trials...  View Details
      Keywords: Bundled Payment; Health Care Quality; Health Care; Sweden; Hip Replacement; Knee Replacement; Orthopedics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Health; Health Industry; Sweden
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      Porter, Michael E., Clifford M. Marks, and Zachary C. Landman. "OrthoChoice: Bundled Payments in the County of Stockholm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 714-514, June 2014. (Revised April 2015.)
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