September 29, 2022
Influential business and management ideas have had a profound impact on us. Like it or not, they shape how organizations are run and how people around the world spend their days. and the Harvard Business Review in 2010.
HBR IdeaCast is taking this 100th anniversary to ask: How have these ideas changed our lives? Where are they taking us in the future? Every Thursday in October, Podcast Feed presents a bonus series: 4 Business Ideas That Changed the World.
Each week, a different HBR editor will discuss with world-class scholars and practitioners the most influential business and management ideas from HBR’s first 100 years: disruptive innovation, scientific management, shareholder value, and emotional intelligence.
Listen to the talks to better understand our working lives, how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go.
CURT NICISCH: Deep-rooted ideas in business and management have had a great influence on us. Like it or not, they shape how organizations are run and how people around the world spend their days.
Derek Van Bever: I remember that being a company at work at that time was very scary.
LOUIS HYMAN: You know, maybe I’ll pay so I can have more beer on the weekend, but what if I’m so tired of this kind of work, my soul is broken?
CURT NICISCH: The Harvard Business Review started in 1922. For more than 100 years, we’ve come up with ideas that have far-reaching consequences. We’re taking this anniversary to ask: How have these ideas changed our lives? Where are they taking us in the future?
RITA MCGRATH: There was a time when entrepreneurship in American business meant you wouldn’t get a real job. [LAUGHTER] right? I mean it wasn’t anything cool like glam. The man you want to be is the man in the gray flannel suit.
Felix Oberholzer-G: You know, we came up with a new flavor for yogurt, and people were like, “Oh my God, the yogurt market is messed up!” They say.
I’m Kurt Nikisch. Every Thursday in October, join us here at HBR IdeaCast Bonus series feed: 4 business ideas that changed the world.
Each week, a different HBR editor will discuss the most influential business and management ideas from HBR’s first century with world-class scholars and practitioners. Disruptive innovation. Scientific management. Shareholder value. Emotional intelligence.
Susan David: Even 20 years ago, there was a perception that emotions were intangible, timeless, difficult to measure.
Andy Parks: I started to embrace emotional intelligence. I practiced it every day. That was ultimately a huge game changer for me.
We unpack the benefits and unintended consequences of these ideas in an effort to understand our working lives, how far we’ve come and how far we need to go.
Lewis Hyman: The question remains, as it was a century ago, who benefits from increased productivity?
And don’t worry IdeaCast fans, we’ll continue to air regular Tuesday episodes.
So join us. 4 business ideas that changed the worldspecial series HBR IdeaCast Every Thursday in October. I can’t wait for you to hear it.
