Can Leaders Be Too Smart?

Idea posted: March 2018

Institutions: University of Lausanne    The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania    University of California Davis Graduate School of Management   

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In general, previous research shows a linear relationship between intelligence and perceived leadership effectiveness, with the line heading steadily northeast (the more intelligent, the higher your actual and perceived leadership capabilities).…

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Typical Air Quality in Offices Hurts Cognitive Function

Idea posted: September 2017

Institutions: Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health    SUNY Upstate Medical University    Syracuse University   

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Over a period of six days, a team of researchers recreated a variety of air quality conditions, and simultaneously conducted cognitive tests of volunteers under the various conditions to determine…

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Corporate Culture: A Key Drivers of a Firm’s Value

Idea posted: January 2017

Institutions: Duke University    Duke University Fuqua School of Business    Columbia Business School   

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How important is corporate culture to the success of a company, and what factors play into developing an effective or ineffective culture? A team of researchers from Duke University’s Fuqua…

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Media Multitasking: Unproductive but Gratifying

Idea posted: December 2016

Institutions: Ohio State University Fisher College of Business   

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The research is consistent and unequivocal: media multitasking — that is, doing multiple tasks at the same time with at least one of those tasks involving some kind of media…

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Uncovering the Elements of Knowledge at the Heart of Innovation

Idea posted: April 2016

Institutions: Dartmouth College   

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The idea of a new invention may seem to suddenly appear in the imagination of the inventor. In truth, the inventor has carefully constructed the idea by combining different ‘elements…

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Six Disruptive Demographic Trends and What They Mean for the Workplace

Idea posted: October 2015

Institutions: University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business School   

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According to Jim Johnson of University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, the major demographic trends transforming America today are unprecedented — so unprecedented that he calls these trends “disruptive…

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Beware of Over-Optimistic Investors Skewing High-Risk Stock Prices

Idea posted: September 2015

Institutions: Warwick University Business School    UCLA Anderson School of Management    Old Dominion University   

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In finance, a capital asset's sensitivity to risk is often represented by the quantity beta (β), and investment opportunities that have a high risk profile are known as ‘high beta’…

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How Supervisors and Co-Workers Stop Anxiety from Hurting Performance

Idea posted: August 2015

Institutions: University of Toronto Rotman School of Management    Hong Kong Polytechnic University   

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Workplace anxiety and stress causes work performance to suffer. Previous research shows that performance suffers because of what academics call ‘cognitive interference’: when employees are stressed, they cannot focus on…

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CFO Survey: Most Hit by Hackers Otherwise Optimistic

Idea posted: July 2015

Institutions: Duke University Fuqua School of Business   

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Highlighting the continuing challenge of information systems security, more than 80% of companies around the world have been hacked by cyber-criminals, including more than 80% of companies in the U.S.,…

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