Darden School of Business
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Here's an idea: Don't steal my idea
The free flow of ideas in an organization is essential for maximizing potential and growth. It's critical to create a culture in which people feel psychologically safe, as well as willing to share and voice their ideas
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Keeping score: The effects of rating customers
Customer rankings systems can backfire
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Climate change: The window is closing to take action
We need investment and widespread adoption of cleaner technologies that shift our economy away from fossil fuels and toward net-zero emissions
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Inferences about others' intentions: Dangers and strategies to combat them
Testing inferences at each step of the decision-making process is one way to achieve such fairness in a world of constant assumptions
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Storytelling in business: How to create engaging stories
The ability to tell a convincing story about your company's purpose and the social good you generate is essential to recruiting the next generation of top talent to your organisation
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Why WeWork didn't work as planned: Four lessons on corporate governance
Hype vs. discipline. Charisma vs. responsibility. The buzz around Adam Neumann's WeWork went from enthusiasm for a unicorn with billions in venture capital to backlash for a company with a plummeted valuation and scrapped IPO. Yet with new leadership and governance structures, long-term profit may be in sight. What might we learn from WeWork?
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Can venture capital attract human capital? The role of investors' reputations
VCs can add value to startups passively, by virtue of attaching their names to the ventures they fund
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Spotlight on Spotify: Scandal, governance and the potential for prevention
What businesses can learn from Spotify's meltdown — and whether this presents an opportunity for Spotify's competitors
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Go time: How leaders can learn to manage crises and uncertainty
How leaders react when crisis and uncertainty rear their ugly heads?
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A 2022 vision: 5 lessons from 2021 coming into focus
Look at themes and observations Darden experts explored over the course of 2021. The lessons that emerged may inform how leaders lead in 2022
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Less is more: Add value through subtraction
How can people get around their default "Add something!" mode and consider subtraction more — or, rather, neglect subtraction less? Here's what managers can do to help their teams see more possibilities.