Mon, 09/24/2018 - 12:00
Team leaders often focus on product details. Founders obsess over fonts. Sales managers fixate on tough-to-wrangle customers and shop owners on the minutia of shelf displays. Yet, all too often, virtually no attention is given to the fundamental… A Data-Driven Guide to Becoming a Better BossA good boss shares a vision, teaches well, and helps employees meet their career goals
Mon, 11/21/2016 - 00:00
Most leadership advice is based on anecdotal observation and basic common sense. Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Kathryn Shaw tried a different tack: data-driven analysis.
Through research done in collaboration with a very large,… Reinventing the Way We Work‘Flash teams’ are the wave of the future
Thu, 07/07/2016 - 14:12
For Melissa Valentine and her colleagues at Stanford, the future of work is here: “flash teams” of skilled professionals who have probably never met before and may work on different continents, but who can turn a napkin sketch into a product within… Build a Better Light Switch, and People Will Use ItTwo innovations that encourage better energy decisions
Thu, 09/12/2013 - 11:04
People are more likely to conserve energy if it’s easy to do. Knowing this, students working on Stanford’s entry in the Solar Decathlon green-building competition have redesigned household mainstays to make reducing energy and water consumption a… What Can Cool Buildings in Full Sunlight Without Electricity?A reflecting, radiating ultrabroadband photonic structure
Fri, 04/19/2013 - 11:42
Homes and buildings chilled without air conditioners. Car interiors that don’t heat up in the summer sun. Tapping the frigid expanses of outer space to cool the planet. Science fiction, you say? Well, maybe not any more.
A team of researchers at… Black Swans, Perfect Storms: Lame Excuses for Poor Risk ManagementAn engineering risk management approach works when statistics aren’t enough
Tue, 11/20/2012 - 13:26
The terms “black swan” and “perfect storm” have become common for describing disasters ranging from the 2008 financial meltdown to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. But according to Elisabeth Paté-Cornell, a Stanford professor of management… Why Bosses MatterStudy finds good middle managers add to workplace productivity
Mon, 10/08/2012 - 11:52
Middle managers don’t get lots of respect in the workplace. And for a variety of reasons, scholars have mostly studied the worth of CEOs and the efficacy of various management practices. But a new study suggests that frontline supervisors are far… How to Keep the Fizz in Your BizThe man who brought Perrier to America talks about sustaining success
Fri, 10/05/2012 - 16:59
Bruce Nevins is a serial entrepreneur across multiple industries, including beverages, lighting, and athletic apparel. A graduate of West Point and the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he launched Perrier in North America during the 1970s and… Wireless, Self-Propelled Medical Device ‘Swims’ Through BloodstreamBreakthrough technology based on electromagnetic radio waves
Mon, 03/05/2012 - 17:06
For 50 years, scientists searched for the secret to making tiny implantable devices that could travel through the bloodstream. Engineers at Stanford University have demonstrated just such a device. Powered without wires or batteries, it can propel… Fingertip-Size Microscope Has Potential for Studying Brain Diseases Miniature device can be used in the lab or field for biological research
Fri, 09/23/2011 - 11:20
A readily portable miniature microscope weighing less than 2 grams and tiny enough to balance on your fingertip has been developed by Stanford University researchers. The scope is designed to see fluorescent markers, such as dyes, commonly used…
