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Research: When Airbnb Listings in a City Increase, So Do Rent Prices

Policy makers, take note.

Don’t Acquire a Company Until You Evaluate Its Data Security

Beware the “data lemon.”

How Younger Salespeople Can Win Over Older Customers

Prepare, cite experts, and express your conviction.

Would You Live in a Smart City Where Government Controls Privacy?

Toronto is experimenting with smart city concepts envisioned by Google spin-off Sidewalk Labs. Harvard Business School professors Leslie John and Mitch Weiss discuss the tradeoffs of using technology to improve modern city life at potential costs to digital privacy from their case, “Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up.” Is it worth it?

The views expressed on this podcast are those of its hosts, guests, and callers, and not those of Harvard Business Review.

What Should Transportation Systems Look Like in Tomorrow’s Cities ? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE

Sponsor content from Deloitte.

The Mistake Companies Make When They Use Data to Plan Diversity Efforts

Lack of data is no excuse for ignoring intersectionality.

Avoiding the Expertise Trap

Sydney Finkelstein, professor at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, says that being the most knowledgeable and experienced person on your team isn’t always a good thing. Expertise can steer you wrong in two important ways. It can stop you from being curious about new developments in your field. And it can make you overconfident about your ability to solve problems in different areas. He says that, to be effective leaders, we need to be more aware of these traps and seek out ways to become more humble and open-minded. Finkelstein is the author of the HBR article “Don’t Be Blinded By Your Own Expertise.”

To Change the Way You Think, Change the Way You See

What Sherlock Holmes has in common with the creator of Softsoap.

Research Confirms: When Receiving Bad News, We Shoot the Messenger

Advice for those who have to deliver it.

Managing Burnout

Stress can enhance our performance at work, but not if it leads to burnout. We talk with an expert on workplace well-being about how women experience burnout and how to manage its causes, symptoms, and repercussions. Guest: Mandy O’Neill.