Harvard Business Impact Education

08/04/2025

Looking for practical ways AI can support your teaching?

Join Dan Levy, senior lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, on August 21 at 12 p.m. ET for a free webinar on building your AI teaching toolkit.

You'll learn how to:
• Analyze student feedback more efficiently
• Set up AI-powered bots for your class
• Create personalized learning experiences

Register now: https://bit.ly/4me9iqh

Join Dan Levy for a practical session on setting up a generative AI tool to support your teaching throughout the year.

08/01/2025

Planning your course for next term? Consider adding this Quick Case to your syllabus.

In this 3-page Quick Case, students dive into a leadership dilemma after a VP accidentally shares an article about AI-driven layoffs in a team meeting.

They are challenged to weigh the risks and opportunities of replacing staff with AI.

Check it out for your class: https://bit.ly/4fgCFVS

07/30/2025

In this best-selling single-player simulation by Professor Michael Roberto, students play the role of a product manager at a medical device manufacturer.

This simulation allows students to explore several factors which impair judgment and decision-making during a crisis, and learn how managers should respond in a crisis.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4mbcEtr

In this single-player simulation, students play the role of a product manager at Matterhorn Health, a medical device manufacturer. The company recently launched the GlucoGauge blood glucose monitor, the company's most expensive product development effor...

07/29/2025

One simple way to boost attendance and engagement in class: Let students know their presence matters.

Build a positive classroom culture where students feel like you care, and they’re more likely to show up and be engaged.

In Inspiring Minds, Colorado State University's Zach Mercurio - Author shares three ways to make students feel noticed: https://bit.ly/4lSqzFh

When instructors take time to acknowledge a student’s absence, it makes all the difference. This article shares three practical ways educators can make students feel seen—improving attendance, engagement, and academic outcomes.

07/28/2025

Updating your syllabus just got easier!

Our new AI-powered course material replacement tool helps you find fresh cases, articles, or simulations to fit your teaching goals without endless catalog searching.

Need a case set in a different region? A lower-cost option? A new industry focus? Just tell the tool what you’re looking for, and it will suggest tailored replacements.

Try it in any unpublished Coursepack by clicking “Replace Item.”

Learn more and start exploring: https://bit.ly/3UuweoJ

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07/25/2025

“In a complex environment, the context is continually shifting; thus, aiming for perfection is futile. Instead, aim for progress, expect mistakes, and recognize that you can continually course correct as needed.”

Educators often feel pressure to have the “right” answer, but not every challenge has a clear solution.

In Inspiring Minds, executive coaches Rebecca Zucker and Darin Rowell share six strategies to help academic leaders shift how they respond to complexity and keep moving forward—even when the path isn’t clear: https://bit.ly/4lIftTe

Amid constant change and complexity, academic leaders must guide their institutions with clarity and resilience. This article offers six practical strategies to help deans, educators, and administrators lead more effectively through uncertainty.

07/24/2025

In the Finsimco Simulation: Capital Budgeting, students step into the role of CFO to make critical investment decisions and manage key projects, applying financial concepts like Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Payback Period, and Profitability Index.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/44AoGGX

Assuming the role of a CFO, students are tasked with making critical investment decisions and managing investment projects. To succeed, they must demonstrate proficiency around key financial concepts such as Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, P...

07/24/2025

“Students initially view generative AI as either a threat to resist entirely or a panacea to embrace uncritically. It’s our responsibility as educators to teach them a more nuanced approach.”

In Inspiring Minds, AI education strategist Nick Potkalitsky teaches students to better understand what gen AI is, how to push it outside conventional responses, and to develop their own judgement as they use it.

Read how you can apply this philosophy in your class: https://bit.ly/44Zw25R

Help students engage more thoughtfully with AI by developing three distinctly human skills—pattern recognition, directed divergence, and reflective synthesis—through writing assignments rooted in their lived experiences.

07/23/2025

This Harvard Business School case explores how Levi Strauss integrated machine learning and AI into its financial forecasting process.

Students examine the benefits, such as producing more accurate forecasts more quickly with less human capital, as well as the challenges, including employee resistance to adopting the new algorithm.

Read more: https://bit.ly/46PL2Wm

The case examines Levi Strauss' journey in implementing machine learning and AI into its financial forecasting process. The apparel company partnered with the IT company Wipro in 2017 to develop a machine learning algorithm that could help Levi Strauss forecast its revenues and earnings. The CFO of....

07/22/2025

Volunteering is popular among young adults in the United States—nearly one-third of people aged 25 to 44 dedicate their time to a cause. But getting started or finding the right fit can be a challenge.

In Inspiring Minds, Harry Kraemer, a Kellogg School of Management professor, offers practical guidance on how students and young professionals can get involved and find meaning in the process: https://bit.ly/3IVNuk6

Encouraging students to volunteer can help them find a stronger sense of purpose, boost well-being, and connect their values to their career paths. Here’s how educators can guide them.

07/18/2025

“With over 45 years of teaching experience across all levels—from preschool to graduate school—I’ve learned that strong lesson openers and closers can significantly boost student engagement and learning.”

In Inspiring Minds, Pamela Kramer Ertel of Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU) shows how those important first and final minutes of class help students connect with the material and retain it afterwards.

Read her article for how to activate students’ minds from the very first minute of class: https://bit.ly/3IIk9tj

A veteran educator shares practical ways to open and close class sessions with intention, boosting student focus at the start and reinforcing learning at the end.

07/17/2025

Discover our Fundamentals of Case Teaching online course, designed to elevate your case teaching skills!

This self-paced, six-hour course is filled with engaging instruction and activities that are all about making your classes even more impactful.

It's a great opportunity to build your skills in planning and leading case discussions, handling common concerns, assessing student performance, and more.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3IqmitL

Fundamentals of Case Teaching is an online, self-paced introduction to teaching with the case method. It is ideal for faculty who are new to case teaching or who want to learn practical skills for using case studies in their classrooms. The course is organized into six modules that coach educators t...