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Jun 2021
23m 55s

What Anthropologists Can Teach Us About ...

Harvard Business Review
About this episode
Greg Urban, anthropologist at the University of Pennsylvania, used to study indigenous tribes in Brazil. Now he hangs out in break rooms and boardrooms analyzing how people interact — and create and change culture — in organizations. He shares lessons and tips for managers to better understand and motivate their teams. Urban is the coauthor of the book "The ... Show More
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