Harvard Business Impact Education

We’re celebrating International Mount Everest Day by showcasing our Everest simulation by Professor Michael Roberto and Professor Amy C. Edmondson!

In this immersive learning experience, students take on the challenges of a Mount Everest expedition while navigating leadership, teamwork, and high-stakes decision-making along the way.

Designed to surface the real dynamics of communication, conflicting goals, and limited information, the Everest simulation has been used by more than 1 million students worldwide to bring leadership and organizational behavior concepts to life.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4v1WiI2

“Emotional depletion is a real and significant tax of modern academic life. Recovery is no longer a luxury.”

In Inspiring Minds, Dina Denham Smith, executive coach and Thinkers50 Radar honoree, says educators are overlooking a crucial step: recovery.

But recovery isn’t just about stepping away—it also requires processing experiences, shifting perspective, and intentionally restoring emotional energy.

Read this article to learn three proven practices educators can use to process their emotions and replenish their energy: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/inspiring-minds/teaching-leading-emotionally-draining-recover?cid=organic-social%7Cfacebook%7C2026-05-28-teaching-leading-emotionally-draining-recover%7Cnone%7Cthought-lead-inspiring-minds%7Cunknown%7Cinspiring-minds-article%7Cmay2026

Teaching and Leading Is Emotionally Draining. Here’s How to Recover. Teaching and academic leadership can be emotionally draining. Learn three strategies to process difficult moments, replenish your energy, and keep showing up for students and colleagues.

Active learning is widely recognized for improving student performance. But for it to be effective, instructors must learn to switch between three facilitation modes—Observer, Guide, and Conductor.

In Inspiring Minds, Megan Gahl, senior director of curriculum and pedagogy at Minerva Project and Raquel H. Ribeiro, dean of learning data and innovation at Minerva University share how instructors can navigate active-learning classrooms more intentionally, keeping students engaged and thinking deeply: https://bit.ly/4dP41T2

Active Learning Is a Balancing Act Active learning requires instructors to balance guidance and student autonomy. This article explores three facilitation roles educators can move between—observer, guide, and conductor—and shares practical examples for knowing when to pivot among them.

The best way to learn case teaching? Experience it firsthand.

Join us at IIM Bangalore for this Teaching with Cases seminar on August 25-26, 2026 to refine your discussion leadership skills.

Taught by Professor V.G. Narayanan of Harvard Business School, this seminar is a unique opportunity to experience the case method from both the instructor and student perspectives.

Whether you're new to case teaching or looking to refine your approach, you'll leave with actionable strategies to enhance your classroom.

Learn more: https://web.cvent.com/event/7972a284-66c6-4912-929a-f7ae7d77f3ee/summary?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=2026-08-twc-seminar-iimb-seminar%20&cid=organic-social%7Cfacebook%7C2026-05-26-twc-seminar-iimb%7Cnone%7Cevent-seminar%7Cunknown%7Cseminar-registration%7Cmay2026

Join Iavor Bojinov of Harvard Business School for a free webinar on June 11 at 11:00 a.m. ET exploring how HBS designed its required course on Data Science and AI for Leaders.

Learn how the course combines hands-on AI exercises, advanced prompting tools, agent-based systems, and case-based discussions to help students build practical AI fluency and strategic understanding.

Sign up here: https://bit.ly/4dubpCU

Concerns about appearing “cringe”—or being judged by peers—raises the stakes of speaking up in the classroom. The result? Fewer contributions and more surface-level discussion. What can educators do?

In this Inspiring Minds article, Cameron Conaway, teaching faculty of management at Penn State Smeal College of Business, shares a framework for creating conditions where students feel more comfortable leaning into the discomfort and engaging in dialogue.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ubWdS2

Confronting Cringe Culture in the Classroom Help students move through discomfort, vulnerability, and fear of judgment with a classroom framework for building grounded participation and conviction.

In this best-selling Harvard Business School case, students examine how IKEA responds to the rise of online shopping, changing consumer behavior, and increasing pressure to evolve an iconic business model.

They explore how IKEA pursues new strategic initiatives while protecting the competitive advantages that made the company successful for so long.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4dISYvw

Many institutions recognize that experimentation has value and believe that it can genuinely improve outcomes.

Yet the learning from pedagogical innovations remains confined to classrooms—undocumented and forgotten by the end of the semester.

How can institutions move from individual teaching experiments to a more systematic culture of pedagogical innovation—one built on shared learning, collective commitment, and continuous improvement?

In Inspiring Minds, Mairead Brady, associate professor at Trinity Business School, shares four practical changes institutions can make: https://bit.ly/3RPR4Rf

Higher Ed Needs Teaching Innovation, But Does Your School’s Culture Support It?

Want to experience a simulation before bringing one into your course?

Join a free, live simulation play of HR Management Simulation: People Analytics facilitated by simulation author Tim Rogmans.

In this interactive 90-minute session, you’ll play alongside fellow educators and take part in a guided debrief to explore the same pace, pressure, and tradeoffs students experience during gameplay.

You’ll also gain practical advice on setup, facilitation, debriefing, assessment, and course fit for undergraduate, master’s, and MBA-level courses.

📅 June 23, 2026 at 12 pm ET

Sign up here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Sp2Af4IuTOWqwSyfRHoQPA #/registration