News about the Curious Capitalist

By Justin Fox | December 21, 2009 | +

This just went out on Businesswire. For those who don’t believe in clicking through, it says I’ve got a new job, editorial director of the Harvard Business Review Group. I start Jan. 25, and I’ll still be at TIME and writing this blog through Jan. 22. (I’m pretty sure the blogging over the next month will be a lot better than it has been for the past month, because I now no longer have a big secret I can’t write about.) I’ll keep writing occasional columns for TIME even after that, but my Internet home will be up north at hbr.org. My TIME colleagues are likely to hatch plans soon to replace or expand upon this here blog—I’ll keep you posted if they tell me anything

Anyway, back to work. Or back to Christmas shopping.

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seandougherty

Congratulations Justin! Thanks for a bunch of great columns and blogs.
http://smithy.wordpress.com/ jciesielski

Congratulations! Sounds like your new year will be exciting right from the start!
http://www.124monkeys.com Sean DeCoursey forgot his password

Nice. Very nice. Congrats man. Good luck at the Harvard.
deconstructiva

Congrats and way to go. Thanks for your blog posts.
Ffred

Good luck. I’ve enjoyed reading your posts and articles (not to mention Barbara’s as well).
jmkirby

Welcome to HBR, Justin! Looking forward to working with you.
braktalk88

Barbara’s funnier than you anyways.

J/K. Congrats!
http://www.bvgintl.com patrickhehir

And here I am, just after finding you and half way through reading your FANTASTIC book and now you up and leave.

Look forward to tracking with you at Harvard. Hope you can begin to have an influence in the conversations about what the Business Schools do in the development of our business people for this new economy,

Good Luck
Patrick
http://www.alphaadder.blogspot.com bklapetzky

Congratulations Mr. Fox. Good luck.
doubleang

Congrats! the blog wont be the same. Good luck!
http://norcalwingman.wordpress.com norcalwingman

Nice Xmas present! Go out and educate the hearts and minds of economists everywhere!
gatesvp

Congrats! I guess this means “good luck” to Barbara? Careful, Justin has some ravenous fans, even if they do give him a hard time.
randymiller

Congrats with a caveat, Justin.

Over time, a person’s job surroundings tend to shape their personality. In other words, your peers at Harvard may tend to move your fundamental logic to a different place than you are now. I think Harvard is a good school, but there is a lot of arrogance and hubris in that institution. It’s sort of like the “Nobel Prize winner (fill in the blank)” said ” (insert quote)” And instantly, the media gives a lot more credence to what he said. The same goes with “Harvard (economist, finance professor, etc)” . Gets that person a lot more coverage, even though some farm economist from Purdue might have more knowledge of an issue.

Just be conscious that there may be some subtle brainwashing going on during your time there. I hope you look at this as an opportunity to challenge the prevailing theories in economics.

And at least once a day, walk by a Harvard Professor who was just on TV the day before, and say “Remember, thou art mortal”

Good luck.