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- 23 Oct 2019
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Preparing Leaders to Leverage Artificial Intelligence
as Competing on Business Analytics and Big Data. In 2018, HBS led the development of the online Harvard Business Analytics Program. This certificate program—taught by business, engineering, and statistics... View Details
- 21 Oct 2021
- News
DraftKings Backs New VC Firm
and gaming, media and fan engagement, human performance, and data analytics and monetization.” The $60 million in initial funding, the Globe notes, includes capital from DraftKings as well as the ownership of the New England Patriots,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Drawing on the Crowd for Innovative Problem-Solving
platform, Lakhani developed the NASA Tournament Lab to create contests that improve computer codes and data analytics solutions. With Harvard Medical School researchers, he designed a competition to break data bottlenecks and speed up DNA... View Details
- 16 Nov 2011
- News
Are Humans Cost-Effective?
to unscramble “Scrambled State Capitals,” a presumably brute-force analytical exercise that should play to Watson’s strengths. Indeed, in a similar category, “The Northernmost Capital City,” Watson ran the table, answering all five... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jan 2010
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Susan L. Decker, MBA 1986
Decker has put her analytical skills to work as a director of three major companies — Berkshire Hathaway, Intel, and Costco — and as a trustee of Save the Children. Her interest in entrepreneurship led her back to HBS, where she served as... View Details
- 17 Aug 2022
- News
Doubles Partner
heavily involved in her firm’s decision-making process well before she announced her retirement. In a December 2020 interview with the HBS Alumni Bulletin, Stillman describes the duo’s skill sets as “different and super complementary. I’m more on the View Details
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
emotions and anger and all those things. And the new brain or the neocortex is the analytical engine, that's the thing that knows what is a cat and how to telephone your mother and how to do a math equation. So, we are really studying the... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
people to buy into a new vision or better way of doing things is my favorite kind of challenge.” Today, as CEO of the Kraft Analytics Group (KAGR), a Massachusetts-based tech-intensive company focused on data management, strategic... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 05 May 2022
- News
Like-Minded
anyone access to content; US-based Jupiter, the leading provider of predictive data and analytics for climate risk and resilience; and Unifa, which provides AI technology that helps childcare providers track intellectual growth among... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
woman who had climbed Everest," he recalls. "She drew a lot of parallels to business, including team effort and setting goals." Analytical and methodical by nature, and a mechanical engineer by training, Petzel began thinking about making... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Jun 2011
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New Program Helps Restless Alums Answer the Question, ‘What’s Next?’
like a misfit at the bustling consulting firm he cofounded — Oliver Wyman. Increasingly, the human side of consulting that he thrived on took a backseat to the analytical side that clients demanded. Sensing her husband’s growing unease,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
What HBS Learned from West Point
something more holistic. They respond to character—who you are, your values, and your identity.” The parallels for business educators are striking. Business schools have been criticized for relying too heavily on teaching disciplinary knowledge and developing View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Q & A: Confronting New Technologies: When Doing Right Is Wrong
industries or certain segments of the pharmaceutical business. But in many other industries - financial services, education, and health care, for instance - this analytical model is proving extremely helpful in understanding what is... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- News
Living the Legacy
and more marketable to employers,” says Paul. While his favorite module was economics, he is already utilizing the business analytics tools he mastered in CORe. “Being able to create histograms to quickly visualize data makes me more... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Bold Ascent
flags with the SlingFin logo), Baka reflects on how his HBS experience plays into the nontraditional world of outdoor gear design. “It’s a framework of thought and analytics that is deeply ingrained as part of classroom discussion,” he... View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
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Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969
Founder, Former President & Chief Executive Officer Centennial One, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page ©2003 www.RockyThies.com EARLIER EDUCATION Howard University, 1962 B.A., Business Administration LIFELONG IMPACT OF HBS "The View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Flex Time
about the field of manufacturing, Union describes the pure pleasure of making a tangible, useful product. “Manufacturing offers so many analytical and intellectual challenges,” she adds. “It’s extremely satisfying to build a corporate... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
return. Statistically speaking, documentaries don’t make money. Learning how to lead a team of very talented and creative people has also been challenging for me, as I come from a very data-driven, structured, and analytical world.” How... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Eyes in the Skies
Image courtesy BlackSky There was a time not too long ago, says Amy Minnick (MBA 2000), when only governments and the military had the hardware and human resources necessary to acquire and interpret satellite imagery. But times have changed: BlackSky, the geospatial... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
bring data and analytics technologies to precision medicine today. And this is just a partial list. There’s a new HBS podcast coming soon that will focus on business challenges and opportunities in the era of climate change. And Harvard... View Details