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- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
via the city’s Citizens Connect app were “closed” without a resolution. It is a balancing act between making residents feel their concerns are heard and helping them understand the process the city uses to... View Details
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Make clear where we stand and where we aim to go. - Advancing Racial Equity
), as well as the painful accounts of inequity and insensitivity we have heard from faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Second, we have not done enough to promote racial equity beyond HBS. Persistently and pervasively, Black Americans... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
health journey has had a roller coaster of experiences. But all of those dots ultimately connected to the launch of Silver Linings. Hanna: You know, Silver Linings is a phrase we've heard over and over during the pandemic. But you do mean... View Details
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
soon found myself falling.Long-distance was (and is) surprisingly easy. The eight-hour time difference between Boston and Nairobi always feels small and inconsequential with him. We have become masters of Netflix parties, finding cheap... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
task at hand,” DeLong writes. “He made you feel like the most important person in the firm, the same way some teachers make each student feel like he or she is the most important one in the classroom.”... View Details
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Q+A on the Socioeconomic Inclusion Task Force with Holly Fetter (MBA 2020) and Alexxis Isaac (MBA 2020) - MBA
topics that Alexxis and I heard a lot in our DEI conversations with students and administrators. We thought that we should create a group outside of the existing DEI communities and task forces that specifically focused on this issue. We... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
consumed in cars and trucks. Eighty percent of the fuel is from oil. Based on personal observation, I feel safe in saying that much of this fuel is burned idling in traffic jams. Investments in more efficient mass transit, more efficient... View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
shake this nagging feeling that we weren’t getting great value for our dollar.” View the duo's fashion earrings Next Open the world to disabled travelers Darren Brehm (MBA 2007) Founder, AbilityTrip HBS Social Entrepreneurship Fellow,... View Details
- 29 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Get Off the Dime!
John Kotter and Dan Cohen In "Bosses' Approval," the implicit assumption underlying the approach was that these behaviors, and the feelings behind them, either weren't there or wouldn't be that relevant once the management... View Details
Keywords: by John P. Kotter & Dan S. Cohen
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
own family. “Probably 50 percent of what my parents saved in Saga is stuff that I hadn’t heard before. It’s definitely brought us together,” she says. The Question: As Saga looks to expand its customer base, particularly with families,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
Asalaam alekum (Peace be upon you) is the greeting and farewell heard everywhere in Sudan, even in the teeming refugee camps and villages to which millions of uprooted Sudanese have been chased by fear and death. In these places created... View Details
- 31 Jul 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?
Huang I like to switch up what I’m reading—so I often alternate between fiction and non-fiction, different time periods and settings, and books that I’m reading for the first time read versus books that I’ve re-read dozens of times. I View Details
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
and an oratorical competition, and she assigned homework, and she said, "Everybody's got to write a speech." And the topic was, "I'm the mayor now, and this is my new plan." At 11, I had never written a speech. I don't think I'd ever really View Details
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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About
occasionally wondered “Can I do this?” during your first semester. Your presence here today is proof that persistence and resilience—attributes that will be important throughout your life—have served you well. We hope your classroom experiences have increased your... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The First Scrum
met Jimmy on one of the first days. He was anxious to start a rugby club, so I came out for it. Johnstone: Very early on, I got a call from Chaffee Hall, the dean of students, a nice guy, very laid-back. He said, "The faculty has heard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Frese's financial accounting class. I didn't even know what that day's case was but this was a supposed "safe class"—no cold-calling. Suddenly through my haze, I heard Professor Frese say: "Well, Mr. MacKinnon, perhaps you can tell us all... View Details
- 20 Feb 2006
- HBS Case
Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive
else is there? And that feeling of 'what else is there' is the calling—is the calling trying to say to you [that] there is more than this. There is more than this. "It was just a great message. And the students View Details
- 26 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward
How often have you heard that, when entering a negotiation, you should get your allies onboard first? Conventional wisdom, but not always the best advice. When the United States sought to build a global anti-Iraq coalition following... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 16 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
How Gender Stereotypes Kill a Woman’s Self-Confidence
would feel better about their abilities if they received repeated rounds of positive feedback, rather than one piece of good news. “I’d be interested to find out if the gender bias gets smaller over time, once a woman has View Details
- 02 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #11: Mary Jo Veverka (HBS 1978): Fostering Actionable Climate Literacy
drug approval times and propelled the agency to adopt 20th century information technology. She doesn’t like the word “retired.” Instead, MJ says that she “ceased paid employment” in 2003 as a partner at Accenture. Only now, however, does she View Details