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- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Important Life Decisions by Jaja Jackson (MBA 1999) and Jennifer Grimes (Jennifer Grimes) The authors demonstrate that it is really how we make important decisions that will determine how happy we are. A special set of information about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
time to do it. These time-poor people experience less joy each day. They laugh less. They are less healthy, less productive, and more likely to divorce. In one study, time stress produced a stronger negative effect on happiness than... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
business school. They might be somewhere else. There is no organizational structure in place that's really dedicated to making this happen. There is no thinking around the culture, around how do we make this place more comfortable so that people of color will be View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
the science of productivity. During spring reunions this year, Duhigg spoke to alumni about his next potential project: understanding the science of a meaningful life. Essentially, how can we live lives that are not just happy but truly... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
selective genetics. In order to succeed, providers will have to walk a fine line between making the customer happy and avoiding controversy. One thing is for sure, as Spar pointed out, “You can’t be politically naive and do well in this... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
success, we forget to take care of ourselves, missing out on things that bring us happiness and well-being. Hiebert walks you through seven fundamental habits to becoming personally and professionally fulfilled. He demonstrates how to... View Details
- 01 Apr 2011
- News
My First HBS Class
Readers subscribing to the “Life is real! Life is earnest!” philosophy may not have been thrilled by my two-part blog entry on “classroom hijinks” at HBS (see here and here). But they will be happy to hear that during my first-ever... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
as how to cope with chaos. To help club members begin to reframe the way they think about these uncertain times, the club tapped one of its own members, Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007), bestselling author of The Book of Awesome, The Happiness... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 06 Mar 2019
- News
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
much more happy and refreshed and rejuvenated. I think that we need to take the conversation from people's anecdotal stories about how great it is to take time off to companies realizing that these sorts of policies haven't been carved in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 27 Oct 2016
- News
Paying It Forward
(photo by Neal Hamberg) Ask Malay Kundu (MBA 2003) about StopLift Checkout Vision Systems, and he’s more than happy to talk about his thriving software company, which deploys video and scanning technologies to stop retail theft. The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
daughter and two stepchildren, he prefers to keep the question open-ended for now and focus on the company's continued growth and stability —a goal that's sure to keep fans of the classic hotdog-and-mustard combo happy for generations to... View Details
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
message that I want to give to all my classmates and colleagues about what made things work for me is that the key to happiness can be summed up in one word, and that's usefulness. And if you feel you're being useful or you have a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
Then jobs are lost, and the unions blame someone else. Ron DiLiddo (PMD 50, 1985) Rochester, MI Document HBS’s Role in Crisis I was happy to read in the March issue that the financial crisis has motivated HBS to write cases on the topic... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
already know you can do well is difficult. What are some of the clues that would indicate your need for achievement is blocking your path to career growth? If the main emotion you experience when you accomplish a task is relief, not View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Peak
a 2002 Chevy Astro named Eddie, kitted out with storage, sleeping, and work spaces. Her happy place: The deserts of the American Southwest. A family thing: “My mom climbed Kilimanjaro with me last fall. It was her first big mountain.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Marketing Muscle
entrepreneur is seeing things that other people can't see," she stated. "I wouldn't be happy working in a traditional company." With that said, her six-year-old company could be considered something of an institution itself in the heated... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Northern California Initiative Reaches Out to Women, Girls
women who are specifically interested in careers in business. “The club is very interested in making sure women’s issues get addressed,” concludes Schwartz. “We are happy to oblige.” — Amy Burton For further information on the Women’s... View Details
- 22 Sep 2017
- News
The Epicenter of Miami’s Vice
Farzad: You have to imagine—we talk about gross margins and profit margins. And in a business, you're happy to clear double digit margins. If you had a connection in Colombia or Peru or Bolivia and you could get your mitts on a hook up of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
more championship rings in him.” Next passport stamp: Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom known for its Gross National Happiness index. Recommended reading: Milk and Honey and The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur. “She’s a young Sikh woman who... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna