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- 01 Oct 2021
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Tackling the World’s Most Difficult Challenges
coming to HBS, that means identifying problems and dreaming up new solutions—that may or may not work. Cities and towns can experiment with bold ideas, discard those that don’t accomplish their goals, and scale those that do. Weiss calls...
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- 01 Jun 2002
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Up to the Challenge: Ken Baumgartner - Sticking with It
Photography by Robert Schoen As a boy growing up in Flin Flon, a small mining town four hundred miles north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Ken Baumgartner did what many Canadian boys do to pass the long winters: He played hockey. But unlike many of his friends who View Details
- 04 Jun 2008
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Whistle While You Work
goals because it’s enlivening, “spirit-giving,” and all about shared energy and a sense of possibility. “Imagine,” he mused, “if Martin Luther King had said ‘I have a dream — I wonder if people will be up to it?’” Dr. Michael Gold is a...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the history of...
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- 01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur
Dean Nitin Nohria. “He cared deeply about every member of the HBS community and believed in the School’s ability to transform lives. By encouraging us all to dream big dreams—in effect, spurring our intellectual ambition—he set the School...
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- 10 Mar 2021
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
fast,” hyper-growth can spell disaster for even the most promising ventures. Help wanted. Rapidly scaling startups need lots of capital and talent, but they can make mistakes that leave them suddenly in short supply of both. Cascading miracles. Silicon Valley exhorts...
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- 25 Jun 2018
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An Unfinished Story
the pledge of allegiance at their naturalization ceremony. Fifteen years after the couple had fled a dictatorship in Brazil, they achieved their dream of becoming United States citizens. Those are just a few of the more than 70 stories...
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April White
- 01 Mar 2004
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Take 2: From Ad Copy to Cuneiform
digs. She has unearthed evidence of ancient dwellings and dishes and literature. At a site in England, her group uncovered the imprint of a Viking ship’s prow in a riverbank. While current world events have prevented Rothberg from fulfilling a View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
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Jeffrey R. Immelt, MBA 1982
to locomotives. “No matter what the product, for over 130 years GE has been about imagination at work,” says Immelt. “It’s always been a combination of the dreaming and the doing.” Immelt came to GE straight out of HBS, holding various...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
help you take active steps toward achieving your dream life. Former Wall Street investor, adviser, and author Tiffany Kent infuses specific investment advice with her personal story to show you how to take control of your finances and...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2022
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Closing the 'Network Gap'
the network, which would be supported by employers interested in making a real commitment to achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) goals, these young leaders would be able to speak with the people working in their dream jobs....
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April White
- 01 Dec 2010
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How to Survive Past Start-up
Cenedella tried several other ideas for job-industry companies before he came up with the idea for TheLadders. Michel spent years searching for the right business idea — even helping to start a pharmaceutical industry computer firm — before View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc
to publish underground publications throughout the Soviet bloc. As Bronisław Komorowski, a fellow activist who went on to serve as Poland’s president from 2010 to 2015, explains through a translator: “For my father and his generation—the underground soldiers of World...
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- 05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
of how few people—neither the ones depicted on the wall nor the artists who had made them—looked like her. “I noticed it and I puzzled over it for a long time. People, in some way, want to see themselves and, up until recently, there have been lots of exclusions,” she...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1999
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Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
many others over the next two days, Morkel stated, "An African renaissance will be a pipe dream if we fail to realize that we are a part of the global village." Michael A. Thompson (85th AMP), who organized the conference with cochair...
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Susan Young
- 01 Mar 2006
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The Little Ice-Cream Company That Could
snacks are the company’s most recent innovations.) By mid-1994, Dreyer’s fulfilled its dream of becoming the leading premium ice-cream brand in the United States — a mixed blessing. “As we approached a billion dollars in sales, it was...
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- 06 Mar 2019
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Making Sabbaticals Mainstream
and generosity and service. Our company was a mission-oriented company. We were focused on enabling access to finance to individuals across the world, so that they could live out their dreams and start businesses. Being that close into a...
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- 02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word
to enroll at a local university. University was the bridge to who I am today. Frank Magwegwe (AMP 185, 2013) Segment Head, Momentum Retail A dream grounded I’ve been intrigued by aviation since childhood. After HBS I spent several years...
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- 01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Innovation in Health Care: How to Make Value-Based Delivery Work by Vijay Govindarajan (DBA 1978) and Ravi Ramamurti (DBA 1982) HBR Press Though still a pipe dream in the US, value-based competition (value as measured by patient outcomes...
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- 16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed
path toward peace and sustainable change than just a good business idea. “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” “I mean, I almost cried uncle 10 times in the first month.” Making things that move was in his DNA. His grandfather, Ralph Rogers,...
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