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- 19 Jan 2024
- News
The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix
trade-offs. Not just the cost, but what would you get in return? And that's what we really want you to wrestle with as part of your work on Friday. If you're going to compete on speed—because there's a difference between competing with... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
Brazil, which we think have huge potential. But we're wrestling with it and beginning to network; in the long run we're probably going to want to be there.” Biggest disappointment: “Not having enough time to do things. I might have played... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Mark Fuller
start-up with five employees to a global powerhouse with sixteen hundred employees in 23 countries. From day one, Fuller and his colleagues knew they wanted to build a firm with global reach — a cutting-edge notion at the time. In the early ’80s, “lots of companies and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond Accommodation
until seventh grade, basketball until eighth grade, football until ninth. Then I wrestled and threw the shot put and discus through high school. The faster the ball moved — or the smaller it got — the sooner my career in that sport was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
classroom—where one out of three students is an international student—is the different views of privacy they bring to that debate. And one of the things that we ask the students to wrestle with is the fact that there is no one government.... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
Cardona. “If you told my teachers that I would go on to be a teacher myself and work on education policy, they would have found that really incongruous.” Simmons credits some of those same teachers and coaches (he found an outlet in View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
to pull you up, there are limits to individual effort. How do you wrestle with those limitations? My book is aimed at setting up early career professionals for success, but as I was writing I found myself thinking that it isn’t enough.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Minding The Gap
the district's failures has been held up as a model for other cities, Alonso underscores the iterative process required to effect system-wide improvement. "My first year at PELP, we were launching a huge reform effort that pushed resources into schools. We were View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
paper, or the wrestling team, the teachers in those situations were more like mentors with whom you worked collaboratively to achieve personal and team goals. Teammates would help, too. Everybody was trying to get the best possible... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Books@Baker: Joseph Badaracco
Many of us are so busy, it can be tough to step off the daily merry-go-round, put our smartphones, laptops, and to-do lists aside, and find quiet time to reflect on our lives. Yet reflection gives us a chance to pause and figure out what really matters, especially when... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
model we’re experimenting with gels with the best learning experiences I had in my own public school in Metairie, Louisiana. Whether it was being on the math team, the school paper, or the wrestling team, the teachers in those situations... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Hair Today
product for independent stylists to manage orders, payments, and shipments, and will soon introduce a microloan product. With a Series A fundraise to come, Winters hopes to increase Upgrade’s market share, offering more and more women like herself a convenient,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
full-time — is their own clearly articulated definition of fulfillment and success. While each emphasized that there is no single strategy for achieving balance between work, family, and spiritual/personal growth, their stories are food for thought for anyone, at any... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
JD/MBA degree as a way to ensure that he’d have all the necessary tools to do so. But as his time at Harvard drew to a close, Singer continued to wrestle with what to do next. Law, public policy, and politics offered the most obvious... View Details
- 10 Mar 2011
- News
Philanthropy’s Dilemma
process of seeking answers to six key questions, each comprising a chapter: What are my values and beliefs? What is “success” and how can it be achieved? What am I accountable for? What will it take to get the job done? How do I partner with grantees? Am I getting... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Giving Live Sports Another Dimension
1978), Senior Advisor for Imagination Park (photo courtesy of Jonathan Mariner) One of the most enduring appeals of sports is the experience of being in the stadium when something momentous happens. But what about the rest of the time? “One of the challenges that every... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
the most experienced voices at HBS—Bill George, Krishna Palepu, Rakesh Khurana, and Lorsch himself—to address the challenges of governance and the role of corporate boards in wrestling with critical issues like CEO performance and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2012
- News
New Thinking on Healthcare Reform
and leading thinkers to wrestle with the Gordian knot of healthcare reform. The approach to reforming healthcare has been "hung up in static rather than dynamic thinking," said Christensen, who moderated a panel on "Improving the Patient... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Inside MTV’s Global Fame
bar at 5 a.m. singing “Born in the USA.” Or his wrestling match with the deputy mayor of Leningrad on the floor of the Winter Palace. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Roedy was a few blocks away securing distribution for his fledgling... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Of Myth and Merlin: T.A. (Tom) Barron's Literary Odyssey
greatest wizard of all time. Although Barron's novels are generally found in the science fiction or young adult sections of bookstores, his intentions transcend such categories. "I'm writing for thoughtful people of all ages, people who like to View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick