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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
A World of Difference
habit of mind that every time he walked into the cockpit, he would ask himself what he could learn. That is experience with humility. If you have both, then your instincts can be helpful. But if you have experience without humility, then your instincts emerge as...
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Jen McFarland Flint
- 20 Mar 2018
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
that it transforms these problems into opportunities,” Leger says. Blindness is the second leading cause of disability in Mexico, with more than 2 million people suffering from cataracts, 700,000 of whom are completely View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Business of Access
Lisle became CEO of Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a nonprofit that offers evaluation, counseling, training, and education for the visually impaired. Like any CEO, she jumped in quickly and learned the challenges the...
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- 01 Apr 2001
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Beyond Accommodation
little-understood retinal condition that is the leading cause of blindness in the United States. Despite its onset, Gibbons was raised with the expectation that he would excel in life. “My family didn’t tolerate low performance,” says...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do about It by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel (Princeton University Press) Max Bazerman, the Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, and his coauthor examine...
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- 24 Apr 2014
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Extending goodwill to all in the global community
Industries for the Blind and the first blind person to graduate from HBS, Gibbons strongly believes in applying business skills to pressing societal problems. “By using the tools already at their disposal,”...
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- 01 Dec 2022
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Turning Point: Soul Cycle
practice—Beyond Blind Spots—to coach entrepreneurs and executives. I created exercises to help people gain clarity on what makes them, them, and then connect their personal mission to their expression in work. In 2020, applying the same...
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- 01 Jun 2010
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Admit It: You’re in Denial
past. Liberated from history, they saw clearly and decided rightly. You can’t afford to deny denial. So learn to recognize it. Blind spots in a car are inevitable, but good drivers train themselves to become aware of them and take...
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- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
Mexican for-profit social enterprise that makes eye care, including much-needed cataract surgery, accessible to thousands of people annually. Blindness is the second leading cause of disability in Mexico, with more than 2 million people...
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Jennifer Myers
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Seeing glass in a new light
a smart phone, tablet, or wall switch, the product brings unparalleled control over the internal climate conditions of a building and returns the unobstructed view to those inside—as blinds or shades are no longer needed. “Today,...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Greed, Gullibility, and Optimism
Washington, D.C., Retsinas believes all parties in the housing mess were coconspirators — from lenders that hawked subprime finance deals with microprint caveats, to brokers that turned a blind eye to borrowers’ long-term solvency, to...
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- 11 Apr 2017
- News
Keeping the Missions Under Control
sets [I needed] and the blind spots I had that I was not aware of, working internationally, and working with our corporate partnerships, which is really kind of new for NASA. “We’re partnering with commercial entities like SpaceX and...
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- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When he was just three years old, Chad Foster (PLDA 21, 2016) was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative condition that would ultimately leave him...
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- 23 May 2019
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Michael G. Mullen, AMP 109, 1991
began on a blind date at the Army–Navy game in 1967, endured the long deployments of his early career and yielded two sons, both of whom chose to follow in their father’s footsteps and attend the United States Naval Academy. “Deborah and...
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Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Ilene Lang
there, so it blinds you to the reality of people’s talents and potential contributions. Why does an organization benefit from having a mix of women and men in leadership roles? I want to stay away from the studies that analyze...
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- 01 Jan 2002
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Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
not for profits. He also said that if we remember this ethic, profits will never fail to appear." A life-size sculpture in the lobby of Merck's headquarters in Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, of two figures-a boy leading a blind man with...
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- 15 Jan 2020
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The Business of Access
expenses. It’s about the things that would make their work better and easier, which are resources that private-sector employees take for granted.” In January 2019, Lisle became CEO of Vista Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a...
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Maureen Harmon
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Arnon Mishkin (MBA 1989)
question we’re trying to answer.” It was the HBS guy saying that. Consulting is very similar to journalism, because you go into a new situation or a new company and try to figure out what makes a place tick. It’s like the blind person...
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- 22 Feb 2022
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Launch Codes
the traction can sometimes create a blind spot and put your company at serious risk. Back in 2018, when we raised our first round of seed funding, we learned this the hard way. We had great traction and a lot of venture capital firms...
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- 01 Sep 2024
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Back to School
(tannins, heavy, light bodied), and taste (sweet, acidic, sour, bitter, dry). I am currently learning about food pairing, and as I progress further in level 3, I will start blind tasting, which is fascinating and exhilarating, but also...
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