adventure - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Sep 2011
Research & Ideas

Cheese Moving: Effecting Change Rather Than Accepting It

personal growth—often depends on exactly that: the ability to challenge assumptions, reshape the environment, and play by a different set of rules your own. Like WMMC, this book tells the story of mice who live in a maze. In this case, the main characters are three... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Brandon Graves

New York City! NYC is a microcosm of the world. One of my favorite things about the five boroughs is its diversity. The city offers rich exposure to many types of people, cultures, foods, museums, and environments that shaped my outlook on life. A new View Details

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Past Issues - Alumni

before it’s too late? Complete Table of Contents September 2018 Havana Rising Megumi Gordon and the impossible adventure of building a business in Cuba’s ascendant private sector Moving Pictures Screenwriter Josh Singer always wanted to... View Details

09 Nov 2016
Op-Ed

6 Lessons from Donald Trump's Winning Marketing Manual

marketers, says HBS professor John Quelch. Credit: Gage Skidmore Show the past as prologue. Offering consumers the adventure of voting for an uncertain future never works with the majority, especially if your brand is new to the game.... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

to do long term, the type of impact I want to have, and what I need to do to convince people to join me in the fight.” Roberts’ chosen fight is climate change, and he’s aiming to do it via taste buds. After a summer internship at Gramercy Tavern in New York City and... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

into consideration the intense emotions of parents and children. So Dietz and his team embarked on a patient-centered redesign by attempting to view the diagnostic procedure through the eyes of a child. The result: Adventure Series... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

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Charlotte MacDonald

strong shot of Canadian Club "The beauty of HBS," Charlotte believes, "is flexibility. There are so many ways to spend your time—you have thousands of options. You can choose your own adventure and prioritize what's... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

hesitation, she opted for the higher-paying position in a new city, figuring it would be an adventure with her partner of eight years and lead to more exciting work opportunities down the road. It’s a choice many people face at key times... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Tommaso Ruggeri

next flight, you know that this is just the beginning of a lifelong adventure together with your newfound friends. What is your most memorable classroom moment? "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"... View Details

14 Jan 2022
News

Nohria’s Next Move

In a message to the HBS community this week, former Dean Nitin Nohria shared his next chapter. “I am pursuing a new adventure as the Executive Chairman of Thrive Capital, a firm that invests in and builds technology-enabled companies.”... View Details

16 May 2024
News

On the Job

looking for adventure in a summer job. He got that and more when he and a fellow student from Yale University headed to the Pacific Northwest to work in a lumber mill. They hoped for fishing on their days off and cool, piney forests.... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

14 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022

shows me how beautiful life is, no matter how adventurous or mundane the setting. He is my best friend, my adventure buddy, and my life partner. I cherish every moment I get to spend with him — because with... View Details

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

space race have been blessed somewhat by the glamour of it all. Investors enthusiastically, maybe too much so, backed a host of startups including those headed by superstar names like Sir Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk. Rich View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

01 Oct 2002
News

Michael F. Cronin

Nature's Blessing Michael F. Cronin: A Focus on the Fundamentals Ann M. Fudge: Enhanced Perspective Steven C. Watson: Course Change Karen Gordon Mills: Her Excellent Adventures Amy S. Langer: Fighting the Good Fight Jeremiah P. Murphy,... View Details

12 Mar 2021
News

My Favorite Case

I ever made. Each year, the children and I had some adventure that would always bring memories. I was able to take seven or eight weeks of vacation each year (it was my own business) and to enjoy the time. —William Bogardus (MBA 1972)... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Disruptive Innovation Online Course | HBS Online

5-6 hrs Module 2 Discovering Customer Jobs to be Done Focus on what causes your customers to buy your products and why, and achieve differentiation, better margins, and avoid disruption. Highlights The Jobs to be Done Pyramid Disney California View Details

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

student made a Choose Your Own Adventure computer game about making the right choices in a workplace environment. (When Frei played the game, "I ended up getting fired.") One of the most moving projects in the class, she says,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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One Man Crime Wave

languages. To many writers, critics, and fans, “JDM” lives on as an underappreciated master, a born storyteller who served up riveting, best-selling adventure tales that feature penetrating social commentary and sharp insights into human... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Portrait Project

Natasha Pereira-Kamath

As a child, I loved blackouts. The adventure always started with melting ice cream. Within seconds of my grandparents' house going dark, my mouth would start watering. While we were lucky enough to have a generator, it never produced... View Details

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