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Drew Keller
person from your life that you admire the most today? My mom and my dad. They each have successful small businesses that they started from scratch and have run for over 30 years, and they have supported each other so that they are...
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- Portrait Project
Michi Ferreol
quietly, holding and admiring them as if they were real gold. “Don’t you want to put your stickers somewhere special?” I asked. He shook his head then looked up at me with wide, twinkling eyes. “I’ll take them home and share them with my...
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Magashe Ngoepe
forward, always safe, and always sure we would get to our end destination Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My mother. She completed several degrees while raising a family. We always went to sleep well fed,...
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- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Four Keys of Enduring Success: How High Achievers Win
observed. Individuals want a sense of mastery and pleasure; relationships are important to success. The most common reason people give him and Nash is, "I want to make a difference in the world." Most people admire others who...
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by Martha Lagace
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Philippe Rival
spades! I have pulled similar stunts for the Normandy Bridge in northern France, the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, and the Rion Antirion Bridge in Greece; all are equally stunning structures. Who is one person from your life that you View Details
- 20 Apr 2021
- Book
A Simple Question That Can Guide Companies to Epic Success
creating value. Danielle Kost: What is different about the companies that put value at the center of their strategy? Felix Oberholzer-Gee: I admire how disciplined they are. Every company that I studied for the book has many talented...
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by Danielle Kost
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Liz Plooster
Pepsi. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My grandma Joyce. Despite a year of health challenges, she continues to exude love and compassion to everyone around her. She’s the most servant-hearted person I...
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- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
pass—because, ‘Now we can account for who you are, what you’re about, and how you plug into this ecosystem we have happening,’” Riley said. “It let you fit in without having to give your life over to a neighborhood.” Even rival artists View Details
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by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 20 Aug 2008
- Op-Ed
The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism
In a much admired and debated speech given at the World Economic Forum in Davos last January, Bill Gates said that many of the world's biggest problems cannot be fixed by philanthropy, but instead require free-market...
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by Nancy Koehn
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and the Virginian-Pilot. Despite his youth, Batten gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues. He made ethical, careful reporting a top priority, strongly supported school desegregation, and encouraged...
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- 06 Jun 2008
- What Do You Think?
Why Don’t Managers Think Deeply?
colleagues, trained to admire and teach action, would walk away shaking their heads and asking each other, "Is he alright?" It is perhaps no coincidence that Tony often came up with some of the most profound insights at faculty...
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by Jim Heskett
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Shara Ticku
dedicated his life to studying the brain—whose brain I admired above any other—lay on life support, unable to engage that brain ever again. He was gone. Until this point, everything I’d accomplished in my life was done to make my father...
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- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
a secretary at the University of Chicago. She admires his optimism, curiosity, and humility. “He’s proud but not boastful,” she says simply, adding that they’ve made a life together that is focused on helping their country succeed. In...
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Susan Young
- 03 Jul 2013
- What Do You Think?
What Are the Limits of Transparency?
Summing Up What Is Transparency's "Sweet Spot"? We generally think of transparency as an admirable organization quality. But commenting on this month's column, Kapil Kumar Sopory summed up a lot of the thinking with the...
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by James Heskett
- 13 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands
corporations such as Microsoft or Coca-Cola, particularly in Europe. Many NGOs, by the very nature of the work they do and the dedication of their staff and volunteers, attract the respect and admiration of many individuals. Nonprofits...
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by Manda Salls
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John H. McArthur | About
He was a warm, kind and generous man who made friends easily, and was intensely loyal to them. It is this quality—above all others—that has endeared him to so many.” Among the many who admired and respected McArthur were legions of HBS...
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- 22 May 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
A Luxury Industry Veteran Teaches the Importance of Aesthetics to Budding Business Leaders
experiential selfies on Instagram and Snapchat. THE VERDICT: While none of the fashionista judges could imagine themselves renting a wardrobe from Hilton, they all admired the idea of creating an immersive, personalized, almost fantastic...
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- 18 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
WeWork—The IPO That Shouldn’t?
always be there to bail out WeWork? Is Chairman and CEO Masayoshi Son’s mutual admiration with Neumann part of the unspoken issue? It has been suggested that SoftBank may backstop the IPO in some respect by buying a major portion of the...
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- 24 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class
technology. Winston said, “I admire companies that have a tremendous impact on the world by making technology more accessible. There’s a real opportunity to drive change by getting products into the hands of people who can solve...
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- 22 Aug 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Hard Work of Failure Analysis
requires a spirit of inquiry and openness, patience, and a tolerance for ambiguity. However, most managers admire and are rewarded for decisiveness, efficiency, and action rather than for deep reflection and painstaking analysis. Third,...
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by Amy Edmondson & Mark D. Cannon