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- 19 Feb 2021
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A Playbook for Progress
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “Our message is don’t take a solo journey. Do what Bonita and I did, team up. And once we team up, we are an unstoppable force.” “Our message is don’t take a solo journey. Do...
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- 08 Jun 2018
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My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Back by popular demand, we offer a second collection of alumni recounting their experience at their first jobs. READ MORE Hey, everybody, it's Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck....
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- 19 Feb 2019
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The First Five Years: '30 Under 30' Edition
“The most fun part of the HBS experience was participating in skydeck and professor roasts. I have to admit I probably spent way more time preparing for the roast of a HBS professor than I did for any individual case.” Gandhi: “Touring...
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- 11 Jun 2021
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The Power of Resilience
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Three days before giving birth to her second daughter, Parul Somani (MBA 2009) felt a lump in her breast. Still unable to walk from her C-section, her husband...
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- 02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Ed Hajim (MBA 1964) has had a legendary career in finance, including high-profile stints at E F Hutton and Lehman Brothers and 14...
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- 22 Jan 2020
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What It Takes
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes So what I've learned is that when you have a mistake, that's the moment where you don't get angry. You assemble people and you say, “How did this happen? And how do we...
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- 06 Dec 2018
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Cold Call Horror Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes During Fall Reunions, the podcast team set up our microphones in Spangler Hall and asked alumni to tell us about those terrifying moments when—as is tradition at HBS—they...
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- 07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2
Illustration by Ket-le / iStock; photo courtesy of Jeff Immelt Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Jeff Immelt (MBA 1982) Dan Morrell: In 2009, in the wake of the financial crisis, with...
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- 26 Aug 2020
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What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “The solution doesn't necessarily come from the federal government or from Wal-Mart. The solution comes from lots of us deciding that we are going to do what it takes to solve...
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- 23 Jan 2019
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The Promise of Personalized Medicine
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes As a little kid, Rich Horgan (MBA 2018) doesn’t remember thinking much about the differences between himself and his younger brother, Terry. But as he started to get older,...
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- 23 Oct 2018
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Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: There are about 130,000 words in Casey Gerald’s first book, There Will Be No Miracles Here, and each of those words was written by hand. It had to be that way,...
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- 09 Jun 2017
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Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes WildChina founder Zhang Mei (MBA 1996) released her first book this year: Travels Through Dali with a Leg of Ham, a travelogue and recipe collection culled from the...
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- 20 Jul 2022
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Wired to be Inspired
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Professor Ranjay Gulati, whose research looks at how the most resilient companies approach growth and profitability, chaired the Advanced Management Program at HBS for many...
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- 09 Dec 2021
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Higher Returns
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Parsec Ventures CEO Richard Steel (OPM 45, 2014) has had a wide range of professional experiences, including everything from running...
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- 13 Feb 2019
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We’re All Going to Get Hacked
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes In November 2014, Sony Pictures suffered a massive, high-profile data breach, with hackers breaking in and stealing everything from confidential employee data to unreleased...
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- 31 May 2018
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Finding Freedom from Eating Disorders
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: About a decade ago, Lindsay Ronga realized that she had developed an eating disorder. She was in the midst of applying to business schools and had started...
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- 16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Jules Kortenhorst (MBA 1986) is CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a leading think tank focused on sustainability and energy use. It has become a go-to source of analysis...
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- 30 Sep 2016
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Competing Against Luck
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Welcome to the inaugural episode of Skydeck, the Harvard Business School alumni podcast. I'm Dan Morrell, editor of the HBS Alumni Bulletin, and I'll be your host. We're very...
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- 18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
HBS Alumni podcast, ICV Partners cofounder Willie Woods (MBA 1993) discusses what companies can do to improve Black representation in their ranks. “The approach I'm talking about is a team,” Woods tells Skydeck contributing host Chitra...
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- 03 Jul 2024
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Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The...
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