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- 07 Sep 2021
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Embracing Activism for Social Change
communities. Everyone was scrambling to direct resources to places where they could do the most good.” “We wanted to place behavioral health professionals in situations where their expertise would View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Extending goodwill to all in the global community
people and placed more than 215,000 people in jobs, many of whom participated in the organization’s career-training programs. When Gibbons visits Goodwill centers, the advice he gives to the people they serve is simple: “Keep hope alive,... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Reunited and It Feels So Good
also hosted individualized panels, led by faculty and classmates, on topics such as entrepreneurship, balancing work and family, and making lifestyle and career changes. Dinner cruises, gala events, and tours of local sites, all taking... View Details
- 16 Mar 2015
- News
Preserving a Musical Tradition
music and teach a new generation of young musicians the traditional rhythms. “I had a dream of a musical community,” he says, describing his initial concept. “A place where people went and were fully immersed in music as if it were a... View Details
- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
position as “capital of the heartland” (making it a magnet for graduates of the Midwest’s top universities), its relatively low cost of living (number 10 in the nation), and its position as a central aviation hub as just a few of the qualities that View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
backgrounds to begin to learn by the case method. If you don’t have any familiarity with how to do analysis, it’s just not easy to feel prepared to exercise judgment. That’s the first place where we’ve seen a giant opportunity through... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Environmental Impact
Susan Rasinski McCaw (MBA 1988) and Craig McCaw As Susan Rasinski McCaw (MBA 1988) has discovered, HBS is a place not only where students and faculty members can pursue their passions, but also where alumni can leverage their... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
At Your Service
close look at their capabilities, their customers’ needs, and their competitors’ performance. If I had to identify one place most organizations could really start to make a difference, it would be service... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Beyond the Plastisphere
plastics. “We’re trying to get our customers to covet this product that will help change their lives in a positive way—and make the world a better place too,” says Kauss. The world is literally drowning in... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
On a Mission to Have an Impact
travel. Allow them to really feel like they are living like a local and connecting them with people from local communities as they travel, to get a much better sense of what places are really about. “I think the other way I have tried to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
Howe says. In developing nations, he notes that it could be game changing, "particularly in places lacking infrastructure, where sunlight is abundant." Ubiquitous Energy began as a class project while Howe was a student at HBS. Howe's... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Ask the Expert: How to Build a More Diverse Board
issue as the founder and CEO of the executive search firm Trewstar, which places experienced and accomplished women on corporate boards. She offers her advice here. What tips do you have for senior female executives looking for a... View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
How Sarah Kauss Built S’well
single-use plastic ones per year—enough to put her Million Bottle Project, which aims to eliminate 100 million plastic bottles by 2020, well ahead of schedule. “We’re trying to get our customers to covet this product that will help change their lives in a positive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Encouraging Women Leaders
and investment banking. She found her eclectic background to be an asset rather than a liability in the classroom, “because HBS looks for such diversity in its students.” Serra says that learning in this welcoming environment, “everything fell into View Details
- 30 Sep 2015
- News
Looking to Rwanda’s Future
world and has been rated the top place to do business in Africa,” reports Goldstein, who devotes his time there to informal meetings and discussions with government and business leaders. The Goldsteins’ summer 2015 Rwandan entourage... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Trust Me
ssume that you are better off interacting with someone with whom you have had positive interactions before, the researchers found that many people placed more trust in complete strangers. “The groups that had no history and had not... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
For women executives, having both career and family can mean making hard choices. When it comes to caring for family, more women typically choose to take on this responsibility than men, and, in doing so, accept that it might not be... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
seniors' money by offering a caregiver-managed debit card account with personalized spending controls and extra protection from fraud and scams. Johnston likens the growing opportunities in aging to the old high school science lesson of View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Inbox: From Das’s Desk
with our faculty members; and to make note of special events taking place on campus and elsewhere that you might find interesting. I appreciate the trust Nitin has placed in me... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
With a father in the US Air Force, Vivian Hunt (MBA 1995) moved often as a young girl, living in places as far flung as Montana, Alabama, and Japan. That experience was difficult at times, but it developed her ability to engage across... View Details