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- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Road Taken: One Family's Worldly Adventure
occasional Saturday soccer game with cell phone at the ready. But for Dick Simon (MBA '80) , his wife, and three children, last year quality time meant — among other memorable adventures — camping together at 12,000 feet under a full moon on a snowfield in Bhutan,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
Before working for our aquarium, she had been homeless for eighteen months, sleeping with her son on the floor of his daycare center while she searched for employment. So what then was my takeaway? I learned the family culture our company... View Details
- 31 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories of 2012
the Smartphone Addiction Published: May 14, 2012 In her new book, Sleeping With Your Smartphone, Leslie Perlow explains how high-powered consultants disconnected from their mobile devices for a few hours every week-and how they became... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Oct 1998
- News
Going Against the Flow
was difficulty with the English language. "Studying cases my first year was a nightmare," he recalls. "I'd seldom get to sleep before 2 a.m." But he perse- vered, graduated as a Baker Scholar, returned to Brazil, and worked for a number... View Details
Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
ago. There were multiple species of humans (nine in total), now only sapiens is left, and most humans have some Neanderthal DNA. Runners-up: Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker Range: Why Generalists... View Details
- 21 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
Coming Out and Finding Acceptance at HBS
the section during my talk, and they promised that they would be there. Though I was resolved to be very clear and open, I was still afraid, and didn’t sleep much the night before. As I stood in front of the classroom giving my talk,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Your Keyboard Is Listening
NeuraMetrix is also studying the potential of using typing cadence to diagnose or monitor ADHD, depression, and REM sleep behavior disorder, with more trials planned. The next step is commercialization. They have begun their efforts in... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 25 Feb 2016
- Blog Post
Dealing with FOMO at HBS
as you can because there really is too much to choose from. You don’t necessarily need to choose between sleep, academics, and a social life I’ve heard people say this, but I don’t believe it. I get 8 hours of sleep a night, have a... View Details
- Profile
Paris Wallace
invaluable conception information. Ovuline collects a wide variety of information from health and wellness data points including menstrual cycle, cervical fluid, basal body temperature, nutrition, weight, sleep activity and more. Wallace... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable
as crime will always be there. What you have to do is keep it down to as low a level as you can. How do you cope with your own fears? I don't lose any sleep these days. I have been dealing with ugly issues going on twenty years now. -... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Additional alumni books for your consideration.
tracking global market trends and finding investment opportunities — such as gold, interest rates, currency, and commodities — that match those trends. Balance Is a Crock, Sleep Is for the Weak: An Indispensable Guide to Surviving Working... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- Blog Post
Making the Move into Digital Health and Software Engineering
launched while in school. Elektra Labs is a digital health platform that enables people to participate in digital health research from the comfort of their own homes. Our first test market is with sleep tech. We spun the venture out of a... View Details
- Web
2.3.2 Hazing | MBA
physical activity which is likely to affect adversely the physical health or safety or any such student or other person, or which subjects such student or other person to extreme mental stress, including extended deprivation of sleep or... View Details
- 06 Jan 2021
- Research & Ideas
Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine
Year’s resolution. To turn a fitness aspiration into a habit, experts often recommend that people adopt rigid exercise routines and rituals, scheduling workouts or sleeping in running clothes, for example. But new research suggests that... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used... View Details
- 24 Jun 2013
- Research & Ideas
Is Your iPhone Turning You Into a Wimp?
tell." Next Steps In a related line of work, the researchers are studying whether our behavior is affected by how we sleep - curled up in the fetal position, for example, versus limbs sprawled across the bed. Bos and Cuddy also are... View Details
- 11 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure!
tomato soup and bread buffet (right)That evening, a few brave and sleep-deprived folks who went to see the northern lights the first night gave it another shot. Their perseverance paid off, and they saw them this time! The rest of us got a (much-needed) full night of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Lighten Up
fiercely competitive market for outdoor wear and gear. GoLite’s mission sounds simple and logical enough — give serious trail runners, alpine athletes, fast-packers (backpackers who speed along trails), and even once-discouraged hikers like me the lightest weight... View Details
- Profile
Kanwaljit Bakshi
"I've no idea how I did it. I didn't sleep much," she laughs. After graduation, Brochu went to Silicon Valley and worked for a computer security firm. But like the rest of the nation, her worldview shifted on 9/11. She decided... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Ink
strategy and assessing your place in the competitive landscape. Tool 15, “Taming Co-opetition,” helps one determine the risks and rewards of sleeping with the enemy. Essentially, the advice is, don’t. “With few exceptions, being in... View Details