Filter Results:
(245)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,518)
- News (245)
- Research (561)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (8)
- Faculty Publications (86)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(1,518)
- News (245)
- Research (561)
- Events (12)
- Multimedia (8)
- Faculty Publications (86)
Sort by
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
is poorly understood—we’ve known that for a while—it’s how surprised they are. I think what’s going on is this: Most executives, when they think about strategy focus on communication, and they measure communication in terms of the numbers of View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
The Secret Sauce
Susan and Scott Hawkins Email communication was key to achieving a class best of 53 percent participation. When asked to lead his class's 30th Reunion Gift participation efforts, Atlanta-based real estate developer Scott Hawkins was up... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
I sent out a ‘Happy Pride Month’ email with a little history about its connection to the Stonewall riots and the courage of the protesters and wrote, ‘We are an organization built on courage and inclusivity. Let’s celebrate that.’ I can’t... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
fellowship when someone forwarded an email to him about the program. He knew right away that SPNM had what he wanted. "It sounded great. I was a biology major, and I didn't have any formal training in how to run a nonprofit," Marriner... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
LPO in August 2005. A week later, while guest conducting in Korea, he saw reports on CNN that New Orleans, though battered by Hurricane Katrina, had managed to avoid major damage. But constant email updates from an LPO member, which had... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
the air. But a producer emailed her back to assure it was in fact no mistake, and this past Friday, the Khalife sisters got to pitch their idea to Shark Tank's estimated 6.4 million viewers. On Monday morning, we talked to Donna about the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
our alumni. We hope we can contribute to America and the world through this project. And we think it’s going to have a positive influence on the School. How are you tapping HBS alumni for ideas about competitiveness? Rivkin: HBS has about 78,000 alumni around the world... View Details
- 17 Jan 2019
- News
The First Five Years: ‘30 Under 30’ Edition
musician, entrepreneur: “I was buying some bananas from a 7/11 in Seoul, South Korea, when the email appeared in my inbox. I was with a dear friend of mine, Elliott Davis, who graduated from HBS in 2016. He gave me a huge hug and hearty... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Enabling Students to Pursue Their Passions
David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound. Photos courtesy David Valesquez David Velasquez (MBA/MPP 2023, MD 2024), right, at the GOTVax mobile clinic in greater Boston he helped to cofound.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Jul 2019
- News
A Way Forward for Women
board seat appeared for her. When I emailed her, she said, ‘I’m not ready,’” Bichard recalls. “She really needed a confidence boost, and over a three-day period we hammered the whole thing out. She hasn’t heard back yet, but the idea is,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
Filipinos have been in the United States for longer than the country is old. As far back as 1763, sailors from the Philippines started arriving in the Gulf of Mexico as indentured servants on Spanish galleons. Life on board was so brutal that, at the sight of land,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
I Gave at the Office
ways. Some people might be more willing to give at a grocery store when they ask you to donate at the checkout counter. Other people might not give there but instead respond to a letter or email request. I think, rather than asking what... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
How Women's Basketball Conquered Europe
ended up placing several players there, and within a matter of a couple years, all of a sudden I found that I had about three dozen players in maybe 10 different countries. And then calls started coming in. Remember, this is before emails... View Details
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
angel investing.” Ventura, who serves as an adviser and mentor at TaFF and TBFI, contributed to all seven virtual sessions, introducing the HBS alumni mentors, and sharing guidance and advice to the startups. A team from TBFI followed up each session with summary View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
Poland. The index, now the largest online database of Jewish vital records, can help genealogists quickly trace family ancestry back many generations, often to the 1700s. The site has been particularly invaluable in connecting people with family who may have survived... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Khan Academy might become very relevant in what was going on in the world. We got an email from a teacher in South Korea, telling us how he was using Khan Academy to keep his students learning during their nationwide school closures. And... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
experience with Bob, I got an email with the same article attached from about 10 different people at the company. It was about how people would rather have a boss who is really competent but kind of a jerk than one who's really... View Details
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
our business, we get a lot of emails and we deal with a lot of emails. And so being able to chart that and almost be able to celebrate as you able to just make small dents in the size of that inbox and get it down as close to zero as... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
batching. So many tasks feel never-ending, and we become exhausted by bookmarking, prioritizing, and switching. Batching helps. A good example is email: By batching email into two one-hour windows a day—say 9 to 10 a.m. and 4 to 5... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
We Rise
with an email from Aileen Lee (MBA 1997), who founded Cowboy Ventures and originated the VC term “unicorn” to denote billion-dollar startups. When Lee joined Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1999 she had been wary of the challenges... View Details