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26 May 2022
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Bidding Up

physics to philosophy to math. But Wilson did meet Howard Raiffa, a renowned scholar in the field of game theory and decision analysis, and followed him to HBS. There, Wilson completed the obligatory MBA before going on to his doctoral... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

consumers seeking high-quality, locally grown produce. An industrial hemp-growing project he undertook under license by the Kentucky Department of Agriculture failed in part because the fabric designer who... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

23 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard

Often overlooked in essays on leadership is the role of the organization's measurement and management system. Effective leaders, however, know that measurement and management systems play a critical role in communication; in establishing... View Details

Keywords: by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton

19 Jun 2017
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Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Frida Polli (MBA 2012) is the CEO and cofounder of pymetrics, which uses neuroscience-based games to help match people to their perfect careers. In this episode, she talks... View Details

30 Jul 2025
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Play with Purpose

meaningful without my family and my friends and relationships that I've built up. Skydeck is the Harvard Business School alumni podcast featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

Turkey. When the video ends, Janice McCormick, director of Academic Services, flicks on the lights and leads the group on its first foray into case method learning. Despite McCormick's encouragement, it is an awkward exercise, marked by... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

28 May 2019
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Broken Link

federal, state, and school district levels to address these issues. The team’s first task was to determine the scope of the problem. They built a test to measure a school’s broadband speed, then partnered with state View Details

Keywords: Nicole Torres; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

20 Dec 2022
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Singing to the Corn

a person, to understand the cycles of how things grow," he says. "Something in my DNA has been reawakened by planting these seeds." Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard... View Details

13 Feb 2020
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Not Throwing Away My Shot

bigger.” “I think it's okay to want to dent the universe, but I think it's best if you're an entrepreneur to think about something that's in the present that needs to be solved right now. And then look for ways to leverage that into something bigger.” Hi, this is Dan... View Details

01 Sep 2022
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Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

with some of firms’ highest-achieving employees often ended with questions about how to manage the demands of parenting and work. Much of the information she found was long on... View Details

30 Jul 2024
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Reddit’s Rise

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Straddling Two Worlds

one-year stint ended, Tierney joined the corporate finance division of White, Weld & Co. in New York and settled with his wife and three children in Connecticut. At White Weld, he developed a department that... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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closing, I want to stress that the safety and well-being of our community remains our highest priority. We work closely with the Harvard University Police Department as well as local, state, and federal... View Details

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

presentation. Those are skills that I could work on. But none of them would've really helped me at all unless I had that new vision of greatness. That included unpalatable circumstances, the fact that I went... View Details

10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes This is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Susan Wilner Golden (PMD 59, 1990) had a very frustrating experience caring for her aging mother. With her background as a graduate View Details

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

January: Arrive Monday, January 5 and Depart Thursday, January 15 Course Fee: $3,800 (see note on Financial Aid) Immersive Field Courses : IFCs require a firm commitment and carry a financial obligation. Financial aid is available in the... View Details

26 Jan 2021
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Clubs See Wealth in FemTech; Health Care Alumni Look at COVID Response

Human Services (HHS) department last year when the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) first alerted officials about the coming pandemic. “All of our roles changed that day,” said Mango. “By March, we had... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

12 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Waking Up a Sleeping Company

to garner approval. I had learned from my days in the Defense Department during the Vietnam War the perils of well-rehearsed, positive presentations that avoid the essential realities. My approach led to... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

28 Oct 2019
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Brick-and-Mortar Stores Are Making a Comeback

make something happen in physical stores that can’t happen online. If you think about the history of the department store in America, they were the circus when the circus wasn’t in town. There was always... View Details

Keywords: by Jen McFarland Flint; Retail

13 Feb 2019
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We’re All Going to Get Hacked

the trust of their stakeholders. Not just their shareholders and not just their customers. I touched on that in the book in one place, but I think that’s the opportunity. And that’s why I’m doing what I’m doing at RedSeal. Skydeck is... View Details

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