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- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
her to help them get inside the minds of undecided voters in swing states. So Hessan joined the campaign. She kicked off a voter research project that is now extended well beyond the 2016 election. Her approach is qualitative. She's in... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
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 building...but it might have been... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
really exceptional at what they’re doing but with very little idea of why they’re doing it. And, for us, it’s really about the why. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard... View Details
- 19 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy
Ginger Jin, of the Maryland Center for Economics and Policy, is just one example. They invited regulatory officials from several leading federal agencies, including the Department View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
thinking about where to hold them, specifically, inside or outside of tax-deferred accounts. "Getting this decision right can be pretty close to a free lunch," says Bergstresser, who with colleague James Poterba, a professor at... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 05 Sep 2017
- News
Living the Quantitative Life
tracking enough to, again, either encourage yourself in sustainable ways that aren't going to make you hate yourself or make you quit, and/or maybe build data sets that'll help all of us get a little bit better at understanding ourselves.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
taxes. This strategy was implemented by a handful of men over those fifty years, most important among them John Cowperthwaite, who ran the trade and industry department after the war and then spent twenty... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Khan Academy across 190 countries and 50 languages. In this special edition of Skydeck honoring recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award, Associate Editor Julia Hanna talks to Khan about how the nonprofit... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
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 View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
Wellesley friend who was Nelson Doubleday's secretary suggested I talk to him, I was open to the idea, and he offered me a job in the research department for the same salary. It was appealing to work in a company that was trying to hire... View Details
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Today’s story is a break from our typical in-depth interview format. Today, we’re going to tell a story. It’s a story that starts with a tragic plane crash in 1944 outside a small town in... View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
as is happening right now, can drive change very effectively. This episode of Skydeck was edited by Jocelyn Gonzalez from PRX productions. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations Department at Harvard... View Details
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
find, kind of a new group, and my vote and my preference and my inclination is that this group, given how talented and smart and hardworking they are, most of them will make the journey. Skydeck is produced... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: After leaving England for Australia in late 1830s, John Fairfax began building a media empire. At its height, John Fairfax Limited held the Australian equivalent View Details
- 02 Oct 2017
- News
Radical Generosity for the Real World
the biggest benefit of this whole giving exercise, this giving lifestyle, essentially, that we're trying to lead. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
that involves much more than getting goods from point A to point B. We all work to support that model from the operating department to marketing and sales to finance." "There's a zealotry in railroad employees that is unique," comments... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
helped me to get my husband’s name on one of the big signs out there that we have, a street named after my husband. Right there by the chapel. This episode of Skydeck was edited by Jocelyn Gonzalez from PRX... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
to talk to Wasserman and started the conversation by saying that he was never going to be a founder. He wasn’t there to talk about how to get his great idea off the ground. The Founder’s Dilemmas course, he said, had changed his marriage. He was essentially taking all... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Hi, I'm Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck, and editor of the HBS Alumni Bulletin. Today's episode offers an inside look at Burning Man. One View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
40 percent of the world’s population lives within 60 miles of a coastline, putting wave and tidal power conveniently close to “demand loads” (aka customers). The US Department... View Details