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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Alumni Books
Smart and Randy Street (MBA ’97) (Random House) The authors provide a solution to what the Economist calls “the single biggest problem in business today”: unsuccessful hiring. The average hiring mistake costs a company $1.5 million or... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Dornenburg (Little, Brown & Co.) This guide to creating delicious dishes contains tips, anecdotes, and signature dishes from the most imaginative chefs in the country. Thousands of ingredient entries, organized alphabetically and cross-referenced, View Details
- 04 Aug 2015
- News
Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
the great opportunities we have to help create positive change throughout the world. “And the Campaign is about more than raising money,” he noted. “It provides an opportunity to inspire and engage the next generation of leaders at the... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
2020 prompted reflection on how we could expand Edwards' active community engagement to provide even more support for our employees and communities, particularly as it relates to social equity and justice," said Scott Ullem (MBA 1994),... View Details
- 17 Dec 2024
- News
Solving the Underemployment Crisis
second one is quality coaching. For most learners who grow up in a highly educated, affluent family, they get most of what they need to know about education and career pathways just around the dinner table. But for those who grow up in more challenging circumstances,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
solved those problems. Data analysts could identify those individuals in key districts most likely to respond and then call them during congressional working hours. An operator could offer to patch a voter through after providing some... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
that are thousands of years old. Cornstalks provide a natural climbing pole for beans, which fix nitrogen in the soil. Squash vines slow the evaporation of precious moisture and offer a natural barrier to weeds; its spiny foliage also... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
Thriving By Scott O’Neil (MBA 1998) St. Martin’s Essentials When we're moving at 115 miles an hour, we rarely see the wall coming. But it comes for all of us, and when it does, we grasp for lessons, for meaning, for purpose. Each moment (good or bad), and each win or... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
instituting processes that encourage creativity and new ideas. At 3M, for example, the "15 percent rule" allows professionals to spend up to 15 percent of their time on independent projects of their own choosing. As intrapreneurship catches on in corporate America, it... View Details
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
honorees provided powerful affirmation of the impact HBS and Harvard have had on our lives and in our communities. Jessica Tisch spoke movingly about the ways HBS inspired her to a career in public service. And later in the dinner, Swizz... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 10 May 2022
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2022
of it as a place for cats playing the piano. But I gave it a shot, and the videos took on a life of their own.” The plunge: “Soon, tens of thousands of people were using the videos every month. In 2009, I left my job and set up Khan Academy as a nonprofit organization,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
psychologist,” she says. “None of this is exotic, but it does require consistent attention. Provide resources, help, and clear goals. Offer opportunities to build camaraderie, give basic respect and recognition—simply support people and... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
is up for it. He will provide the leadership for it. And I said, well, how do you think you'll go about it? And he literally takes a deep breath, pounds the table, and said, we'll just make it happen. When we walked out of that meeting we... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
Ossium Health, the world's first bone marrow bank from deceased organ donors with the goal of providing better transplant options to patients with diseases such as sickle cell, leukemia, and lymphoma; and Sylvatica Biotech, which develops... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
successfully in the global economy while supporting high and rising living standards for the average American.” Calling that definition “spot-on,” Fields says Ford must look beyond its bottom line and “continue to provide our employees... View Details
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Engaging More Deeply with Business in Africa
region—and to each other—grow stronger. “The trip was a springboard that will propel more scholarship, more collaboration, and more insight,” he says. Essential to this process will be the ARC, which will provide research and case-writing... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
Baker Library: Do you want to know more about how precision medicine rose to the forefront of medical research today? See "A New Initiative on Precision Medicine" published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2015. The article View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 26 Feb 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Morgan Hermand-Waiche (MBA 2010)
diverse product mix with limited funds. Unlike some of our competitors, who only offer a limited selection, it was very important for us to provide a wide range of sizes (from petite to curvy) and styles (from sweet and romantic to a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Whit Sears (MBA 1959)
direction until after my divorce and remarriage in 1970. I finally found my stride working in internal audit, and after much moving around both domestically and overseas, I settled down in northeastern Illinois. My wife, DD, and I began foster care when our youngest... View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
with our mission of providing a free world-class education to anyone, anywhere. What has influenced your thinking in regard to Khan Academy? I know this sounds dorky, but anyone who wants to better understand my long-term thinking and... View Details