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- 25 May 2010
- News
Commencement and the Winds of Change
To give peace a chance, unleash the power of business. That’s Sir Ronald Cohen’s (MBA ’69) idea for one of the world’s toughest neighborhoods: the Middle East. At an event hosted by the HBS Jewish Students Association on April 9, Cohen,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Straddling Two Worlds
Tierney, who moved into this comparatively luxurious setting with his wife, Susan, after he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in rural Chile for two years. But the difference between being a student at HBS and working with farmers in... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
people and, like us, put down roots there,” Iwashko writes. “The (Ukrainian) people are proud, hardworking, and peace loving, but will fight to the end to protect their homeland.” Iwashko was on a visit to the US with his family when the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Turning Point: In Good Company
happiness. This self-realization makes me both peaceful and productive. Aparna Piramal Raje is a writer, motivational speaker, educator, and mental health advocate. View Details
- 06 Mar 2018
- News
A Voice for Diversity and Impact at Scale
With a father in the US Air Force, Vivian Hunt (MBA 1995) moved often as a young girl, living in places as far flung as Montana, Alabama, and Japan. That experience was difficult at times, but it developed her ability to engage across cultures—a trait she built on... View Details
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Abby Falik
social-impact organizations, Abby turned to HBS. “I wanted to find more people like me – people who wanted to build high-impact, sustainable enterprises, while considering the broader impact of their work on their communities.” HBS helps shape, launch ambitious plans... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
A Latin American Vision: New HBS Research Center Opens
Professor Austin nostalgically recalled a journey he had made 34 years before, returning from Peace Corps service in Chile to study at HBS. "When the plane took off, it flew over the Andes," Austin told conference attendees. "It was early... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
demonstrate how they can be more innovative and successful by fostering a diverse and inclusive workforce. Coleman, who previously was managing director of the Nobel Peace Prize–nominated Feminist Majority Foundation, believes diversity... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
negotiation, not the least of which is the corporate arena. "Brokering a deal requires the same ability to assess complex situations and craft breakthrough strategies as brokering a peace agreement," says Watkins. "Leaders of companies... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
My Real Career
hallowed halls of Aldrich to face the inevitable, “Hi! What are you doing these days?” I spent the entire plane ride to Boston blissfully reading instead of juggling apple juice, thumping dead DVD players, and brokering peace among my... View Details
- 23 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?
wider political implications that concern me most. Brexit will put a real border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, for example, and that will pose a threat to reverse the (finally) peaceful relationship between the two... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini
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Note on January 6 Events at U.S. Capitol | About
vandalizing property—is not one we can, or should, soon forget. Freedom of expression and peaceful protest are rights we must always respect. Violence such as unfolded on Thursday can never be condoned. Beyond the dismay and outrage we... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018
back peaceful settlements or support warring groups and continued fighting. Attitudes toward peaceful settlement are expected to be especially obdurate for civilians who have been exposed to violence. In a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
A Mission in Motion
progress they've made with their ventures. These include Abigail Falik's (MBA 2008) Global Citizen Year (pictured above), which she founded after she discovered, as a recent high school graduate, that the Peace Corps was effectively... View Details
Keywords: summary
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
talk about life and spiritual principles while engaging with each other as a team—building unity, being transparent, and applying scripture to everyday life. What I offer is a source of peace and recognition that we don’t have all the... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
lawmakers, suppliers, regulators, customers, landowners, and utility executives. “This is a patience-testing, long-term project, but it requires an entrepreneurial mindset,” observes Skelly, who first began to consider what it takes to build businesses during a pre-HBS... View Details
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Fatou Bintou Sagnang
always talk about, and I experienced it here for the first couple of months," Fatou says. "But I sat down and told myself, you know what, I can't do everything. But I can focus on the few things I really have to do and do them well. And I was at View Details
- 01 May 2019
- Blog Post
Viewpoints: Synthetic Thinking with a Humble Mindset
to the future of work, to peace and reconciliation. After a discussion-filled day, Professor Rivkin concluded the event by asking us: “Given the current issues we are facing, what are the skills/qualities we should have?” He gave us his... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Mexico on the Brink: A Conversation with Juan Enriquez-Cabot (MBA '86)
Minister but resigned to serve on the Peace Commission negotiating a settlement to the 1994 Zapatista peasant rebellion in the southern state of Chiapas. Enriquez-Cabot is currently a Visiting Fellow at Harvard's Center for International... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Got Global?
reconstruction. We talked at length by phone about his new book, The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace (see story). For Ramalinga Raju (OPM 19, 1993), the solutions he sought were less elusive (see story). The founder... View Details