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- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
launch were exhausting but exciting as we raced to hit our deadlines. We were living the Silicon Valley dream. The afternoon before the launch, I had retreated to a quiet restaurant to work alone when my phone rang. It was our data center... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
Desai’s new case, “The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations.” “Talking about race is hard. When you add the business implications, some people are too afraid to start the conversation. But, we did. We started a dialogue,” says... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
(including recent winners of the wheelchair division of the Boston Marathon who raced to victory in special chairs fabri_cated by an Invacare subsidiary), arranging for them to visit with children with disabilities in schools and... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
The Way You See It
seem deeply entrenched, alumni were strongly confident that things would improve. A large percentage of respondents saw race relations as better in 2025 than they are now. By decisive margins, both older and younger alumni agreed that... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
years—about the time she expects that the next generation of green aircraft will debut. She isn’t sure which of the innovations currently in development—such as planes powered by hydrogen or battery power—will win the race to the runway,... View Details
Keywords: April White; aviation; airlines; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Air Transportation; Transportation
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
A New Approach to Contact Tracing
Singapore’s government, raced to create a technology that would supplement Singapore’s manual contact-tracing efforts. Over the course of eight weeks, the software developers went from “what if?” to a fully viable app that within a week... View Details
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
some time networking. Webinar Tackles Race and Mass Incarceration Using Case Method Nearly 2.3 million individuals are currently locked up in U.S. prisons, jails, and detention centers. Of these, 60% are Black or Latinx. Why the mass... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
race and gender relations decides to study workers on an oil rig, an isolated setting with low gender diversity? In our research on gender, my colleague from Stanford, Debra Meyer-son, and I have written about how organizations often... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
problems of success — not problems of failures.” Garrett M. Graff is editor-at-large at Washingtonian magazine. His first book, The First Campaign: Globalization, the Web, and the Race for the White House, will be published in December by... View Details
- 30 Apr 2021
- News
Revealing the Rules
you were a part of—and certainly race and gender have a role to play as well. I eventually came to the rude awakening that in the workplace, there are two sets of people: One is waiting patiently for the next staffing assignment to be... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Rich Wilson
thrown across the cabin and broke one or two ribs. For twelve hours I couldn’t even reach the satellite phone to call the race doctor because it hurt so much. We do have painkillers, but I didn’t want to take any strong stuff. So sleep... View Details
- 03 Jul 2024
- News
Surviving the Iditarod
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Sunny Stroeer: Many folks have heard of the Iditarod Sled Dog race, which is the last great race on earth where mushers compete to cover the distance from Anchorage to Nome as quickly as possible. The... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
the human race has known since My Fair Lady, how you communicate determines how others perceive you. Grammar Girl teaches the ins and outs of good communication with humor and style.” —Stever Robbins (MBA 1991), executive coach,... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
completing the Northwest Passage, and finally the North Pacific, which he did during the 2016 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race as a crew member on the 70-foot Visit Seattle). Those journeys proved both physically and mentally... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
The Class of 1977
grip on corporate America. Starting salaries averaged $22,500 in 1977. Neckties were wider, and the corporate uniform was dark business suits for men and conservative skirts and jackets for women. Saving time for family commitments was a low priority in the View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Thumbs Up Down Under
September 11, they had interrupted their departure preparations at the Chelsea Piers to race to Ground Zero to assist with rescue efforts. Wilson, a severe asthmatic, used his knowledge of the condition to aid medical technicians treating... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
race to win new customers and e-reader converts. It will make the company a truly global entity, bringing it closer to its customers in Asia. And the acquisition will simplify the supply chain, driving down costs (the Kindle DX,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
race because they are so efficient and, as a result, generate enormous prosperity. Moreover, real competition is a powerful driver of innovation. It’s not surprising that nearly every developing country is trying hard to get the free... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
professor who takes on unsolved murders and issues of race with equal aplomb. Thomas-Graham admits that progress on her third Ivy League mystery (set at Princeton) has been slow. "My husband and I are parents of a three-year-old son, so... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
prepared for our special event. Dressed in black tie and tux and carrying a flaming paper torch, we raced to the chute, this time with bogus papers. There was, as always, the usual throng cheering our action. We deposited the papers and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons