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15 Dec 2023
News

The Musts of 2023

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. At fall reunions, we set up shop on campus and asked alumni about what media moved them this year. What changed their minds or their hearts. And their answers ran... View Details

20 Dec 2017
Lessons from the Classroom

How to Design a Better Customer Experience

purse. Tickets, money, and IDs were all gone. A Disney employee gave me food vouchers for the family, park tickets for the following days, and helped with any inconveniences that we faced. While we enjoyed the rest of the day in the park,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Entertainment & Recreation

23 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

approximately 150 million children ages 3 to 8, making it an ideal partner for working at scale. Rocket develops and delivers digital training materials focused specifically on boosting the skills of this group of public-sector educators. Workers in India’s Anganwadi... View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

of subduing individuality and ensuring conformity. Culture offers an inexpensive and informal way of regulating behavior that is all the more effective because it occurs inside the minds of employees and relies on peer pressure as a mechanism. “When we View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

your funding decisions on your future. Personal support Exploring and resolving all the above issues can be an exhausting and even lonely process. Take care of yourself by taking pains to create and sustain a network of support, including... View Details

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

trades per se, but taking in what's going on in the 165-person company he helped launch shortly after earning his MBA. Rarely using his private office, he begins each day reading four to six newspapers, surrounded by colleagues. The... View Details

02 Aug 2011
First Look

First Look: August 2

change. Encouraging self-organizing networks to let them investigate whatever they want to through company channels can produce new business ideas, as IBM found in the early days of virtualization. When talented employees leave to start... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

30 Jan 2019
Blog Post

The Life and Role of a CEO

psychological safety, it is important to show through action that you care about feedback by actively seeking and responding to it. In fact, one CEO said “being nice runs the risk of showing that you do not care.” Another CEO said, “you... View Details

25 Apr 2024
News

Origin Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details

17 Jan 2011
Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

shaking your head, so I have to ask, actively, if everything is OK. Q: What are you working on next? A: My next book is on leadership for innovation—on what kind of leadership is most appropriate if sustained breakthrough innovation is what you need to be doing. The... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

21 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

they actually use it.” Researchers divided the walkers into two groups and paid participants up to $40 for every 200,000 steps. The study tracked participants’ daily steps for about two months. One group received an email the day before... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis

28 Jun 2021
Blog Post

7 Things HBS Taught Me the Last 2 Years

approach you’re taking to move through complexity and uncertainty. This trains you every single day to develop rigorous mental frameworks to deal with problems in this methodical way. #4 Ask for help. The biggest advice I got from one of... View Details

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

Infrastructure/Transportation Post-HBS Industry: Investment Banking in Natural Resources What is the best part about being a mom at HBS? Having the flexibility to drop off and pick up my daughter at her daycare every day and getting to... View Details

02 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize

potential underreporting. Countries with a lower capacity to care for sick patients before the pandemic tended to underreport COVID deaths more; on average, these countries had 53 percent unexplained excess deaths, compared to an average... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

firms do not have a succession plan. Maintaining best practices around physical and mental health is not a luxury or a frill, but an essential aspect of risk management. CEOs and top management need to prioritize taking care of their own... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
News

On the Radar

to make everything from life-saving medicines to juicy meatless burgers. Early on, Ginkgo had plans to branch out into biosecurity. The thinking was, McKnight says, “If we’re going to build a bioengineering platform, then we’d better also View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Jun 2023
News

From Big Pharma to Startup

people with disabling hearing loss Buoy Health—provides AI-powered feedback on symptoms and makes recommendations for care options Careport Health—offers care coordination software solutions to manage... View Details

Keywords: April White

Web

HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

HBS Alumni Conference Accelerating Climate Solutions On May 10, 2023 distinguished faculty, HBS alumni and other business leaders, investors, and entrepreneurs convened at Harvard Business School for a groundbreaking day of discussion and... View Details

Portrait Project

Neda Navab

grandmother Rose acted out in defiance. She would regularly go to sleep early, leaving only a cold dinner to greet my grandfather Ali after his long day of labor on an Iranian cotton plantation. On their first anniversary, Rose awoke to... View Details

21 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

cohorts of some 70 students each, worked in 15 locations with 171 global business partners to get a firsthand look at how business is conducted around the world. A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives... View Details

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