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- 01 Mar 2008
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Innovation, Inc.
remarks. “But if you mention a folding bicycle, most people conjure up an image of a small-wheeled, oddly shaped vehicle that they wouldn’t categorize as a ‘real’ bicycle. The challenge is to change the beliefs and behaviors of both... View Details
- 06 Mar 2021
- News
Elevated Economics
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
combination of beliefs and preferences that drives his or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. The authors discuss four types of highly successful “business builder” personalities: the Driver, the Explorer, the Crusader,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Reverses Policy On Grade Disclosure
overall student experience at HBS.” The students maintained that grade disclosure would lead to decreased cooperation and collaboration and less willingness to take risks in second-year course selection. In his letter to students, Light took note of these objections... View Details
- 23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966
belief that something can’t be done. In 2001, then with two daughters in college, Bloomberg decided—against very long odds—to take his no-nonsense, data-centric approach and his lifelong dedication to public service and apply himself to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Next Normal
began at Workhuman almost 20 years later, she had developed a set of principles for launching—and relaunching—remote teams. At the core of these principles was the belief that a strong team requires a leader who shows deep commitment to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
The Fab Four
whether it’s the early days of Office Depot and JetBlue to what I’m doing now at MP, working with someone like Jeffrey Sachs, who wants to literally save the world and thinks he knows how to do just that. It’s a classic entrepreneurial View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Getting the Message
state-of-the-art graphics, to target the right audience, and to measure responses instantly. But many experts contend that Internet advertising is still in its infancy. There is a widely held belief that in the future we will compare... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
Baker: With a strong belief in change within the system, working to reduce corruption so that free markets will function better, to the benefit of rich and poor nations alike. Photos by Katherine Lambert Corruption. Said slowly, even the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Change of Pace
Having retired from Congress after representing his western New York district for eighteen years, Amory Houghton Jr. (MBA ’52) is now working as a volunteer with his old friend, Bishop Thomas Shaw, head of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. “The arrangement... View Details
- 10 Aug 2021
- News
Moving Education Within Reach
children’s families sometimes needed medical assistance, and it certainly could get noisy in the house while Ramalingam and Scheel were also raising their own two children. But Scheel says her husband was motivated by a belief that... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
intensive discussions of the spiritual dimensions of leadership and how their personal beliefs govern their lives and positively influence the roles they play in society. Sessions use relevant excerpts from religious and classical... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Ellen Pao (MBA 1998)
Tech has real social and ethical responsibilities, but we’ve seen that the current leadership of these platforms is not willing to make changes to promote a healthier ecosystem. When I was at Reddit, its culture needed a lot of work, and I found myself wishing for a... View Details
Keywords: April White; photo by Eric Millette
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Authentic Leadership
Scott Snook "ALD helped me grow both roots and wings. I grew roots that firmly planted me in a worldview and a leadership view, but I also grew wings—the confidence to go out into the world and act with purpose." —Neda Navab (MBA 2013) MBA students enrolled in the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Faculty Research Symposium
thus far, said Amabile, is that the research suggests that workers are incorrect in their frequent belief that they are more creative when they are working under deadline pressure. A dearth of time pressure, however, does not inspire... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
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The New Rules of E-Commerce
Mikitani (MBA 1993) is not shy about pursuing the big idea, in this case a belief that English is the lingua franca of business and learning it would give his organization a competitive edge. Rakuten, founded in 1997, operates an online... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Three Profs Win McKinsey Award
Hal Gregersen of INSEAD, for “The Innovator’s DNA” in the December 2009 issue. In their article, Pisano and Shih argue against U.S. companies’ decision to outsource manufacturing in the mistaken belief that American manufacturing holds no... View Details
- 26 Jul 2018
- News
Running the Numbers
laughs. “I had to do everything—from creating a curriculum to hiring people to marketing the clinic to unlocking the doors on Saturday mornings.” The clinic inspired more than a few promising athletes to keep playing into their college years. It also strengthened... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum
radically challenging our sense of the exoticness and uniqueness of being human." She cited popular children's toys such as the Tamagatchi and Furby ("machines that say 'you have to take care of me'") and children's belief that such... View Details