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- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
roundtables, workshops, awards, and fireside chats. Culture Shift aims to solve relevant problems in diversity, like how tech can improve health outcomes or financial disparities with the input of diverse... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Short Takes
catalyst for new ideas. "The creativity necessary [for] innovation derives not only from the obvious, visible expertise but from invisible reservoirs of experience," they write. Such reservoirs, they note, are particularly helpful in View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
systems and glitches galore. But given his extensive experience helping international corporate clients solve IT and management problems, he was in a perfect position to help. "I was attracted by the challenge of turning around a huge... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- News
Venturing Away from Venture Capital
2019. A single-minded focus on attracting venture funding can be deleterious for other reasons, as well. “The emphasis on growth changes what you focus on and the problems you solve as you go,” says Bahadir,... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 13 Jul 2017
- News
Making Friends with Mother Nature
people, which is hopeless. We just can’t seem to do that,” he observes. “The other problem is people getting along with Mother Nature. We are in the process of wrecking the planet.” The second problem wasn’t... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
Addressing that question, she noted, “is how you solve the multiple problems that life throws at you.” “Hot dog day” is one school innovation. Students divide into teams once a month to either procure, cook,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
confidence. I passed the test, and I’m telling you, I’m happier than I’ve ever been. 1 The ability to reason, analyze, and solve novel problems 2 The ability to use knowledge gained in the past Happy Hours... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 05 Nov 2013
- News
Start-Ups Get a Start in New Orleans
executives like Wilkins and also by inviting graduate students from HBS and other top business schools to spend spring break helping a company solve a major strategic problem. "It's really impressive to see all the people from HBS come... View Details
- 02 Dec 2010
- News
Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs
to the ideal of entrepreneurship itself rather than to a single business model or product. That flexibility helps them react nimbly to market feedback, abandoning products and business models that aren’t working. 2. Look for problems to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
New Chairman Updates Development in MBA Program
trying to move the basic building-block skills out of the required curriculum and into prematriculation. Our goal is to free up time for students to delve more deeply into the economic logic required to solve View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
international conservation organizations in 2004. "It goes way beyond the stock price of the companies they lead. It means solving the biggest problems that the world faces. And the new generation is... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic
Chattanooga, Tennessee, where the local electric utility came together with foundations and educators to ensure digital access for all citizens. They addressed a specific issue, connectivity. They did not take the stance that, “We're going to View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
What’s Next
to show women in a wide variety of leadership roles facing and solving problems that center not just on their own lives and careers but on the full range of business, organizational, and societal issues as... View Details
- 09 Apr 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
and provide incentives for scientists to work together within food allergy and across disease states to solve specific problems such as diagnostics and reducing the allergic response.” The couple hopes their... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 20 Apr 2020
- News
To Build Connection in Quarantine, Clubs Go Virtual
we ask, ‘how can we have a positive impact to bring down the COVID-19 numbers?’” Lundgren says attendance has steadily climbed as the pandemic wears on, as people seek both practical guidance—how to stay safe, wear a mask, etc—as well as a larger perspective on the... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Diogo Castro Freire (MBA 2012)
college. At the time, I was studying economics and found the topic fascinating, from an economic theory perspective; it was—and still is—an unprecedented market failure and tragedy of the commons on a global scale. “Over time, my interest and concern for the View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
tick — putting structure to chaos and solving problems from big to small.” Before discovering what truly excited him, Wu was on a more traditional course. After graduating with an accounting degree from the... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
Again, I love the two-by-two, so I think there are two important vectors to move towards. One is respect, and the other is accountability. If we can create cultures that are characterized by respect and accountability, we can really solve... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
An Action Plan for Economic Recovery
choices. That doesn’t solve the problem of forum shopping. In fact, it makes it worse. What if rating agencies were paid by investors rather than by bond issuers? Wouldn’t that stop forum shopping? In... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them. Regular infusions of outside... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman