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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Sizing Up Social Impact
Ebrahim notes, organizations view performance measurement the wrong way around, allowing what they can measure and communicate easily to drive strategy; instead, the organization's strategy should drive what it measures. "Many nonprofits measure performance because... View Details
- 29 Aug 2018
- News
The Value of Valleys
name is worth remembering." Roosevelt said that in 1902, but it's a message that feels increasingly relevant, I think especially of Silicon Valley and its cultural acceptance of failure, which is so prevalent that there's even been... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
2006 MBAs Go to Work
“We encourage them to give function a high priority because it’s been shown to result in the highest career satisfaction from a long-term perspective. The numbers show that our message is being taken to heart.” Class of 2008 Class Size... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
Director Eileen Chang, past fellowship recipients, and donors focused on the impact and meaning of the fellowship. In total, 108 alumni and potential donors participated. “The many voices in this discussion represented powerful messages... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
have significant impact on the long-term trajectory of the crisis. That's the type of language and messaging that I'm hoping that we can learn from for climate. Jen Flint: So it's empowering people to be a part of the solution. Sanchali... View Details
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
more because it’s so much easier to retain function than it is to regain function. That’s a big part of what I’m trying to do, is rally folks who hear this, who hear the message around personalized therapy, who have an interest in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
a real feel for how TAMO will operate. “I’m sick to my stomach,” says Foalea. “We are really going to test this!” Foalea approaches a young woman at Peet’s Coffee and opens the TAMO app on her phone to show her a text message that reads,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
goods and services — from a second or third vehicle to health clubs to text messaging — that their great-grandparents could hardly have dreamed of. At the same time, the underlying sources for all this consumption — our wealth and income... View Details
- 19 Jun 2017
- News
Can Neuroscience Find You the Perfect Job?
goodness of our own hearts. Morrell: Right, right. Polli: It's really you're actually hiring worse people because of your own biases, and I think that message needs to be driven home a lot more. And there's nothing that irritates me more... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
out-of-office message on, and take time for reflection. And I was very privileged to do that, and it's been very helpful in my life and in my career. And the second thing is, when you do that and you listen to your inner voice, you listen... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Higher Ground
different. The urgency, though, wasn’t due solely to the cultural imperative. “We teach, we give lessons to people of all ages,” says Reeks. “We do so many other things that affect the economy of the city.” Within a few days of the flooding, Atwood had set up an online... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
for the global shift away from carbon-based energy, and how to factor climate change into investment strategies that emphasize sustainability. Kiernan says there were several big messages in the discussion, starting with the fact that the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Accelerating Research in China
Campaign supports HBS activities and outreach in the country and recognizes “what the Dean has said to all of us—that we, the alumni, are the School,” says Plummer. “Our group takes that message seriously, and we’re working from abroad to... View Details
- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
barometer—but his message was one an explorer could not easily ignore. He had cabled the National Geographic Society from the base of the mountain: “MINYA KONKA HIGHEST PEAK ON GLOBE 30,250 FEET. ROCK.” Art Emmons measuring the mountain.... View Details
- 07 Oct 2021
- News
Bringing Light to the Fight
Today the foundation remains focused on education—it’s “an old message but it’s still the right message,” Smyth concludes—but also has expanded into patient support and research, becoming the biggest nongovernmental funder, and into... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
impact of a robust get out the vote effort. The trio visited the country multiple times to develop and roll out a text message campaign to encourage voting, which ultimately reached 2 million—about 40 percent—of Kenya’s registered voters.... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 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
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Bounce Back
which we can build a richer, more accurate profile for users of any age. That allows us to personalize messages more precisely, which is exactly what consumers want. They get irritated by offers that clearly aren’t for them—like the... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
HBX: Reimagining HBS for the Digital Age
message for my team and how we communicate with our customers has begun to shift.” Paige Peterson, participant in Disruptive Strategy certificate program, sales manager “I have already applied so much of what I learned. My strategy and... View Details