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- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Fulfilling Their Promise
wasn't the most nurturing touchy-feely boss, and it worked until I realized that there were so many other skill sets that I needed to access.” Schooner knows women and society will continue to deal with tough issues like the question she... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
without greatly expanding its staff. As part of the initiative, and with the support of Goldman Sachs, Tierney is working on a book with Joel L. Fleishman, faculty chair, Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at at Duke... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Stacey Childress (MBA 2000) Deputy Director of Education, Next Generation Learning, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington Illustrations by Peter Hoey TAILORED TEACHING "One of our anchors is personalized learning, which... View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
events. "In America and around the world, the public has lost trust in business," says Hess. "Business and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Social Enterprise Visionary
John Whitehead Played a Key Role in Developing the HBS Initiative AUSTIN, WHITEHEAD, AND RANGAN: Social enterprise pioneers. In the early 1990s, legendary Wall Street executive and former deputy secretary of state John Whitehead (MBA 11/’47) decided there was a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
students. ‘Shareholder value’ was of utmost importance. Notions of obligation to the society in which the corporation is embedded have been set aside, even mocked. CEOs loved this model, as it provided cover for their pursuit of kingly... View Details
- 04 Aug 2015
- News
Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
and its faculty and alumni on the major challenges facing business and society today. “Harvard changed my life,” said Jakurski. “It enabled me to look at risks in a completely different way, to not be afraid of really taking risks, of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
night and day, / towers rise as if to say / Pollution can be beautiful.” Bach’s final fugue informs all of nature. Villon is admonished by an aging courtesan. Aristotle finds “Demagogues are the insects of politics. / Like water beetles... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for leaders to understand their cultural and political... View Details
- 16 Dec 2014
- News
Laying the foundation for a better understanding of Japan
Nobuo Sato (MBA 1982) appreciates the importance of cultivating a global awareness in HBS students. As executive director of the HBS Japan Research Center (JRC), he especially wants them to have a better comprehension of his native country, which represents the world’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
regional issues. I tried to get better informed on general world issues and solicited suggestions from former ambassadors. When it came time to leave, the President gave me a nice send-off. What do you do during a typical week? My day... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Bold Idea Takes Off
Falik Photo Courtesy Abby Falik As a teenager, Abby Falik (MBA ’08) spent a summer living in a rural Nicaraguan village, an experience that inspired her to dream of ways she could help other young people have meaningful experiences in developing countries. At HBS, her... View Details
- 05 Aug 2016
- News
Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier
staff make it possible to be on two paths simultaneously. When you sign up for neurosurgery training, you know it will be one of the most grueling experiences of your life. It’s sort of like entering a monastic order. Still, nothing has more promise for benefitting... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
a deep-souled neighbor, they slowly peel back the layers of what is basically a closed society in the wilds of Izard County, Arkansas, and come to relish their new lives in this little lost corner of the world. Recalculating: 97+ Experts... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
such as the Society of Publication Designers, it has been nominated for five National Magazine Awards. In fact, two of Vibe's recent accomplishments have put the enterprise in the company of Rolling Stone. With the 1997 acquisition of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
sustainable community development. We also work informally with a number of other groups, but project work is really only half of what we do. What is your other focus? Our other focus is advocacy — essentially influencing the behavior of... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
high-level discussion that influences public discourse. Which is Singer’s goal, as a rundown of his projects clearly shows: Spotlight dramatized what can happen when society defers to institutional power—and the massive upheaval that... View Details
- 05 Feb 2016
- News
The Wheel of the World
Mundi—to aid future scholars and enthusiasts in the study of time and timekeeping. In addition to his activities closer to home, Mueller-Maerki has led a dozen or so study tours for the Antiquarian Horological Society to countries around... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
course of the last nine years, I have, pretty much, worked exclusively on the energy transition and addressing climate change. But continuously, by looking for ways in which business can be a force for good. And can be the scaling mechanism that it needs to be, to... View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- News
Touching the lives of patients and their loved ones
Ebru Dorman (MBA 1999) is deputy CEO of the largest private health care provider in Turkey, focused on improving the patient experience. She is also working to introduce the “softer skills” into the primary school curriculum. (Published November 2014) View Details