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- 04 Feb 2020
- News
In Harmony
little more squishy. Some people think this is a good thing, because it’s not definable. But it’s terrible, because you’d rather have a score. You’d rather have a stock price.” Key to achieving Brevard Music Center’s mission, says Weinstein, is building a View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 30 Nov 2017
- News
Happy Meals (Are Here Again)
included everything from international political conflicts to “an increasingly competitive marketplace.” Most observers assumed this latter challenge was a sign of America’s changing tastes—that the fast-casual, more ingredient- conscious... View Details
- 05 Apr 2018
- News
A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art
Only 25 percent of my HBS class was female. I was often the first or the only. And in the arts, I’ve rarely been in a board room full of diversity.” She sees change beginning in the arts—on the stage, on the walls, among the patrons—and... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
identify the characteristics of successful enterprises and leaders in this realm. The nearly 100 academics, business practitioners, and nonprofit executives from fifteen countries who gathered for the event examined the operational and View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
What’s in a Name
name that recognizes the city’s rich cultural history. Jim Birch was reaching out to buyers across the country—with no thought at all of changing the brand—when he started encountering questions. People in... View Details
- 14 Feb 2018
- News
A ‘Hopeaholic’ Promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Equality in the Workplace
motivated to search for novel information and anticipate alternative perspectives, leading to better decision making, problem solving and innovation. Time and again, analysis confirms this improves the bottom line of companies. “Working to impact society’s continuing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2019
reliable ones? Should we abandon our current business model for an entirely new one? Making bold changes demands bold leadership and, often, massive cultural transformation. Li points to organizations that... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
By Invitation Only: How We Built Gilt and Changed the Way Millions Shop by Alexis Maybank and Alexandra Wilkis Wilson (both MBA 2004) (Portfolio) The founders of Gilt Groupe reveal how they built the web’s most famous fusion of high tech... View Details
- 24 May 2023
- News
Balancing Acts
above all: to thine own self be true. For instance, when I was a prime minister, I always had my mobile with me. And I never changed my number. And then you could see that people who would have called you, you know, reasonably five times... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
that focus on the perceived cause of the most recent crash. These efforts have ignored the enduring cultural problems of CEO-board collusive relationships and the lack of shareholder power. The result is the imposition of ineffective,... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Taylor R. M. Keen
When Keen finally arrived at HBS in the fall of 1995, he experienced a profound sense of culture shock. "Having been on the reservation for a long stretch, I was caught off guard by all the noise," he says. "The Omaha are a very quiet... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
relatively high costs for labor and energy as well as the investment and time required to build factories in a country that has much more stringent environmental standards. “COVID-19 has changed only a few of the variables across... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
What I Do: Clare Reichenbach (AMP 185, 2013)
to highlight the fact that culture and conduct are as important as cooking and craft. As a validator and industry accreditor, we have an increased responsibility to ensure that we are highlighting those players who are excellent across... View Details
- 01 Nov 2018
- News
The Power of Civility
engaged in the organization. One of the benefits of that is having a network of entrepreneurs around the world, like-minded people who see things very similarly and yet come from different cultures. That's helped me connect with a variety of View Details
- 03 Mar 2016
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Pamela Meyer (MBA 1986)
being paranoid. But the costs of deception are high. It pays to develop a close team of colleagues you absolutely trust and would go to war with. A complicated stew in our culture is creating a deception epidemic. Social media, for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
twenty years ago the company was unprepared for changes in the marketplace as competitors emerged that offered clients individual pieces of the technology package, such as a database program or storage device. This brought about increased... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
senior partner at the executive search firm Spencer Stuart. He offers advice on generating valuable introductions, nailing interviews, negotiating compensation, cultivating a mentor, and knowing when to change jobs or industries. Sunset... View Details
- 25 Mar 2016
- News
Putting Faith in a Good Education
mom put her at Omega School there, and she’s blossoming in English and math. It’s going to change her life,” Crane says. Based in San Diego, Crane has formed a partnership with the University of San Diego to bring American educators to... View Details
- 16 May 2017
- News
Facing the Board
alumni by immersing them back into the HBS case study experience before they met up with the student management teams. One of the major concerns raised in BlackRock acquiring MLIM—in a deal that would give MILM 49.5 percent equity in BlackRock—was how the addition... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Afghanistan’s Hope and Light
to power a new PA system for the village mosque. “You have to lead from the front,” Khoja says of AKDN’s decision to go against the cultural norm. “These are the things John Kotter taught us in AMP. You’re trying to View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna