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- 02 Dec 2010
- What Do You Think?
Making Right Choices: Art or Science?
this way: Decisions on personal matters carry a greater weight of art; those that relate to work have more of science. Frances Pratt commented, "It is often the art that allows us to imagine that we are indeed making a controlled,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 15 Mar 2017
- Lessons from the Classroom
More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business
This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
- 11 Oct 2006
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Respond to the “Dependency Ratio” Dilemma?
value by the fortunate few." As Cass Apple put it, "It is simply a matter of morality." Bob Fitzpatrick said, "This situation is nothing more than an extension of our 'Teflon' culture." At the national level,... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
study was so strong that Ferguson broke the group into a morning and an evening session. “I had to take my work hat all the way off,” he says. “The study involves taking a spiritual inventory — figuring out how different events in our View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Graduate's Gift Honors HBS Friend
friends and family members of both men attended a gathering at the School last May. De Rothschild and Anderson offered remarks, as did one of their former professors, George A. von Peterffy, and Dean Kim B. Clark. "Today we're celebrating two people whose View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 08 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
8 Stories from PRIDE for National Coming Out Day
(he/him), Class of 2022 “August 2, 2020 was the start of my Coming-out-iversary, the first time I told the world, ‘I’m gay.’ Despite knowing I was different since adolescence, conservative religious and societal pressures prevented me from coming out and authentically... View Details
- 03 Nov 2021
- Blog Post
Recent Grad Reflections: From Being Cold Called to Becoming a Case Protagonist
industry, comprised of a Black male, a White female, and an Asian female.” HBS has reported previously that only 12 percent of check-writing decision-makers at the largest VC firms in the United States are women. And just 1 percent of... View Details
- 14 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
MBAs Accelerate Their Social Enterprise Ventures
are designed by or center people with disabilities. With 1 in 4 Americans living with disabilities, it’s imperative that all companies center product inclusion at the beginning of the product development cycle. Rea Savla: Solara, my... View Details
- 22 Sep 2022
- News
The Beauty Guide
six-year-old twins, she doesn’t hide the fact that some mornings are simply tough. “It’s important to be a great role model to employees,” says Freyre, “but I also try not to show up as the perfect working mom who has it all together, because I am not perfect, and I... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 23 May 2018
- News
Claudio L. Haddad, OPM 12, 1987
Institute of Education and Research Claudio Haddad is a dreamer with a unique ability to temper his idealism with practicality. Having served as economics professor, government leader, and bank CEO, the modest Brazilian is now committed to the lofty goal of improving... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 05 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Part 2: Military Transition and the JD/MBA - The Path to Your Goals
veterans, and facilitate externally-funded fellowships like the Black Family Fellowship, Timothy Day Fellowship, and others. Individual financial circumstances dictate much of the extent of this tradeoff, but you should also consider the... View Details
- 25 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stuck? Getting Past Impasse
challenge is going to be and I can't get motivated about it." Q: Are there particular experiences that lead to an impasse? A: No. Our lives are unique. We all experience impasse, and we will experience impasse many times in our... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 May 2022
- Research & Ideas
Desperate for Talent? Consider Advancing Your Own Employees First
Job openings in the United States continue to hover at record high levels, exacerbated by the Great Resignation and a sputtering emergence from the pandemic. Competition remains fierce among companies struggling to find qualified workers. Yet many employers,... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 22 Feb 2021
- Book
Reaching Today's Omnichannel Customer Takes a New Sales Strategy
only have to use more data in their selling activities, but there's more cross-functional coordination required. "Improving sales productivity ... affects growth, civic discourse, and the lives of millions of people." If a buyer has a... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 02 Aug 2007
- What Do You Think?
How Will Millennials Manage?
email, among others, that "the new disinterested treatment of our fellow man will be the norm, not the exception." Just how millennials realize their full potential as managers was a matter of discussion. According to Mou... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 04 May 2021
- Blog Post
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS
little things in my life and their lives over dinner. They always made me feel loved no matter what I felt and shared. That’s exactly what I want to do for my community. I want to use empathy to build deep... View Details
- 14 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2022
By the summer after RC year, we were engaged. Through countless conversations about our passions and purpose in life, we’ve grown and learned together in ways I never thought possible. He inspires me to be a better person. He shows me what it means to View Details
- 11 Mar 2021
- News
Leading with Heart
Chaudhary and I'm 17 years old. And today I’d like to talk about what really matters most to me in life. Chaudhary: In the 18 years that she lived, she achieved more than many of us achieve in a lifetime. She's a bestselling author of a... View Details
- 26 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Toyota Turns Workers Into Problem Solvers
in prototype forms before being released. Why? Because designers know that no matter how good their initial efforts, they will miss the mark on the first try. There will be something about the design of the overall system structure or... View Details
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
They are critical but without an efficient transmission system of local industries, their value generation does not translate into a high standard of living for the broader population. While both parts of the economy are important, they... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels