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- 01 Sep 2024
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Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
imperative. (photograph by Jamie Tanaka) "At IBM," Gerstner said at the ceremony, "we're diverse by design, not mandate. With customers in more than 160 countries, our workforce has to reflect the rich array of cultures, perspectives, and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
written down. “Knowledge can often be ‘locked’ within a geography and may only be transferred across borders when the individual possessing the knowledge moves,” he says. “You need the human beings who... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
things done and you get that group of people together in a room to talk about solving this problem. You put a deadline on those people to come back with a plan, actionable plan, the resources you need to get this done, the milestones... View Details
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
study method. You need to be street smart, not just book smart. The case study method gives you both." Anquetil also found unexpected value in the diversity of his classmates. "It didn't matter what field they were from; there was a level... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
The World's Banker
African manner, with the local chief, the two men deep in conversation about rural issues. The tableau seemed confirmation that Wolfensohn himself embodied the grassroots, humane approach he has espoused as essential for the troubled... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Revolution: Spirit, Land, Energy by Charles-Edouard Bouée (MBA ’95D) (Palgrave McMillan) Beyond the Corporation: Humanity at Work by David Erdal (MBA ’81D) (Bodley Head) When the Penny Drops: Learning What’s Not Taught by R.... View Details
- 28 Feb 2025
- News
Joy to the World
But he credits a dedicated community of social workers, as well as his birth and adopted families, with helping him eventually flourish. That gratitude helped spark his career in community service and his deep interest in exploring how View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
government and investor capital in just the last few years. MORE Hear all three episodes of this series Skydeck podcast MORE Hear all three episodes of this series Skydeck podcast But the scope of the problem is massive and growing, which means that all of these... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
The School of Life
experiences before they need them plays out in many fields other than business. The coach of one of my favorite basketball teams while I was growing up was always driven to win and to win big. As one of his biggest fans, I loved watching... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2020
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Book of Esports: The Definitive Guide to Competitive Video Games by William Collis (MBA 2011) RosettaBooks Almost overnight, esports—or competitive video games—have exploded into the largest entertainment and sporting phenomenon... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
gender pay gap for 25 years,” notes Wooldridge. “We need to speed things up.” Likewise, the proportion of women in CEO roles has increased steadily; but, at the current pace, it will take 80 years to achieve parity. “Everyone has a part... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher by Ann Lee (MBA 1995) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Fully aware of China’s shortcomings, particularly in human rights, Lee details the policies and practices—in areas ranging from education and... View Details
- 23 May 2018
- News
John A. Paulson, MBA 1980
lot of items,” he says. “Although I was doing well, the business quickly outgrew me. I knew I needed more training.” So he returned to college at NYU’s School of Business, where he graduated as valedictorian of his class. Then he went... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
opportunity that crossed my desk was a hotel in Telluride, Colorado. My local partners and I gutted, upgraded, and re-branded the property, and still own and operate Hotel Columbia today," she recalls. But the art world, too, seemed in View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Teaching for the Ages: the MBA Classroom in the 21st Century
IBM PCs in advance of their market introduction. We used Lotus 1-2-3 for spreadsheets, and we proudly whipped out our HP 12C calculators with their vast array of financial and statistical functions (which we mostly didn’t need but still... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Cracking Conferences
essential. It’s not optional,” she says. “There’s almost an animal instinct to it. When you take someone out of their environment, and give them a lot of constraints and not many resources, certain traits become more prominent. Connecting with View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stewards of the Seventh Generation
describe the new conjoining of responsible environmental practices with sound business principles. Defined in 1984 by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development as business and development activity that "meets the View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
an impact on me, from elementary school through today, all I can say is that I experienced myself differently,” says DeLong. “Teaching, in other words, is a proxy for leadership: It’s about what happens inside of another human being when... View Details
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS
among US millennials. Climate Change Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry Arthur Segal and a Boston Properties EVP talk about the difficulty of financing development in coastal cities and the need to retrofit buildings to reduce... View Details