Vulnerabilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

Portrait Project

Akash Gupta

mental health issues that went undiagnosed. Having watched my mom transition from a comfortable middle-class lifestyle to a life on the streets, I will be a business leader who openly values mental health in the workplace. I will be a champion of View Details

Profile

Laura Mediorreal

to campus, and one thing you’ll be leaving with? I brought an eagerness to share my personal background and vulnerability with highly ambitious people who were strangers. I’ll be leaving with an understanding of how the world operates,... View Details

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

so common? A: Our research shows that there are psychological, organizational, and political factors that conspire to keep us from dealing with problems that are worthy of our attention. Psychological vulnerabilities have to do with... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

28 May 2019
News

Ask the Expert: In Security

says. Companies are inherently vulnerable to cyberattacks because the very processes that enable growth also expose vulnerabilities. Mergers and acquisitions, for example, create confusion between converging IT infrastructures and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; cybersecurity

Portrait Project

Alison Shin

life. Strikingly, his story was received by my section mates with sympathy, and they bravely shared stories of their own. Everyone has a story to tell. While the uniqueness and vulnerability in these stories can make us feel isolated,... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System

financial crises. “If beliefs and expectations can be measured in real time,” says Greenwood, “it would be easier to anticipate financial vulnerability and take measures to prevent future crises.” BFFS Project research focuses on five... View Details

26 Nov 2019
Blog Post

Black Excellence: AASU’s 2019 Fall Retreat in Review

Connection at a Time. Out of that theme, retreat organizers Kyle Hutton (MBA ’20) and Walter Gichana (MBA ’20) envisioned three primary goals for the weekend: 1. Relationship Building & Mentorship 2. Personal Growth & View Details

Portrait Project

Rahima Dosani

herself. Even during the darkest of times when she couldn't say it aloud, I always knew I was loved. From her, I learned strength and resilience, enabling me to overcome my own traumas and deaths of loved ones. I cultivated the confidence to be blatantly View Details

30 Apr 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World

reclamation projects beginning in the late 18th century. As sea levels rise and extreme weather events become more frequent, this historical development process has left Mumbai particularly vulnerable to climate risks. All three site... View Details

Portrait Project

Brendan Sullivan

apprehension has transformed into a commitment to treat their hopelessness with compassionate care, and I aspire to improve the health of vulnerable communities. Looking back, I smile on the trepidation of my towheaded, five-year-old... View Details

07 Jun 2018
News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

As the second president of the Costa Rica–based EARTH University, Arturo Condo (DBA 2000) is following his passion for education that has a demonstrable impact on the world. “EARTH’s students have the potential to lift people out of poverty in some of the most View Details

01 May 2020
In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

The coronavirus pandemic caught the business world by surprise, but the catastrophe might force companies to face a crisis that has been unfolding in plain sight: climate change. We asked faculty members affiliated with the Business and Environment Initiative at... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

Portrait Project

Martin Gonzalez

MBA frenzy, I was diagnosed with cancer and underwent two surgeries and eight months of chemotherapy. This made me realize how vulnerable we are, how vain it is to plan too far ahead, and how crucial it is to focus on the really important... View Details

Portrait Project

Christy Gibb

and a stubborn streak. An engineer's mind. From my mother: Strength, vulnerability and empathy. A sensitivity to suffering and a silly side. A nurse's heart. Mine alone: An artistic eye, wanderlust. If I am true to myself - to these... View Details

Profile

Bobby Daly

it's all about allocation. How do you deliver care to a vulnerable population when you have very limited resources?" While Bobby is still open to a variety of options for his residency and beyond, he knows that balancing medical... View Details

25 Apr 2014
News

Disrupting criminal enterprises that prey on children

with vulnerable children. Recently, Brochu assumed a new position as the head of human trafficking programs for Geneva Global, a leading social enterprise that implements philanthropists' humanitarian goals at the grassroots level around... View Details

Career Coach

Meredith Hamilton

well as recognizing and eliminating the ways in which they may be blocking or limiting their own success. She has found that—with the right balance of curiosity, vulnerability and honesty—coaching can be a transformative experience, and... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Impact Investing; Financial Services (All); Government; Real Estate; Social Enterprise

07 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - COP27 and the Climate Crisis

entrepreneur and founder of Friendship (NGO). Since 2002, Friendship has provided healthcare and education to remote communities in Bangladesh that have been especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change with disastrous floods... View Details

14 Jan 2021
News

Better Than Cash

Courtesy Ruth Goodwin-Groen Today, 100 million unbanked adults worldwide receive government transfers, wages, or pensions in cash, a payment method that is highly vulnerable to fraud and theft. Furthermore, 1.7 billion adults lack a bank... View Details

10 Dec 2020
Blog Post

A New Case at Harvard Business School Highlights the Real-World Issues for Latinx Considering an MBA

elite educational institutions add to the complexity of Latinx underrepresentation. The inherent vulnerability of those issues makes them difficult to broach in standard admissions events, says Calderon. “We often get the questions about... View Details

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