Pivot - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 May 2020
Research & Ideas

It’s Time To Relaunch Your Remote Team

to evolve and its timeline remains uncertain, leaders and their teams must continuously evolve as well. Periodic relaunches are the only structured mechanisms to give teams the ability to pivot together quickly. “With every relaunch,... View Details

Keywords: by Tsedal Neeley

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

healthcare in a range of leadership and advisory roles that have put her HBS and HKS education into practice. Her work has spanned the public, private, and nonprofit sectors and has made an impact on how healthcare is delivered across the country. Recently, Renta’s... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

“Women are well represented in the banking and government sectors in Egypt,” says Enan. But there are still gaps, which is why the decision to pivot Lotus to a support network for women entrepreneurs was easy to make. In partnership with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

07 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

What Customers Need to Hear from You During the COVID Crisis

media, would need to be rethought. Recognizing that their existing brand creative might strike the wrong tone with people fearful for their own and their community’s health, and anxious about their personal and the world’s rapidly deteriorating economic situation, the... View Details

Keywords: by Jill Avery and Richard Edelman

13 Apr 2016
Research & Ideas

Why Your Company Wants to be a 'Cognitive Referent' (Hint: SpaceX)

to sort of leverage this subtle change in the founding story over time,” he says. When startups are pivoting to adapt their product or service, they need to be aware of how they frame those changes for external stakeholders and their... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Aerospace; Food & Beverage; Retail

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion Good Leadership Is an Act of Kindness Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

Career Coach

Sandra Charipper

Sandra spent her career prior to HBS working in a variety of Recruiting and HR roles before pivoting into Strategy & Operations. During her time at a HealthTech venture capital studio, she worked with a variety of seed stage to Series... View Details

11 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

a year and a half working in supply chain optimization at Pinnacle Foods in New Jersey, Sheil faced a choice – begin her MBA now or pull one more lever of change. “I had the option to either go to HBS or I could do something else for a year, and I really wanted to make... View Details

26 Feb 2025
Blog Post

Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health

establishing partnerships that help Medicare companies implement more patient-centered, outcome-driven care models. Pivoting into a Startup Before attending HBS, I worked in consulting, where I focused on health care payer/provider... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

Thomas S. Murphy

houses) including the 1986 pivotal acquisition of American Broadcasting Company, Murphy built a communications giant known for tight financial control and strong, lean management. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

Career Coach

Lauren Murphy

Lauren is the Founder and Principal Coach of Pivotal Executive Coaching, partnering with senior business leaders to accomplish their professional and organization goals. She works with executives in technology, healthcare, real estate,... View Details

Career Coach

Kesha Kanakiya

without a traditional finance background; and 4) pivoting to Big Tech from consulting, especially for a StratOps / BizOps role. Finally, Kesha loves to work with students to develop a hypothesis-based approach to exploring potential... View Details

Career Coach

Henry Tao

Before HBS, Henry worked in multiple countries, including the US, Germany, Singapore, and China. Having started his career in an operational role at a global company and then later transitioned into investing, Henry can provide insights into career View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Digital ID network empowers individuals, disrupts the data brokers

a way to verify their eligibility. As a result, he cofounded ID.me, a secure, user-centric identity network. Hall launched ID.me in 2013 with fellow HBS classmate Matthew Thompson (MBA 2010), a former Army Ranger. The company is a pivot... View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Turning Point: Sparking Change

you can look up, you can get up and try new things. Like teaching. Amy Hilliard is an adjunct associate professor of strategy at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business; principal of The Hilliard Group; and author of Pivot for... View Details

12 PM – 1 PM EDT, 15 Apr 2020
Webinars: Career

Is Your Career Recession-Ready?

Dick Vietor, Baker Foundation Professor, and former Unit Head of Business, Government and the International Economy (BGIE), and Lauren Murphy, Director, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD), address what's likely ahead in the global economy and how best to... View Details

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Exploring value-based care: My summer internship with Main Street Health - Recruiting

Nashville-based startup focused on facilitating value-based care for rural Medicare populations. Main Street Health works to bridge the gap in health care access for rural communities by establishing partnerships that help Medicare companies implement more... View Details

16 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

How to Compete Like a Judo Strategist

frontal assaults against armies that are ten times your size. Those are suicide missions," echoes David Peterschmidt, Inktomi's CEO. Rule Three: Plan And Be Prepared To Pivot It is a common fallacy that fast-moving companies like the... View Details

Keywords: by David B. Yoffie & Mary Kwak

02 Jun 2021
News

HBS Announces 2021-22 Blavatnik Fellows

transform every aspect of the life sciences. We are inspired by his extraordinary generosity and the pivotal role he is playing in realizing the promise of R&D—and leadership—in improving society.” The 2021 Fellows are Dan Ahlstedt (MBA... View Details

Career Coach

Tim Kluska

Tim is a finance professional and CFA who made a soft pivot to investment banking from the mutual fund industry. Tim worked at Vanguard for five years after serving four years in the US Marines. Tim is well-equipped and passionate about... View Details

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