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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)
in practice—and what kind of magic did you use to get your son to nap reliably? When he was awake I would do everything administrative I could, like washing the dishes, so I could be fully productive when he napped. I’d write in a little... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Kash Rangan
Rangan Illustration by Randy Glass Professor Kash Rangan is one of the pioneers of the School’s Social Enterprise Initiative, now fifteen years old. Back in 1993, most people took a “spray and pray” approach to philanthropy — writing... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Funny Business
started doing stand-up gigs at age 9, had an aha moment: She liked reading scripts. But she wanted to be the one writing them. “It was like I had been building up insurance for this very risky jump into a career that I wasn’t sure would... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Debbie Cohen Scales Her Mountain
"I never intended to write a book," says Deborah A. Cohen (MBA '87). Nor did she expect to be diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 35. The author of Just Get Me Through This! The Practical Guide to Breast Cancer (Kensington... View Details
Keywords: Morgan Baker
- 18 May 2015
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Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges
conversation. “This should be a story about mobility,” she writes in Move. “We’re not just fixing infrastructure; we’re building communities and a nation.” (Published May 2015) View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Desert Dust-Up
claims. “We are,” he declared, “living with an energy illusion of the highest order.” Simmons, who is writing a book on the subject and has spent the last two years researching Saudi technical data, has also called for more transparency... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
Jim Langford waits for no squirrel. On a clear January morning in Atlanta, driving with considerable speed and purpose, he barrels up the hill of the Carter Center campus in a 2012 Toyota Camry. He’s talking about poetry, which he writes... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
companies to describe their strategy clearly and move on to what really matters — making it work. "In today's business environment, strategy is more important than ever," write the authors. "This book shows how leaders can shape their own... View Details
- 05 May 2020
- News
Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism
in the seeming permanence of nature and trees, whose leafy branches provided solace to her as a child. “I kept my job and my passions in separate boxes,” writes Henderson, who joined Harvard Business School in 2009 and is now the John and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Inside the Bestseller List with James Andrew Miller
The then 24-year-old didn’t know he had something big on his hands until his agent negotiated a publishing deal: “That’s your first peek at what the market potential is,” Miller says. Miller went on to write Live from New York, a history... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
with board work and the writing of a new book (he has authored, coauthored, or edited eleven others). Says Stevenson, “After you lose your fastball, you shouldn’t be pitching. I’ve had a great run. I can’t imagine a better career.” Yes,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
become managing editor. He then moved to Harvard Business Publishing, where he became editorial director, with primary responsibility for Harvard Business Review. Also the author of Office Hours: A Guide to the Managerial Life, a collection of View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
didn't work out. His family, his marriage didn't work out and then his work didn't work out. So he suffered pretty, pretty terribly from the whole thing. But in writing the book and understanding what he went through, I understood the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Homeschooled
at-home access to devices and the internet is a must-have. I hope this crisis changes our mindset about that. Khan Academy doesn’t solve that problem, but we can use our soapbox to help advocate for that. There seems to be writing on the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2020
school bus died in adulthood from drugs, alcohol, suicide, or reckless accidents. And while these particular stories unfolded in one corner of the country, they are representative of many places the authors write about, ranging from the... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Africa's Way
and HBS professor David B. Yoffie. Vietor's case study on GEAR - the Mandela government's Growth, Employment, and Redistribution strategy - covers the major issues the country faces as it attempts to join the global economy and shake off the deep societal trauma of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons
- 04 Dec 2019
- News
Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes “It really comes down to putting your money where your mouth is. Part of it is this unconscious bias. But we just need more women to feel comfortable writing checks.” “It... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
It’s a Small World
PASRICHA: Accentuating the positive and the small, everyday joys that make life “awesome.” A few years ago, Neil Pasricha’s (MBA 2007) personal life took a turn for the worse. To cheer himself up during a dark time, the Toronto resident started View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Hair Today
precious: In addition to her studies, Winters was guardian of her sister, who was 14 at the time. “I remember thinking, ‘This is absolutely crazy,’” she says. After writing a paper about Drybar and its disruption of blowouts, Winters... View Details
- 28 May 2014
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Leveling the Playing Field for all Learners
a mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone anywhere. “Khan Academy started with reproducing content and then, as it grew, our whole team [began] working with others to write exercises and simulation software. But we... View Details