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- 01 Dec 2023
- News
The Imposter Among Us
Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; Illustrations by Peter Arkle It was their rst day at Harvard and like the rest of his cohort, Edgar Wallner (PMD 22, 1971) will never forget meeting Robert Gaines-Cooper. Frankly, it would have been difficult to miss the Englishman, who... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Game On
It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Joint Venture
patients experience chronic pain post-surgery and one-third of patients who could benefit from the surgery are ineligible due to other health factors such as obesity and chronic illness. “It’s a problem that isn’t going away,” notes... View Details
Keywords: Shoshi Parks
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Solving for Z
With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Thinking Ahead
intermediate fix—even more pressing. “An open problem is whether you can train a generative AI model from scratch on your own data, preserve privacy, and still have good utility,” says Neel. Differential privacy—the practice of... View Details
- 02 Nov 2023
- News
Seeding Startups
readily admits now, was the extensive research necessary to validate his idea. He quickly discovered that the demand simply wasn’t there. “We were too early,” he says. The story of TeamOn Systems, the email-technology company Nadkarni founded in 1999, has a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Role Model
One of four daughters of Pakistani immigrants, Salma Qarnain (MBA 2002) grew up in the midwestern “I” states of Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana before attending Stanford University. “It was my first experience feeling happy and comfortable in a place that had diversity,”... View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
and that gave us a lot of credibility in the court with stakeholders. That’s helped me at HBS a lot. If I’m going to say something, I’d better be prepared and know the numbers.” All three alumni say it would have been nice if PROMESA and the successful debt... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching
way back to my first diagnosis, I had to go back and read 26 journals, one for every year that I didn't expect to live. And honestly, when I picked them up and they're all stacked on my desk, I thought, I'm going to read these, cover to cover, and I'm going to be at... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
with future health and happiness and success is having at least a handful of close relationships at age 45. But differently, what we know is that connecting with other people is literally the most important thing we can do. It means that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley The Happiness Handbook By Landon Carter (MBA 1967) Marshall and McClintic Publishing Have you ever wished you had the instruction manual for being a happy human on planet Earth? This book will answer some of life’s fundamental questions: Who am... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
it could work to put contact lenses in chickens, even though this sounded like a bizarre idea. I decided to take the position of, yes, we can do it, because I was tired of every case opening by saying something was not possible. Of course, hands shot up the minute I... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap
can also affect the state of another even though the two are physically separate—a phenomenon called entanglement, which Albert Einstein referred to as “spooky action at a distance.” Thanks to these bizarre properties, quantum computers can solve View Details
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Making Peace with Anger
that this was a problem? WW: I recognized that my anger was a problem the day that my wife turned to me and said that we were getting separated and that she wanted to get divorced. Prior to that moment, I always thought that my intensity... View Details
- 07 Jul 2023
- News
A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions
Every evening on the streets of Pune, in western India, a 67-year-old man offers food to the people in his community in need of a meal. He’s a community leader in the Robin Hood Army, a no-funds volunteer organization with a massive goal to View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
The Exchange: Same Great Price, Now with Fewer Chips
to pass on those price increases to the end consumer, and there’s a dilemma about how best to do it. I think if you ask consumers if they would prefer to pay the same price and get a little less product, or pay more for the same quantity,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
share, murdering her new lover to increase the pressure. To end her nightmare, Anulka initiates a second round of embezzlement. Its success depends upon her involving Felix Hofmaier, a Frankfurt management consultant facing possible... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Home Base
equipped to answer. The query typically came at the end of a session, after a productive conversation about delegating, managing a packed calendar, or presenting effectively in meetings. “But I’ve got six-month-old twins at home, and... View Details
Keywords: April White