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- 31 Jul 2023
- News
Striving for Imperfection
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Since he left HBS in 1990, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) has built a full and varied portfolio career. Early on, he was a partner at McKinsey and then a tech executive, founding Ticketmaster-Citysearch. Today,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
stay-at-home mompreneurs, the work got done in whatever bits of time she could steal from the day. When her daughter, Della, enrolled in a dance class in Harlem that year, Dixon would drive her Jetta wagon with “WOKE” plates and SiriusXM... View Details
- 21 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Harvard Square's Hidden History
Ave. Two metal plates embedded in the section of Massachusetts Avenue between Dunster and Holyoke Streets mark the foundation of Goffe House, a building unearthed during the construction of the Red Line MBTA subway in 1910. Harvard’s... View Details
- 06 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea
the point that it can never be regained. We recently saw a version of this, which you might call the "we have too much on our plate right now" argument. It is possible to have too many projects, where clearly any recommended... View Details
Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
- 12 Feb 2021
- News
How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World
either in money or people, but they also can falter and go out of business because of indigestion—having too many things on their plate and not able to handle way beyond their capabilities. And it was the latter condition that I thought... View Details
Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
- 14 Jul 2003
- Research & Ideas
Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?
decide what has to give" when there is a loss of staff, says Parlance Training's Parlett. "So everyone plays corporate hot potato, passing the problem down the line until someone ends up as the scapegoat for not pulling off a miracle. Stepping up to the View Details
Keywords: by Paul Michelman
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Accidental Innovator
direct special attention to it." Similarly, Daguerre, who invented photography, made his breakthrough when he put an exposed plate into a cabinet in which a thermometer had earlier shattered; mercury vapors from the broken... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
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Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Brichet, after Joseph Franz von Goez (1754–1815). [Augsburg] 1784. 23.5 x 16.2 cm CE f1 x Plate twenty-eight from Exercises d'Imagination de Différents Caractères et Formes Humaines . . . Augsburg, 1784–85, of which View Details
John Pitcairn
Pitcairn shepherded his small plate glass company into an industry leader with a capitalization of $25 million in 1916. Pitcairn accomplished such expansion through plant acquisition and sales growth, as well as through investment in... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Carle C. Conway
Conway grew Continental Can to become the second largest can manufacturing company in the world, second only to American Can Company. Conway did this by acquiring nine can manufacturing companies. Over time, he operated 30 can manufacturing plants throughout the United... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
Edmund D. Libbey
Using Mike Owens’ invention for blowing glass bottles, Libbey revolutionized the glass industry. Libbey’s adept commercialization of this invention was the most innovative contribution to the glass industry since the original art of glass blowing. The company... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- Portrait Project
PJ Kim
jazzing up all of my food with Tabasco sauce and relishing victual combinations the likes of which had never been seen in the East Baton Rouge Parish School System. I would pick my plate clean like a pirhana and ask my friends: "You... View Details
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Vanity and Virtue: Allegories on the Pursuit of Riches - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
Unhappy Lot of the Rich ] view image Engraving by Phillip Galle (1537–1612), after Maarten van Heemskerck (1498–1574). Joannes Galle (1600–76). "exc." [Antwerp, 1563]. 17.1 x 23.2 cm CF b10 Plate one of his series of six engravings after... View Details
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Electroplating - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
The Message The Product The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 next Electroplating ca. 1934 International Silver Compnay Attributed to Margaret-Bourke White The thoroughly cleaned nickel silver spoons or forks are placed in the... View Details
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Hank Willis Thomas Ernest and Ruth 2015 | About
Hank Willis Thomas Ernest and Ruth , 2015 Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976), Ernest and Ruth , 2015, various steel plate and pipe. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery . Born in New Jersey, Hank Willis Thomas is a... View Details
- Portrait Project
Bari Schwartz
It began with an organ, perched high above the grandstand. The visiting team dotted the outfield, smoke from grilling hot dogs wafted up the aisles, navy jerseys blanketed the stadium bowl. Game on the line, the batter strode toward the View Details
- Portrait Project
Katy Lankester
full plate of food to the table in revolt. But my silent protest backfired. I developed an emotionally charged relationship with food, and I put on weight. I felt trapped; I sabotaged myself then berated myself for that weakness. I know... View Details
- Portrait Project
Yanni Liu
where my mouth is. I will keep my family at the center of my plate and surround them with dishes, stories and love that span generations and continents. I will always stop to savor the blessings of my own hearth and the warmth of my... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Case Study: Off to a Fine Art
talent—which is a little like picking a stock before it goes up, she says—and then shopped their prototypes of plates and bowls, platters and vases around to gauge interest. The responses she got confirmed her hunch that chefs were eager... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Picture This
revenues came from paper-based goods, like photo books, cards, and calendars,” explains Schneider; today, 30 percent comes from home decor, a figure she expects to grow thanks to the Spoonflower acquisition. “You can imagine becoming your own artist for your home,... View Details