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strikes that have affected the industry and effectively frozen most of its activity. Larger companies can’t ride out the storm without cuts to budget and staff. How do you use what you learned at HBS in this work? Each film and television project is a View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

22 Feb 2022
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A World of Difference

similar experience with an expert puzzle master. The students are organized in groups of four or five. They get clues they need to make sense of, and nobody is an expert by design. It’s great to see what you can achieve as a team,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Mar 2008
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THE 6 MYTHS OF CREATIVITY

people compete for recognition, they stop sharing information. And that’s destructive because nobody in an organization has all of the information required to put all the pieces of the puzzle together. A Streamlined Organization Is a... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; Management

01 Sep 2016
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Clay Christensen on Competing Against Luck

Why They Buy The first big puzzle Professor Clay Christensen tackled when he joined the HBS faculty in 1992 was an elemental one: Why was success so hard for businesses to sustain? The search led to his theory of disruptive innovation,... View Details

03 Apr 2016
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The Tampon of the Future

Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Ridhi Tariyal (MBA 2009) Is it possible to draw blood from a person without causing discomfort? That question has puzzled scientists for years. And the solution—for women, at least—finally is coming to market as... View Details

Keywords: Blavatnick; Scientific Research and Development Services

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