Safety Performance - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Apr 2019
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Keeping an Eye on Things

is so important for safety and security, as well as citizen transactions throughout the globe. For instance, biometric information is collected when people apply for US visas. We see many uses in terms of safety, security, and protection.... View Details

Keywords: Biometrics

01 Dec 2016
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Case Study: Sweat the Technique

Science Entrepreneurship at HBS, cites studies showing that even mild dehydration can compromise performance by as much as 29 percent. Nix has garnered interest from both endurance athletes—which include about 30 million dedicated runners... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Dec 2013
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Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

several changes driven by Domonique Foxworth [HBS 2015], president of the NFL Players Association.) New technology, equipment improvements, and reduced-contact practices may also help. In addition, enhanced safety could come from changes... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Jan 2004
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Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964

positions. In 1973, Franklin left the White House to become one of the first commissioners of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. She focused on society's most vulnerable consumers—children—introducing the first child-resistant... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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One-on-One with Jeff Hicks

of performance car culture. They’re fun, successful commercials. And VW is on fire, which is obviously exciting. How would you describe CP+B’s ideal client? We get excited when we can become involved with all aspects of the brand. We just... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

01 Dec 2020
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In the Zone

the organization’s top leadership role in the midst of a pandemic came with unexpected challenges, which included overseeing the launch of a hybrid teaching model in two of HCZ’s charter schools, implementing safety protocols, and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; nonprofit management; urban development; leadership; public education; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
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RX for Change

the norm for health care than the exception. They may not have ever taken a management course, despite the challenge of overseeing dozens of employees across a variety of functions. They’re responsible for their unit’s financial View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out

Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Creativity Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Creativity Senior Lecturer John Macomber grew up working for the George B.H.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

01 Oct 2002
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Faculty Research Symposium

organizational properties of each team, measuring factors such as leadership behaviors of nurse managers; adequacy of training, information, and equipment; team characteristics (stability, composition, quality of relationships, and View Details

11 Oct 2022
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Righting the Ship

to execute work came from a host of problems, including the inability of contractors to perform or finish projects in any given fiscal year. And when the work doesn’t get done, there’s a lot of deferred maintenance on buildings and old... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

considerably better off, even as it creates both winners and losers, and the losers often suffer through no fault of their own. A capitalist economy should be judged not just on the aggregate economic improvement driven by its innovation but also on the design and... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Dec 2015
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Leading Boston and Beyond

the eulogy at his funeral. The fellowship program is what drew Osgood to HBS. “I knew what I wanted to do,” says Osgood, who had previously worked as the Chief of Staff/Senior Advisor in New York City’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Osgood spent his fellowship... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2009
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Cynthia Carroll

several fatalities there. There were 28,000 employees at that mine; we brought people up from below ground and worked to retrain and refocus them. We lost millions of dollars while production was curtailed, but it was the right thing to do. We’ve improved our View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Management; Mining

11 May 2017
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Going with the Flow

humor, however, is a no-nonsense approach to business performance that stems from Fisher’s upbringing as the daughter and granddaughter of rural central Pennsylvania entrepreneurs who taught her that great ideas can be backed with the... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Sep 2024
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Back to School

There are some things you just can’t learn in an HBS classroom—what it takes to jump out of an airplane, for instance, or the experience of playing at the World Series of Poker. Yet those kinds of out-of-office pursuits are important, says HBS assistant professor Jon... View Details

Keywords: April White; illustrations by Josh Cochran

20 Jul 2017
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Pushing the Next Generation Forward

lunching with a student mentee, strategizing with the director of a pre-K education program, or working on crisis management with city officials in the aftermath of a violent neighborhood incident. “Don’t ask me about my typical day,” he says. “I never have those.”... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

26 Oct 2020
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A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions

with social distancing and other safety protocols in place. Hung says that will mean having smaller gatherings, spaced seating, and symphonic programs that allow musicians proper spacing, and the elimination of choral View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

bank, “on the ground floor,” first as a teller, then accounts clerk, safety deposits clerk, and bookkeeper. “All of these roles helped me understand the guts of the organization,” he says. “It was humbling, but I am forever grateful,... View Details