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positions for every job seeker, resulting in significant labor shortages in sectors ranging from business services to manufacturing. Gen Zers, meanwhile, will comprise approximately one-third of the workforce by 2025. And they are... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Government; Government

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 Dec 2023
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3-Minute Briefing: Nathaniel Fick (MBA/MPA 2008)

As a Marine, I led some of the first units in Afghanistan and Iraq. What I loved about that experience was the intersection of a mission with building and leading teams. I came to HBS to develop the tools around that work, but in a very different context. On the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Feb 2001
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What Makes a Good Leader

prison, and then as the head of the very government that tried to crush him. And throughout his career, he used his own sense of humanity to humanize people who tried to dehumanize him." David Thomas thinks influence in the new millennium... View Details

Keywords: Management

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

Weiss knew that the island, an unincorporated US territory whose residents are American citizens, was drowning in $70 billion of debt. Hampered by legal limitations on the remedies it could pursue, and desperate for ready cash to meet its obligations, the Puerto Rican... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

quite figured out how to put all the pieces together. Our population's been sort of stagnant and flat for a couple of years. It's an aging population. And so when you go back to HBS and you think “you have one wild life, how are you going to spend it?” I want to spend... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

In a career spent investing in innovative startups at Intel, leading National Grid’s innovation and investment operations, and founding a nonpro t dedicated to advancing women and minorities to positions of top corporate leadership, Lisa Lambert (MBA 1997) always has... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Our planet is teeming with trillions of viruses and bacteria, most of which are innocuous or even helpful, but some pose a significant risk to public health, animals, and crops. In recent decades,... View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

15 Jun 2021
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Zone Defense

missions in which Shield AI’s technology has been deployed, he says that it is being used in “indoor-clearance” situations, which are some of the most harrowing missions that troops can face. According to the Department of Defense, US special forces make up just 3... View Details

Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

understand. The bits that classical computers use to store data and perform calculations have only two possible states: 0 or 1. But the laws of quantum mechanics, which govern the world of atomic and subatomic particles, are inherently... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

15 Jun 2021
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Leading at State

lecturer in Executive Education who also has a background in the civil service in his native Canada, worked with the State Department to design the custom program. Career employees in government agencies... View Details

Keywords: leadership; international relations; politics; Executive Education

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