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- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
remarks. “But if you mention a folding bicycle, most people conjure up an image of a small-wheeled, oddly shaped vehicle that they wouldn’t categorize as a ‘real’ bicycle. The challenge is to change the beliefs and behaviors of both... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
appreciated by seniors. We have approval rates of way over 70 percent. The costs of drugs in the program are lower than anticipated, and consumers are purchasing drugs at very high discounts. So I think the system seems to work pretty... View Details
- 02 Jan 2018
- News
Reconsidering Retirement
computer system to allow the company to reduce the costs paid to other firms—software expert Tuchman’s area—the men had to build trust with consumers used to relying on big-name financial services firms. That meant getting the right... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
affairs. Working with area companies and institutions, The Partnership facilitates interactions among current and emerging leaders and provides opportunities for individuals to share their knowledge and skills to bring about change in the... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
the London event, while Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi moderated for the Singapore event. The conversation addressed questions like, “Can a system designed to generate profit really make a difference against the massive social and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 13 Nov 2020
- News
Expanding Summer Fellowships to Support Students
2021 Kevin Chenault planned to focus on a film production company that brings underrepresented voices to life, but changed direction following the murder of George Floyd and subsequent demonstrations. He and his brother, Ken Chenault Jr.... View Details
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
Can Manufacturing Keep Its Edge?
again with respect to some of the issues raised by China.” Innovation and continuous improvement are the keys to moving to a stronger competitive position, he says. “We changed more than the Japanese did. The Chinese are more... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
codifying values. Specifics are often left unspoken; for example, teaching notes for faculty provide much guidance on how to teach but little on what to teach. Faculty and students are exposed to a system that operates on open-ended... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
March 2023 Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Invisible Trillions: How Financial Secrecy Is Imperiling Capitalism and Democracy—and the Way to Renew Our Broken System By Raymond W. Baker (MBA 1960) Berrett-Koehler Publishers Over the last half... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
to talk to Wasserman and started the conversation by saying that he was never going to be a founder. He wasn’t there to talk about how to get his great idea off the ground. The Founder’s Dilemmas course, he said, had changed his marriage.... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
countries are Denmark, Singapore, Japan—where older adults are really valued. And we're seeing entire systems changed. Our systems in this country have not changed for this... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Books
strategy," notes Mills. To help managers fine-tune these techniques, the book offers guidance on developing global opportunities; changing the local corporate mindset to a global one (and filtering that way of thinking down to employees);... View Details
- 21 Dec 2018
- News
Bridging the Gap
most crucial in today’s world have very little to do with what’s being taught in a lecture hall. We like to say that the traditional soft skills—empathy, self-awareness, resilience, creativity—are actually the power skills of the future. So, the best way that we can... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
psychology, and holistic health for answers when her own health crises struck. She now brings those solutions to moms everywhere. Mom Hacks gives you the specific smallest changes that yield the biggest impact for moms and their children.... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
well as leading thinkers and decision makers, to discuss ways to make the US savings system more secure and inclusive. Ackerley’s group, in partnership with insurers, also announced an innovative investment solution, called LifePath... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
grow amid poverty, triggering an empowering ripple effect. We only loan to businesses we believe can grow; we expect every loan to be repaid, and 98 percent are. You've said that microlending can change the world. How? In the developing... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Press Books in Brief
Chris Lederer, argues that marketers and CEOs urgently need tools to manage vast groups of brands — not as individual elements or collections under one corporate roof but as complex systems that transcend corporate boundaries. The... View Details
- 20 Jul 2022
- News
Wired to be Inspired
maybe this is just a checkbox. But honestly, I think doing purpose is hard work. It’s not some kind of change management exercise. You can’t just launch a purpose and then cascade it out into the organization. People have to buy into it.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Doing Something Real
contemplating our 25th Reunion isn't so much our two years in those United NationsÐlike Aldrich classrooms, or the upcoming reunion itself, but how much has changed in the interim. We have gone from the days (begun with that awful... View Details
Keywords: Andrew Tobias (MBA '72)