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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
when the Omaha lived here are gone—and that soil is gone.” There are three layers to the soil, Leiserowitz explains: a rich, dark topsoil, teeming with microbes, decomposed organic material, insects, and the mycorrhizal fungi that come together to create a vast, unseen... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
importance to local, small-D democracy. It has some strong business fundamentals, has mostly been overlooked, is print based, and is very different from the Boston Globe or the Seattle Times or the Washington Post. It would help to think about these different slices of... View Details
- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
“What was exciting was that we had the full technology ecosystem represented. We had CEOs and entrepreneurs who had gone from startup to launch to IPO, and we had CEOs or CTOs who were representing large, multibillion-dollar, global tech... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Jan 2023
- News
Free Spirits
Wilson says. The standard offerings for non-drinkers—even at special occasions—can feel like real kids’ table fare. The standard offerings for non-drinkers—even at special occasions—can feel like real kids’ table fare. On the craft-brewery side, entire View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
platform’s responsibility to ensure that their users can trust the platform itself. Yes, it is a philosophical change in approach. These are companies that were built as the town square, with the philosophy of “we don’t need to worry about this misuse because the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 May 2019
- Podcast
From gig to gig: Thumbtack’s CEO on the challenges facing contract workers
The phrase “gig worker” often conjures an image of a driver providing a routine service for low pay. But freelancers provide services on a contracted, or “gig,” basis in a wide range of fields from cosmetology to carpentry. In this episode, Joe hosts Thumbtack CEO... View Details
- 30 Sep 2020
- Podcast
How San Antonio’s Project Quest facilitates upward mobility
In confronting the economic and social crises roiling the US in late 2020, it helps to have deep roots in local communities. San Antonio’s Project Quest brings to the task decades of success in advancing upward mobility in underserved areas. The nonprofit’s savvy,... View Details
- 20 Aug 2020
- Podcast
Tulsa Remote: City branding and community building
Will Covid-19 empty superstar cities? While it’s too soon to say, metros outside the top tier are now in a better position to compete for talent. This plays to the strengths of programs like Tulsa Remote, which helps professionals who work remotely relocate to Tulsa,... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- News
This Company Is Japan’s Top Contender for Global Internet Domination
- 09 Oct 2019
- Podcast
Handy’s CEO clears up the gig economy
Oisin Hanrahan, co-founder and CEO of home services gig platform Handy, has succeeded by finding order and opportunity in chaos. The former HBS student has navigated messy transitions, cutthroat competition, and a challenging venture funding environment. He is also on... View Details
- 11 Sep 2019
- Podcast
How carefully managed career restarts can benefit individuals and employers
Life events, personal interests, and a host of other factors lead people to step away from work. The key is how to handle reentry. Carol Fishman Cohen, HBS ‘85, draws on her own experience to consult and write about what it means to come back from a career break in... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- Podcast
How the U.S. is driving away foreign talent and what happens when American companies miss out
Foreign talent is critical to the success of American companies. But the barriers to hiring skilled foreigners are rising: increased bureaucratic scrutiny and new regulations make it harder to bring workers into the country, and hostile anti-immigrant rhetoric pushes... View Details
- 26 Feb 2019
- Podcast
AI and the value of expertise
AI has been predicted to replace humans in professions ranging from customer service representatives to medical doctors. But many have pointed out elements of human work that would be difficult to imagine being performed by AI. HBS Professor Raj Choudhury discusses his... View Details
- 16 Jun 2021
- Podcast
Taking stock of Eastern Bank’s expansive community banking model
Eastern Bank is betting that bigger is better when it comes to serving small businesses and supporting local communities and philanthropic causes. Until recently the oldest and largest mutual bank in the US, Eastern has gone public and is pursuing an aggressive growth... View Details
- 19 Jun 2018
- Podcast
Ep 5: Big-game fishing in rural Mississippi: Attracting employers to the Golden Triangle
Joe Fuller speaks with Joe Max Higgins, the CEO of Golden Triangle Development LINK, to discuss how a rural region in Mississippi became an attractive destination for global businesses after several local factories were shut down. Though a small part of the process,... View Details
- 10 Feb 2021
- Podcast
Parsing 5G’s potential for work and learning
As the realities of 5G wireless networking and the Internet of Things catch up to the hype, the effects are expected to be sweeping, from smart infrastructure to enhanced education and training and new business models. Mo Katibeh, AT&T’s Chief Product and Platform... View Details
- 03 Jun 2018
- Podcast
Ep 4: Jobs lost, jobs gained: Focus less on predictions, more on potential
Michael Chui, Senior Partner at McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), and an expert in artificial intelligence, believes that many jobs are going to disappear – including those done by MBAs and doctors – just not as quickly as people think. As he says to Bill Kerr, there is... View Details
- 08 Jan 2021
- Podcast
How we can avoid the robot apocalypse
As AI and automation take on more and more sophisticated tasks, being human can look like a career liability. But not when you consider inherent advantages like our capacity to collaborate, create, and think critically. Jamie Merisotis, President and CEO of the Lumina... View Details
- 24 Apr 2020
- Podcast
Freelancer.com: On-demand Skills and Ideas
The Covid-19 pandemic appears to be accelerating the global workforce shift toward freelance and contract work, as it makes remote work a more attractive option. For many, the traditional employment model is being replaced by digital labor platforms like... View Details
- 27 Nov 2019
- Podcast
Rebooting the apprenticeship for tech jobs
The Washington Technology Industry Association’s Apprenti apprenticeship program is a creature of the Seattle tech industry. But since its 2015 founding, it has become a national player in the workforce development market. As a partner in the federal government’s push... View Details