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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
plans that our team could use to execute different projects; then I was able to choose a couple to pursue for my own interest,” recalls Naidoo, who also cites the need to immediately shed any sense of MBA “specialness.” “At Oxfam, there... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
encountered some backlash for our efforts, but we also encountered a lot of support,” recalls DeShay, who was ultimately pleased with the town’s willingness to sit down and listen. “That hasn’t always been the case in this country,” he... View Details
- 05 May 2022
- News
Lesson Plans
Academy is the established, go-to education platform for learners of all ages. But two years ago, the organization faced a test, one that recalled the role those video lessons played in the lives of his displaced cousins. [music] News... View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
majority recalled being encouraged in entrepreneurial ventures from a young age, the “proverbial lemonade stand,” Kraus says. For Kraus, these women and their stories are key in encouraging other women to enter the tech field and to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Your Own Medicine
tolerate it. The night of the first dose, he asked for sushi—not a typical choice for someone feeling nauseated. Halfway into a third order of edamame, he froze. "Oh my God," pointing to a maggot in the food, "I'm going to throw up, and they're going to think it was... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
recall two instances when he went out of his way to help me in my career. Toward the end of my first year at the school, I had a summer job offer which was cancelled about a month before the summer break would occur because of some... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Prophet of Start-Ups
Christopher Columbus were, in a sense, venture capitalists. But it wasn’t until the second half of the 20th century that venture financing became a professional, large-scale industry. And the man who led that transformation was Georges Doriot. I can’t View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
concessions from employers and insurance companies on the one hand and labor on the other that were not the case even ten or fifteen years ago. A breakthrough appears possible, and Massachusetts may show the way. Recalls Fleishman, “Not... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
2004, had many discussions about the actor’s dreams for Tetiaroa. “He had a lot of quirky ideas, but he was curious and even erudite on many topics,” recalls Bailey. Brando also had a strong environmental ethic, great respect for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
faculty members, so the women students I’m sure felt some of that. We dealt with both race and gender issues. LEWIS: In the first year, I recall there being no African Americans on the faculty. In the second year there were a number of... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
months pregnant with her second child, Clara, and delivering a speech to hundreds of Disney executives in Frankfurt - she recalls thinking, "This is ridiculous!" Dodi explains, "More than anything, it was the travel that became impossible... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
RX for Change
about patient-focused changes, the work can be deeply fulfilling. Dallis Howard-Crow, Emory’s chief human resources officer, would sometimes accompany her father, a hospital CEO, as he walked around the building and greeted everyone from custodians to vice presidents.... View Details
- 03 Mar 2017
- News
Big Blue’s Big Bet
Jennings was reduced to ending the show by acknowledging “our new computer overlords.” At IBM, the mood was euphoric, but Ferrucci had always had an ulterior motive for developing Watson. “I actually was pre-med in college and aspiring to be a doctor,” he View Details
Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Deep Dive
temperature. On the surface, the support crew walked through their own checklists to reestablish communication. They had faith in their submersible and their pilot, but they couldn’t help but worry. “I don’t know if I’ll ever forget that moment when it was gone,” View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
mission. One applicant recalled that his interview with Shackleton was less than ten minutes long. During this time, the commander “asked me if my teeth were good, if I suffered from varicose veins, if I had a good temper, and if I could... View Details
- 20 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
his backyard. He also discovered the 2002 edition of Corn Among the Indians of the Upper Missouri, a book originally published in 1917. Featuring interviews with women planters recalling the tools, methods, and seed varieties their tribes... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Doing It Your Way
wave of new business ventures in areas such as microcomputers, software programs, and hardware-related peripheral equipment that has changed the world forever. "During the early '80s, I'd get a lot of business plans from alumni starting software companies," View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Fight Beyond
chocolate and a pack of Camels,” the airman recalled gratefully. For his new mission in Slovakia, Green requisitioned more candy and cigarettes—and thousands and thousands of guns. Banská Bystrica had become the capital of the Slovak... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
personally, too. As he began to dig into the research, the conclusions were unambiguous: “I needed to retire and dedicate myself to sharing knowledge,” recalls Brooks, who left AEI in 2019. Courtesy Arthur Brooks At HBS, he teaches the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
company returned to signage as well, but this time used licensed partners NeoLux (Korea), Midori Mark (Japan), and Motion Display (Sweden) to sell its trademark Ink-In-Motion displays for point of sale promotion. Wilcox recalls another... View Details