Hub And Spoke - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2006
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Down the Memory Chute

why. Henry Kissinger spoke to us, as did at least one military adviser and one CIA officer. It preceded a big troop buildup and came a few months after all reserve military... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

14 Nov 2024
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How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

of consulting firm Ethical Ventures, recently spoke to CNBC’s “Squawk Box” about the Business of Racial Equity pledge developed to mobilize the business community to address inequality and injustice. Lewin... View Details

01 Jun 2019
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City on a Hill

On a chilly November afternoon in Harlan County, a struggling former mining hub on the edge of the Eastern Kentucky Coalfield, Geoff Marietta (MBA 2007) surveys the bustling village he has helped build. Marietta is executive director of... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

deciding to try and come home. White: Hunter, you met these women because you had the managerial skills they needed. But what was it about this music project that spoke to you personally? Heaney: I've loved... View Details

19 Mar 2015
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Walter Salmon Remembered

interest in food marketing, and spoke often of his conversations with Salmon. At that time, grocers were offering generic labels on their lower cost items: yellow bags with brown block letters identifying... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

16 Dec 2016
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An Environmental Epiphany

energy. Bulletin editor Dan Morrell spoke with Kortenhorst about his career path and how the world can make renewables a reality. READ MORE Dan Morrell: Jules, tell me a little bit about what Rocky Mountain... View Details

07 Sep 2021
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Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 2

incomplete and sometimes just wrong. So I hired a co-writer, a woman named Amy Wallace. And she spoke to 75 people over the course of two or three years. View Details

12 May 2022
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Onboarding

bit. JH: When I spoke to Tosh, she said that Xerox was a very forward-thinking company and one of her superiors said, you need to go be on a board. And sort of introduced her... View Details

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

amount of attention. But my data says that about 65% of the country at the moment is pretty unhappy with Trump. And yet is also just disappointed in the Democratic Party, which they feel is old faces with old ideas. The interesting thing... View Details

01 Dec 1998
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Managing the Business of Life

would have done differently. When I look back at what I've accomplished, I see I've worked hard to get where I am, and I appreciate the rewards that have come in the form of a loving, healthy family and a... View Details

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

girlfriends said that girlfriend April has inherited a business and she’s never worked in it. She is trying to decide what to do. And then Sharon, Bob’s wife, she spoke up... View Details

15 Jun 2018
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Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life

the science of productivity. During spring reunions this year, Duhigg spoke to alumni about his next potential project: understanding the science of a meaningful life. Essentially, how can we live lives that are not just happy but truly... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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World Class Learning

On a blustery late-December afternoon, sixty students sit watching a video case presentation in a darkened Aldrich Hall classroom. Participants in a special HBS orientation program for new international students,* they hail from thirty different countries, among them... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

02 Oct 2017
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Radical Generosity for the Real World

and her family spoke about. Today though, she talks about money all the time. She teaches stewardship at her church. Recently co-authored the book Love Let Go: Radical Generosity for the Real World, which... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

think more carefully about how they manage and organize themselves. Palepu: Paul, you spoke about the breakdown of checks and balances in the system generally. Can you... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

10 Mar 2017
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The Business of Lego Batman

weekends in a row. He spoke with associate editor Julia Hanna about everything from his approach to a film’s business plan, to the challenges of managing internal growth on his teams—and how the Lego Movie is like The Avengers. READ MORE... View Details

Keywords: LEGO; Lego

01 Dec 2019
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John McArthur

me, he had tears in his eyes. He said, ‘I want you to publish this exactly as you’ve written it. We made an honest mistake, we need to own up to it, and we want others to learn from it.’ ” This very small interaction with Dean McArthur... View Details

Keywords: Dean

01 Oct 1996
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Lasting Impressions

from the steps of Baker Library as some students railed against the invasion of Cambodia, others spoke with pride of their recent military service in Vietnam, and still others broke through the din with... View Details

Keywords: Deborah E. Blagg

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