Imagination - Publications - Faculty & Research

Portrait Project

Christine Keung

homework as I could while sitting between the soda machine and a mountain of takeout boxes. Success was getting an education that would free me from what I thought were limits of my upbringing. I’ve since earned an education that has far exceeded my childhood View Details

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Living in Boston | MBA

and make your way to Central Square, home to every imaginable ethnic cuisine. Walk the Freedom Trail and Beacon Hill's cobblestone lanes to see how Boston looked during the Revolutionary War, or explore Newbury Street's chic shops and the... View Details

01 Jun 2004
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New MBA Leadership Course

class.” Paine and the other LCA faculty members will teach the course again next year. She describes creating the course as like planning a long trip. “You spend a lot of time thinking about your itinerary and imagining different... View Details

Keywords: HBS; LCA; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

02 Dec 2019
What Do You Think?

How Does a Company like Boeing Respond to Intense Competitive Pressure?

billion for SpaceX) from NASA. One can only imagine the pressure under which developers were working at Boeing. The result? A failure to reach its destination, the International Space Station. While the cause is under investigation, early... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Air Transportation

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JJ Singh

ballooning national debt and a financial system in disarray. *** I want to change attitudes and the way we imagine our future. I want to influence policy so that we invest in tomorrow. But most of all, I want to rebuild an America that... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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The art of thinking creatively

Art Society. The works, all by “very young, emerging artists,” can be viewed online, but the collection program is intended to be seen in person in order to help students think more imaginatively in their lives and their studies.... View Details

06 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

After Germanwings, More Attention Needed on Employee Mental Health

mental health issues that are entirely manageable, and by making it more costly for them to come forward. "You can imagine a fallout from this tragedy, subjecting everyone from crane operators to Uber drivers to random mental health... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Air Transportation

11 Jun 2001
Research & Ideas

E-Commerce Unplugged

knowledge of consumer behavior to create killer applications in the m-commerce arena. Imagine a brand well positioned to satisfy the life intentions of the youth market: Let's call it "Soda X." What if Soda X built a... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria & Marty Leestma

Business of Emerging Markets

During my fellowship year, I audited and participated in the preparation of two history-based courses—it was extraordinary to see how these classes sparked the imagination of MBA students while guiding them through ethical dilemmas. Now,... View Details

20 Aug 2020
Blog Post

Being patients compelled us. Sequoia inspired us. HBS sustained us.

myself missing, supporting and admiring my friends from school more with every passing year. Personally and professionally, there is still a long ways to go, but I simply cannot imagine where we’d be without the love and inspiration from... View Details

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A Broad Spectrum of Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

future, I can imagine combining my consulting experience with work for school districts, education companies, or foundations. Jeffrey Shaddix Job Title Principal, The Boston Consulting Group Location Houston, TX, USA Topics K-12 Education... View Details

04 May 2015
News

Alumni in Paris Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

program that will significantly increase engagement with and among alumni well in to the future. The HBS goal is part of Harvard University’s $6.5 billion campaign announced in September 2014. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective View Details

Portrait Project

Aduke Thelwell

of me. So now as I try to envision who I'll be in fifty years, I hope my current vision is dead wrong. Instead, I want to become a woman with experiences I can't imagine today. That woman will be a thinker who has changed her opinions... View Details

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Danielle Slutzky

She kept a mini fridge in her bedroom stocked with my favorite chocolate, Pesek Zman, the Israeli version of the Kit Kat bar. My grandmother led me to her fridge when I visited each June. By age seven, I’d imagine the red and yellow... View Details

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Edrienne Brandon

hold the most honorable leadership position imaginable – parent – and will define my legacy by the kind of citizens, friends, and thinkers Wesley's and my children become. I will be that friend that is there when I am needed as much as... View Details

07 Nov 2022
Blog Post

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - COP27 and the Climate Crisis

down annually [with] multiplying effects. Over the last few years, we've had multiple floods every year. So can you imagine the link with poverty [and] migration?” Learn more by downloading this video clip detailing the impact of climate... View Details

04 Feb 2022
News

Hour by Hour

$1,000 per permanent hire by bypassing recruitment, background checks, and training. It has also helped hourly employees pick up extra work. “You can imagine that if you’re a store manager, you want somebody who’s familiar with your... View Details

07 Aug 2019
News

Step Right In

Photo via TechCrunch Photo via TechCrunch David Askaryan (MBA 2015) has built a virtual reality experience called the Museum of Future Experiences (MoFE), that is elevating VR to a whole new level: Imagine a blend of immersive theater and... View Details

01 Apr 1997
News

HBS Research Available on World Wide Web

Pondering a business problem or management issue? Imagine with a computer keystroke or two being able to find synopses of Harvard Business School research on hundreds of topics. Would you like to know more, for example, about the... View Details

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Sebastien D'Incau

never imagine you could get so close to so many people in one year," Sebastien says of the section experience. "At first, it's a bit daunting to be surrounded by so many smart people who have achieved so much. But everyone wants... View Details

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