Passion - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

4+2 = Sustained Business Success

business wisdom as old school, we found ourselves wondering if they were right. For years we had watched new management ideas come and go, passionately embraced one year, abruptly abandoned the next. "What really works?" we... View Details

Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, William Joyce & Bruce Roberson

29 Aug 2022
Op-Ed

Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?

Exeter Business School. You Might Also Like: More Proof That Money Can Buy Happiness (or a Life with Less Stress) The Pursuit of Passion Propagates Privilege Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of... View Details

Keywords: by Jon M. Jachimowicz, Kristin Blesch, and Oliver P. Hauser

27 May 2022
Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

the application process was letting the admissions committee know who I was outside of being a Marine. They understand that we know how to lead, so I focused on portraying my personal side: my passion for reading, studying markets, and my... View Details

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Ted Obi

Why did you choose this path at this point in time? I halted my medical school journey because I was curious about the business of medicine and passionate about making a broader impact in the health care and life sciences industry.... View Details

19 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

A Brand Manager’s Guide to Losing Control

a connected group of very passionate supporters” "The way brands came in to social media wasn't sensitive to the medium," says Jill Avery, a senior lecturer at Harvard Business School, who spent a decade managing brands for... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising

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Becoming an Entrepreneur - Alumni

In the first step toward entrepreneurship, career seekers face a fundamental choice that affects every subsequent action: do you see yourself as a startup founder or joiner? The Path of the Founder Founders are typically driven by one of two things: View Details

17 Feb 2022
Book

When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

unabashed about expressing his individuality. He speaks passionately and directly, unafraid to let his personality shine and to make himself vulnerable. But Wallace wants everyone in his company to feel and behave like this. As he... View Details

Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

accessible education to more than 30,000 students. CWI’s primary focus is delivering affordable, high-quality, and accessible education. Jones is passionate about promoting affordable higher education that translates to enhanced... View Details

2011
Book

Detour: My Unexpected, Amazing, Life Changing Journey With OnStar

By: Chet Huber

Detour is the story behind the launch of OnStar’s now well known blue button, as told through the eyes of its founder and CEO of over fourteen years, Chet Huber. It’s a personal narrative that describes the events that led up to General Motors’ unexpected choice... View Details

Keywords: General Motors; OnStar; Technological Innovation; Business Startups; Transportation; Safety; Personal Development and Career; Creativity; Success; Business History; Auto Industry

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28 Feb 2019
News

New Program Will Develop Leaders of Innovative Ventures

and his wife, Kristen, were intrigued by the idea of helping Harvard undergraduates with a passion for technology and entrepreneurship become future leaders of innovative ventures. So, the Robertses are excited to be supporting the... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Engaging Students More Deeply

Students at Success Academy stay more focused on the dot rug. Photo courtesy HBS Multimedia Development To tell the compelling stories of a developer working to revitalize Miami Beach, a Maine lobsterman confronting the economic risks of climate change, and a charter... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2011
News

Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

newspaper and bought his first stock, in Johnson & Johnson. As a teenager, he delivered the weekday afternoon and Sunday Baltimore Sun and ran a snow removal/lawn mowing business. In high school, he took an interest in coin and stamp collecting, horse racing, and... View Details

04 May 2020
Blog Post

6 Things You Should Know About the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

joint degree community is incredibly strong and everyone here is very passionate about making significant positive change in the world. Having the two campuses within a stone’s throw of each other creates a very integrated experience... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Action Plan: Wild at Heart

At first glance, Heather Evans (MBA 1983) might not seem the likeliest candidate for a career in ecological landscaping. A former chief marketing officer and “true urbanist” (“to the extent I used to hate visiting people in the country!”), Evans spent most of her life... View Details

Keywords: Christine Speer Lejeune; gardening; entrepreneurship; sustainability

26 May 2016
News

Mary Callahan Erdoes, MBA 1993

summer vacations consist of touring national parks in an RV. “To be successful you need to have a passion not just for the job itself, but for the people you are doing it with.” “To be successful you need to have a View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance

04 Apr 2024
News

The Making of a Medical Milestone

trial in ALS as well. We recently spoke with Dr. Gros, Eledon’s founder and CEO, about tegoprubart’s potential to revolutionize transplant medicine, why he left medicine to become a serial health care entrepreneur, and what drives his View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Lehman Brothers Family Partners | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Lehman Robert Lehman, also known as Bobbie, led Lehman Brothers from 1925 until his death in 1969, guiding the firm through the Great Depression into the postwar economic growth of the 1950s and 60s. Robert’s great passion was art. After... View Details

25 Mar 2022
Blog Post

Meet the HBS Women's Student Association

their experiences, as well as my own, I’ve seen the professional and personal struggles that women, and particularly women of color, face. I am really passionate about helping advance gender equity, while also considering how gender... View Details

Portrait Project

Shivangi Goel

the care they need in their most vulnerable moments. I want to reimagine how we bring innovative healthcare tools to the right patients so that in times of crisis we can adapt quickly and prevent unnecessary suffering. I hope to inspire people View Details

30 Apr 2020
Book

Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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