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- Portrait Project
Megha Mathur
me to imagine their power and impact in more honorable working conditions. So with my one wild and precious life, I want to create dignified employment opportunities for women who have a vision for a better world. View Details
- Portrait Project
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
- Portrait Project
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
- 23 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
One More Way the Startup World Hampers Women Entrepreneurs
Ruiqing "Sam" Cao. That reality is particularly problematic for female entrepreneurs, who are more likely to invent products that address the needs of female consumers. “You could imagine those products being discounted because the men on... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 19 Apr 2018
- News
One Last Pitch
potential, but for all willing to take the risk to start something new and compete. “It is remarkable to me what kind of progress they can make,” he said. Eventually a booming voice instructed the audience it was time to participate in the online voting for the crowd... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
investigators, even the most successful ones in the world, spend at least 25 percent of their time trying to get money. If they can’t get money, they lay off people and cancel projects. Now imagine you are a postdoc in a lab and are... View Details
- 16 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Out of PE, Into Africa
course, there were practical obstacles to consider. As the founder of a small private equity firm, I was nervous about the impact on my career and the reaction of my partners, deal sources and investors. For my wife, it was even more difficult to View Details
- Portrait Project
Pothik Chatterjee
dread. I preferred reading about American Girls like Molly and Samantha. I retreated to my corner of the library, safe in the shadows... I felt safe in the unbounded space of my imagination and comfort of my family. I felt joy when we... View Details
- Portrait Project
Nikhita Raman
down my school building. The unrest roaring across Indonesia had dominated the news for weeks, but I never imagined that it would reach my sleepy town. Growing up Indian amidst Indonesia’s globalization, it marked the beginning of my... View Details
- 12 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World
called "The Computer as a Communication Device." These guys imagined human capabilities moving to a new level when real-time interactivity was realized. They expected an acceleration of our abilities to innovate and work... View Details
- Portrait Project
Kelvin Kwong
be impossible is actually quite possible. I first pursued magic as an 11 year old. I was enamored by coins appearing out of nothing but thin air. I was naïve, but I found it empowering to even just imagine that the constraints of the... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Heather McLetchie-Leader
unlivable, always imperial terms. I choose to study religion. I believe religious discourse has the potential to challenge and transform the terms by which life is constrained, and I believe its imaginative possibilities can help people... View Details
- Student-Faculty-Profile
Grant Donnelly & Michael Norton
and trash bins. People who use these bins also feel happier compared to those who don't, and they feel closer to the people they imagine being recipients of their unwanted items. The collaborative process Grant: When coming to HBS, I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Going Forward
accessible to students with tremendous potential who may otherwise never have imagined that an HBS degree is within their reach. We can find new ways to leverage the fact that we are part of a great university as we build programmatic... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens
Citizen Year fellows. Her vision is that the program will become a household name with the prestige of the Fulbright Program or Teach For America, and that the idea of a global bridge year before college becomes the norm, not the exception. “We want Global Citizen Year... View Details
- 02 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
The No. 1 Character Trait You Will Need to Succeed in Business
If you choose to pursue a career in business, I can guarantee that you will experience moments that will test you as never before. At times like those, what quality will you need more than any other? I believe that quality is courage. View Details
- 09 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Unconscious Executive
is an example of unconscious thought. Imagine you are listening to a song and can't remember the name of the artist. You try to think hard, but are still unable to come up with it. So you tell yourself, "I'll stop thinking about it,... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Where Innovation Rules
manufacturing, from entertainment to energy. Indeed, it is hard to imagine a world without the products and services created by HBS alumni. In the pages that follow, we present profiles of contemporary HBS alumni who continue that... View Details