Intention - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 May 2022
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Stop Rambling in Meetings — and Start Getting Your Message Across

19 Mar 2021
News

Bourke-White and Lewis Hine, were meant to instill confidence in corporate America. Photos in the exhibit are drawn from more than 2,100 photographs from 115 businesses that were gathered in the 1930s. The intent was to supplement HBS... View Details

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

25 Apr 2014
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Raising the bar for financial literacy

Nan Morrison (MBA 1987) is intent on making children financially and economically literate. As CEO of the Council for Economic Education (CEE), a New York–based national nonprofit, she trains more than 55,000 teachers nationwide annually,... View Details

29 Apr 2019
Research & Ideas

Is the Digital Age Making Us Petty?

attentiveness to trivial details,” as defined in a recent research study, can drag down relationships, result in recriminating behavior, and ruin the good intentions behind very generous donations. On the flip side, leaving room for error... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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John Paul Andree

sweeping generality in a far-off future. It is immediate and intentional – to serve others even in the smallest gestures and fleeting interactions. I will always remember this. And remember the icy water below. View Details

21 Jul 2023
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Companies Need to Prove They Can Be Trusted with Technology

02 Feb 2023
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7 Small Ways to Be a More Inclusive Colleague

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

by-product, but as an intentional outcome that motivates me to get up and go to work every day. Molly: To me, social enterprise means any organization that purposefully seeks to combine positive social and environmental impact with... View Details

15 Mar 2021
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Finding My Leadership Voice

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Jorge-Luis Leon

better for me to stay in Ecuador. I still believe they had the best intentions that day. I believe they feared how hurt I could be if I fell short and didn’t achieve my dream. To be honest my dream scared me too. But that day I chose to... View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Iron Lady

Development Bank, Oteh is now the director-general of Nigeria’s SEC and the country’s chief financial regulator. At a conference in London in September, Oteh revealed her intention to strengthen the country’s capital markets in order to... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2001
News

BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie

interest groups); "Live for the moment" (condoning present behavior that negatively affects the future); and "No pain for us, no gain for them" (resisting change that, over time, would benefit the majority, out of concern that it might hurt a minority in the short... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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Abhi Sharma

privilege, not a right. I recognize that meaningful change will have to be organic, evolutionary. I came to HBS with the intent of creating for others the opportunities that were granted to me. I also know that this passion to shape a... View Details

01 May 2013
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Michael F. Cronin, MBA 1977

“I wish more alumni could get to know the students we meet at the annual fellowship dinners,” says Michael F. Cronin, a former HBS Fund Chair and longtime supporter of fellowships at HBS. “I’ve met idealists who are committed to social enterprise, line managers View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

minimal standards of civility. So it was like a breath of fresh air when, as the New York Times (June 23, 1999) reported, the winning bidder for the letters, Peter Norton (13th OPM), announced his intention "to do whatever Mr. Salinger... View Details

Portrait Project

Carolyn Wintner

husband, the dinner parties I love to throw, or my long-term intention to have children. I thought to work successfully with the guys, I always had to be like them. It's time to finally put my Frank mask away for good. It’s time to be... View Details

16 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Creating an Inclusive Recruiting Process for Candidates with Diverse Abilities

to do a video, audio, or written submission so we weren’t forcing people into a particular structure that may or may not have been right for them,” she said. Be Intentional About Your Interviews When building out an interview process,... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Aug 2002
News

Dan Geffken (MBA '87)

Five years ago, Dan Geffken had every intention of attending his 10th Reunion — he was the organizer of his section's party. Days before the festivities were to begin, however, he and his wife, Brenda, received a phone call informing them... View Details

April 1993 (Revised May 1994)
Case

Prodigy Services Company (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine

Top executives of Prodigy Services Co. must decide how to respond when publicly accused of allowing anti-Semitic messages to be posted on the electronic bulletin boards of the company's interactive computer service. Can they defend free expression while at the same... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Communication Intention and Meaning; Information Technology; Decision Making; Law; Management Teams; Information Technology Industry

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