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08 Sep 2016
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How We Make It Work

(MBA 2002), private investor, senior executive “First, my wife and I felt our top priority was to decide where we wanted to live and then look for a job, as opposed to letting my work drag us around the country. Second, I have elected to travel less than I could or... View Details

21 Dec 2018
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Bridging the Gap

that are then correlated with—and probably causal to—success in careers and success broadly defined, economically; feeling like you’re being intentional about what you’re pursuing and that you’re pursuing meaningful work, over time. And... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc

sharply tailored suit with close-cropped silver hair. “It probably wasn’t very bright, but I was arrogant.” But as Maj began his studies in Warsaw, Poland again fell into tumult. In early 1976, a controversial amendment to its... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

13 Mar 2018
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Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission

probably minutes. Morrell: Why was it so hard to believe that, Matt? Was it just because it didn't seem possible? Brady: The Night Stalkers hadn't had a helicopter shot down, at that point, ever. I mean, certainly not since the wars had... View Details

12 Jul 2019
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The Birth of a Silicon Valley Blockbuster

we’re just getting started. And I think that that’s probably if I’m being honest kind of a really truthful way of looking at Cloudflare. Zatlyn: I do say that, and Matthew does make fun of me. Matthew, Lee, and I started this 10 years... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Technology for Learning's Sake

replacement of most faculty and administrative desktop machines, the introduction of a single electronic-mail system, and the construction of a 100-machine personal computer lab in previously unfinished space in the basement of Shad Hall. "If we had a minute to think... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

01 Feb 2002
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Redefining Success: Women & Work.

much better job at work and probably always wonder if you aren't missing out on one of the great life experiences. You can decide to have kids and give up your career, and always wonder if you are not maximizing who you could be. You... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

30 Nov 2017
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Happy Meals (Are Here Again)

team, and using that to build the marketing plan,” says Flatley. It helps that they are neighbors at the company’s corporate headquarters in Oak Brook, about 10 miles west of Chicago. “We yell over the walls,” says Cunningham. “I probably... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Saverio Truglia

16 Sep 2015
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Built for Speed

every time you put a product in market, you’d probably want a lot of eyes on it, too. But it also means you don’t get Nest. Venkat offers the FirstBuild production approach as a counter: To make a device that produces “nugget ice”—a more... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

06 Feb 2025
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How to Judge Your Next Job

and autonomy that comes with that, all the motivational pieces. And when I say that some of you out there are probably thinking, well, that's like PTSD. Actually all I feel is the anxiety of not knowing how to do that. We haven't trained... View Details

02 Oct 2015
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The ‘F’ Word

and CEO Barry Diller. Mr. Diller was and is a brilliant businessman, but we simply had different management styles—I was unhappy and resigned after about a year. Leaving a position like that was certainly a failure, in my eyes at least (and View Details

Keywords: Walt Disney Studios

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