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- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
faculty response was by John Russell, our Ops professor, who walked in, cold-called five of our sectionmates (which he had never done before), wrote “bingo” on the blackboard, and asked who had the pot. The guy with the pot sheepishly walked up to him. John View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
power plant, she ultimately rose to be president of Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation and Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation, within the Integrys Energy Group. “I had several instrumental leaders who believed in me, who saw my... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
least four consecutive years of top financial performance or have led a business or service that changed the way people live and work. Our previous book, In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century, shows that... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
on an undefeated team that earned a #5 national ranking, Swearengin ended his playing career as part of a thrilling 38-31 victory over the Washington Huskies in the 1993 Rose Bowl.) Football, Swearengin says, gave him self-confidence,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
vacuum, sweep, or dust. Five women and one man array their mats around a rose quartz sphere. “Dedicate your practice to a prayer in your life,” he tells them. “Ideally, one of personal transformation.” It’s a traditional approach that... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
trajectory of overdose deaths from prescription drugs and heroin. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US death rate from opioid overdose has increased over 400 percent since 1999; the picture is even grimmer in Georgia, where the death rate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Sharma (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Like other companies, family-run enterprises must develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills. But they must also manage family dynamics. The authors show how enterprising families can transmit the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Daniel Vasella
inflation, so from that perspective, complaints are understandable. On the other side, there are benefits. Mortality for many diseases has dropped dramatically over the last forty years. Analysis shows that 40 percent of that decline was... View Details
- 26 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni Explore a Changing Hong Kong; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Singapore
cold-calling guests. “It was great,” says Chow. “It showed just how tight the HBS community is in Hong Kong as well, that we are comfortable enough to just call people to stand up and answer difficult questions. Michael Tien (MBA 1974),... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
Alumni Books Live the Art by Jeffrey Deitch (MBA 1978) (Rizzoli) A chronicle of Deitch’s career as an art dealer and producer of memorable installations and art happenings that transcended the idea of a mere “exhibition,” this book explores in detail the View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
first became interested in marketing and retailing while in college, working part-time at Bloomingdale’s and then in a New York buying office for a large group of department stores. After earning an MBA (1954) and DBA (1960) at HBS, he View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
look up to. Someone who’s inspired by the surf or skate team we sponsor will likely identify with our product. If you’re an NBA fan, and you see Derrick Rose wearing Skullcandy headphones, that’s pretty powerful. Social media is another... View Details
- 10 Mar 2017
- News
The Business of Lego Batman
you properly troubleshoot and get the team together to solve it? So those are kind of the, I would say, the MBA type skills that come into play. And as much as I don't like to talk about my MBA when I'm making movies, the truth is every movie you have to view as a... View Details
- 02 Dec 2016
- News
The Story Behind the Stories
serving a cause greater than yourself. And unconventional teams filled with underestimated women, who rose to the moment. And who showed not just what was possible for them, but what was possible for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
radiates a benign intensity. “There were jobs to be created and families hoping for a solution. The second was that it could be a model for other companies in a similar situation. The economic climate in France was difficult, with companies dying every day. I wanted to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
assets—a model that might well hold promise for other parts of rural and postindustrial America that are struggling to reinvent themselves. “I’m here to create jobs and economic opportunity,” Marietta says. “Not just talk about it, but actually View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The Power of Imperfect Eating By Kavita Bhatnagar (SELP 11, 2022) Penguin Enterprise Rather than dictating which foods are good or bad, this book weaves together stories that mirror the intricate, emotional, and often imperfect... View Details
- 08 Jun 2018
- News
My First Job: Selling Shoes, Surviving Black Monday, and Shaped by Chicken Lenses
the neighborhood. These were people that had just tremendous love. And it was everything from, I think, those bigger lessons, to little things like how to properly prune a rose bush and put it up for winter. Mitch Hill, and I was in... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
when things seemed particularly bleak, Owens unexpectedly fell in love with a tennis pro turned movie producer who showed her the path to happiness: away from type-A perfectionism and toward letting things unfold organically. The result... View Details
- 05 May 2023
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Fail Better
Achievement Award recipients to share a failure they experienced and what they learned from it. Their stories show how the "F" word can be an integral part of success, shaping who we are and the organizations where we work. Photos by... View Details