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Baker Library Strategic Plan, 2024-2025 | Baker Library
ambitions. We serve as trusted advisors to our community and beyond. Continuous Learning We encourage curiosity and intellectual growth. We engage in our community's innovations and knowledge development. We learn from each other and from our community. Applied View Details
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Nabihah Sachedina
finance, strategy, marketing, and in unfamiliar industries,” says Nabihah. “I learn more from the non-health-care cases that take me out of my comfort zone. I’ve learned that a lot of key challenges are industry agnostic. And I’ve found that the best approaches to...
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Colt Stander
same day as my surgical tool for opening skulls.” Colt’s interest in designing cars attracted him to industrial design. “But I quickly learned that cars weren’t for me,” he says. “I became more interested in the problem-solving aspects of...
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- 11 Feb 2016
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Many Voices Working Toward a Solution
James McGee (MBA 1980) is founder of Collaborating Minds, an information-sharing and problem-solving technology platform. In this video, he explains the idea that inspired his new business venture. “I think I’ve tried to make an impact on...
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- 13 Nov 2020
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Student Startups Help Fight COVID-19
says. “Sometimes, just being able to bounce around ideas with other founders late at night was exactly what we needed to move forward. The i-lab is an amazing place to nurture a startup.” “The creative View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
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Design Thinking: Hands-On Learning At The Harvard Innovation Lab
Professor Srikant Datar’s creative problem-solving course, Design Thinking and Innovation, brings students together to hone their skills in identifying opportunities, prototyping solutions, and iterating to...
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- 22 Mar 2024
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Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)
analysis of your skills. Nneka’s key skills are creative problem-solving and building relationships, so she sought out opportunities to use those skills in the market. Other alumni may have a different value...
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- 20 Nov 2006
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Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
and so forth. I have conducted a study about motivations in open source communities. People talked about feeling part of a community and being intellectually challenged. In fact, the strongest correlate between time spent on a project and other factors was how a person...
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by Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3
regard to their preferences. Assignment was done in a manner where sorted and unsorted groups had identical distributions of raw problem-solving ability. We find a remarkably large effect of institutional preference-based sorting on the...
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Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2021
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In My Humble Opinion: Building Blocks
Department of solutions: “I believe every problem is solved through a combination of science and magic. I was trained as a banker, so had credibility on the science and finance side; what I discovered is that I could also bring some magic and View Details
- 03 Mar 2023
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Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)
differences and feel envy, but I did my best to turn it into motivation. I focused on, leveraged, and deeply appreciated the support my family could provide while I found what I was lacking elsewhere. That thoughtfulness made me a View Details
- 13 Dec 2004
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How Leaders Create Winning Streaks
self-scrutiny to continuously improve, respect, and cooperation. Positive behaviors lead to good problem-solving based on information and facts, teamwork and speed, and creativity and courage; in turn, good...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Walter Kiechel
- 13 Apr 2017
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Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge
Photos by Kunle Ogunfuyi Even a college degree couldn’t help Temi Abiola, who grew up in Nigeria, land a job. Though he speaks fluent English, he lacked the problem-solving and customer relations skills required for his dream job in the...
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Jill Radsken
- 11 Feb 2014
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First Look: February 11
http://people.hbs.edu/mluca/Papers%20on%20RIS/Land%20Reform.pdf August 2013 Psychological Science Evil Genius? How Dishonesty Can Lead to Greater Creativity By: Gino, F., and S. Wiltermuth Abstract—We propose that dishonest and View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2015
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How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?
understanding others' needs and creatively forging compromises. In Schwartz terminology, they tend to be "satisficers" who are generally content with the outcome of a negotiation that meets basic criteria, even if it leaves money on the...
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by Michael Blanding
- 26 May 2016
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2016 Alumni Achievement Awards
doing. I had no interest, association, or connection to the entertainment industry, nothing—until I met a mentor who took a chance on me.” “When Norman Lear asked me to take over the creative direction of his television shows, it was a...
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- 25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
A Practical Playbook to Fuel Business Growth is also an ideal blueprint for current and prospective UX practitioners seeking to improve their skills and further their careers. Creativity Unlocked: An Inside-Out Approach to a Life of Joy...
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- 27 Aug 2008
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Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses
and research, it can best contribute to what will be a major new force in the American economy. For several decades, the view from the HBS campus across Western Avenue has been decidedly "old economy." But now, creative...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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A Binary Formula
is examining how, in its teaching and research, it can best contribute to what will be a major new force in the American economy. For several decades, the view from the HBS campus across Western Avenue has been decidedly “old economy.” But now, View Details
- 29 Jan 2013
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First Look: Jan. 29
organizational boundaries and organizational designs. We suggest that when critical tasks can be modularized and when problem-solving knowledge is widely distributed and available, open innovation complements traditional innovation...
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Sean Silverthorne