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- 01 Oct 1997
- News
William K.L. Fung
Not many newly minted MBAs would hesitate if they were asked to play a major role in shaping the future of a multimillion dollar company, but 25 years ago, William Fung Kwok Lun wasn't sure it was the right choice for him. "When I got out of Harvard, I was the View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Batteries and Chocolates
displaying characteristics (such as consensual decision-making and greater risk aversion) more associated with women's management styles. Admittedly, acknowledging gender-based organizational distinctions risks endorsing stereotypes that... View Details
- 10 Aug 2022
- News
Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age
product development into this market, right? So you know, some of the stereotypes might be that older stage consumers might be tech averse. They might be stuck in their ways, might be averse to change. How do you make sure, maybe from a... View Details
- 01 Nov 2013
- News
Selling Crafts with a Story
that buyers aren't just looking for "stuff" anymore—they want pieces that have meaning and context (that's why Voight's cheeseboards make a killing). Koss and Paranjape, who run Brika with the aid of only four interns, are not your View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Racial Bias Pervades Health Care
stereotype allows a resident to examine a black patient without drawing the curtain. White also blames the medical culture, which conditions physicians to “focus on the patient’s physiological symptoms and biomedical indications and... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
stereotype and expand their image of what’s possible for them.” Since 2014, Owusu-Kesse has served as COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a path-breaking New York nonprofit known for its multifaceted approach to ending... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Ink: Framing the Full Picture
reason a lot of our mainstream pop culture is so dominated by certain stereotypes is honestly because of the people who create that content. Once I realized that I could create content that’s more reflective of what I think my children... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
in job training programs associated with the government's 1996 welfare-to-work program and IBM's education initiative as examples of this model. "We still have work to do, but there's been some breaking down of the suspicions and negative View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Academic Cross-Pollination
way. That was fairly predictable. The goal is to break through those stereotypes to establish a nuanced understanding of what makes an MBA or a scientist tick. How does the course accomplish that? We begin by going into some depth as to... View Details
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
Turning Disorder into Opportunity
neuro-typical employees at HPE, including Fieldhouse, who have seen preconceived stereotypes shattered. “I believe it has made me a better leader and manager, providing clearer communication and becoming better at setting expectations and... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
Spring Reunions: Milestones and Memories
stereotypical view of what it is to be gay; one of the reasons I wrote the play was to push audiences beyond that stereotype," he comments. This belief in openness as a prelude to understanding also informs Baron's involvement with the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
gamer, the coder, the hacker—all stereotypically male. Recent statistics give some truth to that image. In 2014, Google reported that 7 out of every 10 of its then 48,600 employees were men. The number was even higher among its engineers... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
in economically important contexts and designing and testing policies aimed at closing them. Her work focuses on the role of beliefs: How do stereotypes bias the beliefs that individuals hold about themselves (and others), and how do... View Details
- 25 Aug 2014
- News
Sheila Lirio Marcelo, MBA 1998/JD 1999
successful online marketplace Care.com. Marcelo, the fifth of six children, was raised in a tight-knit family. Her parents, who eloped in their late teens, did not fall into stereotypical gender roles. “My father was the one who stood by... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
of people of color. And so you haven't had the benefit of being around people like that. And so you just don't have a perspective. All the stereotypes and things that just come to mind, you almost unconsciously can't help yourself. So... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
50 Years & Counting
in a sequential way—one individual, then another, and so on—you dramatically increase the likelihood that you're going to end up with discriminatory hiring practices. You're more likely to let your biases take over and to use stereotypes... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Bringing It Back Home
Grossman, who wrote the case study "Salud Digna: Successfully Competing with For-Profit Organizations." "This is one of very few examples where a nonprofit is scaling into the United States—and it's doing quite well at this point. It turns around the View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
and agriculture ecosystem. Through our collective efforts, we are repositioning African food globally and building more bridges between Africa and the rest of the world, breaking stereotypes and biases, and ultimately enabling a deeper... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Program Catalyzes New Streams of Research
Unit at HBS Vinluan’s research examines the relationship between the cognitive processes underlying racial categorization and stereotyping, as well as experiences of encountering stereotypes and discrimination. She examines these... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
lessons learned at a company to the classroom. The best leaders and teachers listen deeply, communicate empathically, and motivate adroitly. Command-and-control leaders and strict, punishment-wielding teachers are stereotypes of the past.... View Details