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01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work

hoped to leverage in a less-than-encouraging job market. Both are also well aware of their good fortune to have found specialized positions that fit their backgrounds yet offer great potential for personal and professional growth at a View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

governor’s office of economic development in Utah, last year wrapped up an 11-year path of voyage and endurance spanning 38 countries, climbing 14.5 vertical miles, and sailing 35,000 nautical miles. “Real learning and personal growth come when we continually step... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

increasingly scarce. How serious is the problem? It's a tale of two Americas, the best of times and worst of times if you're a consumer in the current U.S. housing market. On the plus side, thanks to the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2004
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David “Bull” Gurfein: Bronze Star citation

After supervising and confirming the successful breaching of a preponderance of the obstacles, Major Gurfein was directed to drastically modify the systematic schedule of obstacle reduction in order to support I MEF’s accelerated time... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2000
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Q&A: Andrew Kendall

As much as Kendall loved the nuts and bolts of manufacturing — he even trained on the company's assembly line and became a certified welder — he decided that the demands of a career in manufacturing would leave little time for community... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Special Design Services; Professional Services; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

10 Mar 2021
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Next Normal

accepted to an MBA program on the East Coast, and they had recently relocated. After some discussion with leadership, they realized that her positioning in Eastern Standard Time Zone was perfect for the... View Details

01 Mar 2009
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Buddy, Can You Spare a Trillion

bond markets, commodity markets, and derivatives markets. In fact, so did all asset classes — not to mention those that benefit when bonuses are big, from vintage Bordeaux to luxury yachts. But these boom years were also misery years, when markets soared at a View Details

Keywords: Finance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

20 Jul 2017
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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 Jan 2003
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Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

information you have. Ultimately, this process leads you to a zone for judgment; it's a process I have used throughout my career." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Director, The Council for Excellence in Government Director, Capital Partners for... View Details

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

Above: Cummings in the iconic Fisher Building, known as “Detroit’s largest art object.” Cummings and his partners are redeveloping the 28-story landmark. A trip through downtown Detroit with Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) is part urban planning seminar, part View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

02 Dec 2016
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The Story Behind the Stories

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006) is a journalist and author of two New York Times best selling books. She was a political reporter and a TV producer in DC before coming to... View Details

05 May 2022
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Lesson Plans

You can get anyone who has children who need help, right now, it’s 13 years and over, but there’s math, science, and SAT help. Live tutoring. You can get on particular subjects. You can join a cohort that meets regularly. And we now in the US, well, anyone in the... View Details

07 Apr 2021
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Road Work

mission to ride a motorcycle on all seven continents. Friedman completed his mission in December of 2019, and in this episode of Skydeck, he and I talk about the challenges he faced during his epic journey—and why he believes that getting out of one’s comfort View Details

07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

in my DNA from the start, because my mom is from Chile. My father is French. And I was born in the United States. And so right from the get go, I was a little baby, I would be sent off to France, and then we went to Chile many times in my... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia

force behind a joint HBS-Tsinghua University executive education program that premiered in January (see sidebar). “With a 24-hour plane trip and thirteen time zones between Boston and China, the language... View Details

Keywords: Alejandro Reyes and Deborah Blagg; David Lane; Educational Services

05 Dec 2016
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The Dragon’s Tale

toward the outside world. But there was also the reality that it was a country that had only begun to emerge from a time of massive pain. When you look back broadly at the last few decades, what were some of the key factors in China’s... View Details