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- 14 Mar 2019
- News
The Merchant of Osaka
medicine. In 2000, Platanus opened the Yoga Urban Clinic. They logged 47 visitors on opening day, many of them supportive friends and family. Day two: 17 patients. Even as the numbers sank far below their break-even goal of 60, the... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 13 Feb 2014
- Blog Post
We pulled it off: The Inaugural LGBTQ Conference at Harvard
facilitated by the Harvard Graduate School Leadership Institute, as well as an optional queer yoga session. Saturday’s programming culminated with a fundraising dinner benefiting BAGLY and HBGC, and featured keynote speeches from Ash... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The End of the Noncompete Clause
image by Edmon de Haro image by Edmon de Haro Tech recruiters often tout enviable perks as they lure new employees, promising free meals, yoga classes, and unlimited vacation days. But those benefits can come at a cost: Sign on the dotted... View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 13 May 2021
- Blog Post
Zhalisa Clarke’s Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer
had an example that taking time off at this point in life was possible—and wouldn’t ruin her career. A career coach helped Zhalisa envision what a more authentic next step in her life would look like. Zhalisa decided to take the plunge; she’d always wanted to do View Details
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Residential Life | MBA
Directors, Community Advisors, and professional staff to provide a “home away from home” for Harvard graduate students, faculty, staff, and their families within HUH. Events include fireside chats with faculty, local outings, wine and coffee hours, View Details
- 15 Dec 2011
- News
An HBS gift guide
support the community that gives us our daily inspiration. Not just by providing quality, high-performance fitness wear, but also by giving opportunities to those within our community who might not otherwise have access to the necessary resources to help them become... View Details
- 11 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
Guts and Bliss: The Entrepreneur’s Journey
rolled out her yoga mat and practiced her favorite pose, the so-called "downward dog." Twenty minutes later her mind was made up, she said with a grin. Roxanne Quimby "Decision-making involves fear and disappointment and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Taking Attendance
feeling to just belt it out, release, praise, and worship.” Rise and shine: “I get up at 4:30 or 5 because I’m a big believer in working out. I toggle back and forth between Peloton and doing a hot yoga workout to hip-hop music.” Press... View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
reluctant to meet them for fear of more idea-theft suits. Smarter government intervention might loosen these buyer’s participation constraints, Luo says. Related Articles HBS Cases: Branding Yoga Protecting against the Pirates of... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Making Sabbaticals Mainstream Series: Marty
shape and clear his head. During the days, Marty did yoga and mountainbiked while his kids attended summer camp. In the evenings, he’d have dinner with his family. He’d enter month 2 fifteen pounds lighter and full of zest for a month of... View Details
- 07 Aug 2017
- Research & Ideas
'Be Yourself (Within Reason)' and Other Job Search Survival Tips
what job offers we get, or even when we get news about our applications. Staying physically healthy while I was having a minor emotional meltdown helped feed that need for control. Going for a run or a yoga class also forced me to take a... View Details
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Prita Kumar
room. As Kumar calls it, Booya is “group fitness without the mob.” The idea is to provide fitness classes in a wide range of disciplines—from pilates to barre fusion to yoga boxing—that are accessible and affordable. By... View Details
- 12 Sep 2019
- News
Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse
Okay. I do my best thinking during yoga. It's a time when I quiet the mind, and I think a lot of other times my mind is constantly going with “How do I manage my three children, and my life, and the logistics, and the work, and the eating disorder coaching.” And when... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction
Burt's Bees Inc., adopted a different approach, recounting how a twenty-minute yoga session recently helped her make a difficult business decision. "Follow your bliss," she told attendees. Asia Business Conference Looks Ahead to Economic... View Details
- 23 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Distressed Employees? Try Resilience Training
and a weekly yoga class held during office hours might sound appalling to self-conscious workers who don’t want their colleagues seeing them in workout clothes. “Moving the needle on workplace wellbeing may sound simple, but it can be... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 14 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Can Do to Fight the COVID Fog
simple, imaginative games can unlock reservoirs of both creativity and persistence. Above all: Take care of yourself first The upside of this list is that it is not five separate to-do items—they combine easily. Food prep is a wonderful time for the mind to wander;... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
fundraising, IP, patent law, and the ins and outs of FDA and HIPAA regulations. Tecco and Gross refined their vision for Rock Health in a field study with HBS senior lecturer Bob Higgins. But first, Tecco had the experience of founding View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
holistic consultants who offer classes and seminars on topics such as yoga and meditation, improving communications, creating more balance between work and home life, and expressing oneself using theater exercises. At Coopers &... View Details
Keywords: by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 17 Jun 2020
- News
Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines
social connection by taking a real lunch break. For example, take a Zoom yoga class with a friend, or check in with a mentor/mentee, or enjoy tuna melts with your family downstairs. Finally, go untouchable from all news media and social... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
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Past Issues - Alumni
and more Yoga Inc. How far can yoga stretch beyond its spiritual roots? Happy Meals (Are Here Again) The McDonald’s turnaround isn’t about reinvention— it’s about remembering what made the Golden Arches a... View Details