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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
itself had become outdated. Two aspects of Baker that needed immediate attention were its lack of climate controls (uncomfortable for patrons, devastating for collections) and the inaccessibility of its stacks. Conversations took off from... View Details
- 04 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Blogs
1976D Jack Schultz, BoomtownUSA, http://boomtownusa.blogspot.com/ (on the trend to leave the urban rat race for small towns; archived since Oct. 2004) MBA 1976E Tom Frey, Frey vs. Frey. Conservative vs. Liberal, Religious vs. Secular, Frey vs. Frey, a spirited View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
says. “And that was overly optimistic; it worked only when everything clicked.” The subsequent national conversation about minimizing risk through reshoring—that is, bringing American manufacturing facilities back to the United... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Tried and Tested
scores. What’s your outlook on the overall impact of research in this area? ZC: For me, each paper’s feedback opens up so many new questions, and the whole process happens so organically, it feels like you’re having a conversation with... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
wide range of experiences, opinions, and practical knowledge about cultivating leadership, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Six panel discussions presented on the second day of the gathering stimulated dynamic conversation about career... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Helping Hands for HBS
translates into a heartfelt, intimate conversation about what a person is doing, what the family is involved in, and what the individual is interested in. I feel very fortunate to have those discussions with classmates." Whether a modest... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
$200,000. “Music transcends everything about us that is physical,” says Harris. “So often a song can say something in a way that a conversation can’t. I like being in a position of communicating a message of hope, joy, and the idea that... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
bottom-line performance limits the conversation. The more helpful conversation to have—the more impactful one—is about the conditions under which we can leverage the benefits of having a diverse set of employees. BG: Diversity is about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
A Close-Up Look at the Men behind the Empire
encapsulates what I have learned about American business history during three decades of research and teaching the subject." Highlights from the conversation follow. How did you choose the seven men profiled in your book? First of all, I... View Details
- 19 May 2021
- News
Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online
After an hour of speed-networking, participants returned to the larger group for follow-up conversations and connections. “I met some interesting people, whom I probably could have spent an hour talking with in person, says Ben Figard... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Robert Goodwin
and creativity of these assignments tend to spread throughout the company. For instance, think about having a watercooler conversation with a colleague who is actually working on a project that will bring clean drinking water to a small... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
time talking on the phone. He’s in Boston for just one night, to speak to students at Northeastern’s School of Journalism, but he has to keep moving the ball forward on his next project. During the drive from downtown Boston to Northeastern, that entails an impassioned... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
strong work ethic, people skills, judgment, maturity, and a sense of humor.” In terms of the plan’s presentation, he continues, “you need a big, crisply articulated idea, conveyed in a cogent presentation that is nondefensive and straightforward and that acknowledges... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
Bridges: The Case for Executive Peer Networks by James Millar (MBA 1992) Skybridge Associates LLC While few of us enjoy “networking,” we all crave authentic conversations with peers, clients, and key stakeholders. The pace of change is... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
The Shape of Things to Come
with each other about the case, and as they evolve and as they change, the richness of that conversation also continues to evolve. FO: If there is a challenge in the program, it’s that students can be almost untethered to the realities of... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
Its currency only grew with the 2012 publication of Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Atlantic Monthly article “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” followed by Sheryl Sandberg’s (MBA 1995) 2013 book, Lean In. This conversation was born out of a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Walmart to an African hand pump, a New York City park, and the B-17 bomber), the book explains why including the customer is an essential ingredient of success for any team, company, or organization. The Moses Virus by Jack Hyland (MBA 1961) (Taylor Trade Publishing)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Contributing to a Better Future
conversation about the challenges and opportunities of this new divided world we’re facing. What impact can BiGS have on society at large? We want to help drive the process of rethinking the role that business can and should play. We want... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
every political viewpoint here. We’re very engaged in community. Folks in the webinar were saying how eye-opening this was for them. They had a great discussion, and I’m hearing that many members are sharing the presentation and starting View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
black person I have ever held a conversation with.” TED LEWIS grew up in Philadelphia. After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied architecture and sociology, Lewis joined the Peace Corps, working for two... View Details