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Kurt White
With a degree in civil engineering, Kurt White had imagined a post-Army life in which he “designed skyscrapers and stadiums – large civil projects.” But after two tours in Iraq, “I found it amazingly rewarding to lead soldiers every day.... View Details
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Ari Medoff
joint degree program cannot imagine experiencing just one of the schools," Ari says. "At HBS, peer-to-peer learning is paramount – the focus is on dynamic class discussions. At HKS, I'm impressed by the sheer number of... View Details
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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Activating a Legion of People When a company I was working for relocated to Omaha, I knew I wanted to stay in New York. I'd always imagined I'd do something in the nonprofit sector, but figured it would be at some point much later in my... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- News
Washington, DC Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
increase engagement with and among alumni well in to the future. The HBS goal is part of Harvard University’s $6.5 billion campaign announced in September 2014. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective imagination to... View Details
- 17 Sep 2015
- News
Seattle and Cleveland Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
will significantly increase engagement with and among alumni well in to the future. The HBS goal is part of Harvard University’s $6.5 billion campaign announced in September 2014. “This Campaign is largely about tapping into our collective View Details
- 03 Apr 2015
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Texas Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
largely about tapping into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think... View Details
- 24 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Is the MBA Worth It? Hear What Recent HBS Grads Have to Say (Part 2)
couldn't have arrived where I am without HBS. From a personal standpoint, I've had the confidence to take risks and be the leader in the room because HBS prepared me to be. From students to faculty, I met some of the people who I am the closest to now and I could not... View Details
- 03 Dec 2024
- News
Magic Numbers
understanding, not just memorizing.” True understanding, she elaborates, can best be accomplished through visualization; imagine cookies on plates to understand multiplication, or meters below sea level to understand negative numbers. The... View Details
Keywords: Amy Crawford
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Ink: The Three-Step Startup
was in the engineering school. And I said to the dean, “It can’t be that I’m supposed to teach a spirit. Imagine if we taught the engineers in charge of building our bridges to rely on a similar bridge-building spirit.” That would be... View Details
- 04 Dec 2020
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Hour by Hour
permanent and temporary “on-demand” positions—has helped businesses save more than $1,000 per permanent hire by bypassing recruitment, background checks, and training. It has also helped hourly employees pick up extra work. “You can View Details
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Commencement 2019 Address | About
today: As you move into leadership roles, and as your duties call on you to make decisions that test your integrity, imagine yourself as the protagonist in a case study. Imagine a future generation of... View Details
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
wilderness. He's lucky he didn't get killed. “The real story in this book is how desperately the United States needed these people” And it's hard to imagine a more dramatic, tragic childhood than Hamilton's. His mother never married his... View Details
- 19 Oct 2012
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Past and Present
world.” Sullivan offers some words of wisdom to young businesspeople. “You want to find a company that will help you continue to learn, because I can almost guarantee that 95 percent of HBS’s next graduating class is going to be doing something in 20 years that they... View Details
- 03 Nov 2008
- HBS Case
Economics of the Ethanol Business
production levels and the potential sale of the ethanol plant in an increasingly competitive, complex environment. "For the first time in history, the food and energy markets are converging," says Reinhardt. "It's hard to View Details
- 22 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
I Found My Future at HBS and You Can Too
lenses, our place in the world appeared immutable. Fortunately for me, that was about to change. Two military aircraft suddenly flew low and fast over the field where I was riding. As they tore through the sky, I imagined the sensation of... View Details
- 25 May 2016
- Blog Post
Favorite Memories from HBS
Zuki). I also had the opportunity to travel to some pretty far-flung places with my new friends, doing things I’d never imagine doing. We got to hike the fjords in Scandinavia, ride ATVs on black sand beaches in Iceland, take a morning... View Details
- 26 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Climate Week NYC 2023
highlighted the power of writing from diverse perspectives with the Imagine 2200 climate fiction project. Other discussions ranged from emissions from corporate finance, renewables and energy efficiency in supply chains, reinventing value... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
reduce human disease and suffering influences his work as a health care economist and researcher. “I imagine a world where we have treatments, ideally cures, for diseases where right now we have nothing,” he says. “So the big questions... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
ethanol plant in an increasingly competitive, complex environment. “For the first time in history, the food and energy markets are converging,” says Reinhardt. “It’s hard to imagine two areas of greater importance, or with greater... View Details
- 04 Aug 2015
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Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
into our collective imagination to try to envision the future—and to give our institution the resources it will require to meet the challenges this future will bring,” said Dean Nohria. “As we do so, we need to think not only of the... View Details