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Dilan Gomih

Although trading was “an incredible experience that forced me to be detail oriented and whet my appetite for risk," Dilan felt called to leadership. Reflecting upon her work experience—in trading, media, and wellness instruction—she... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services; Entertainment/Media

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Events - Health Care

Events Events Aug 13 13 Aug 2025 HBS Health Care Alumni Association Open to the public The Great Healthcare Disruption Big Tech, Bold Policy, and the Future of American Medicine Zoom Drawing from his experience as Executive Vice President... View Details

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

GEO is the Global Experience Office on campus. You’ll work closely with this department when going abroad for FIELD Global Capstone or IFCs in your second year. GSAS: GSAS stands for the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.... View Details

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

and two laboratory experiments in food service settings suggest that transparency that 1) allows customers to observe operational processes (process transparency) and 2) allows employees to observe customers (customer transparency) not... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 May 2021
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The First Five Years: Sophie Bai (MBA 2020)

also share similar values, love the same types of food, and enjoy traveling. Growing up as an only child, I always wished that I had a sister, somebody to share experiences with. Now the dream has come true.” BB: “Also, we both love... View Details

02 Nov 2023
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Seeding Startups

Shirish Nadkarni (MBA 1987) was the director of product planning for Microsoft’s MSN when he decided he was ready to become an entrepreneur. He had recently led the growing internet portal’s 1997 acquisition of Hotmail, the first free, web-based email solution, and the... View Details

Keywords: April White

17 Feb 2022
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When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed

31 Oct 2018
What Do You Think?

What is the Function of Fear in Leadership?

culture, won’t even scratch the surface of the performance problem.” As Jerry put it, “My experience with fear based management was that employees were reluctant to innovate because there was a risk that if anything went awry they would... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Adriann Dolphin

section and the HBS PRIDE club. Being part of the HBS community is like Finding a whole new family. The section experience is my favorite so far. My section is like a 90-person family, we support each other through academics, recruiting,... View Details

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HBS Health Care Initiative - Blog: Health Supplement

Blog Blog Health Care and Life Science at HBS Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Blavatnik Fellow Author Blavatnik Fellowship Team Author Executive Education Author HBS Partners Author HBS Staff Author... View Details

01 Dec 2023
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Happier-ness at Work

Winfrey is a global media leader and for 25 years hosted the Oprah Winfrey Show. Their book draws on social science research and decades of experience to suggest that one can build a better life by focusing... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

stories from his own work experiences and the careers of CEOs and nonprofit leaders who navigated challenges. His advice for emerging leaders: Discover yourself. Test your “crucibles” to find your moral compass and calling. For instance,... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Women’s Leadership Summit - Alumni

inspirational women to share their valuable life experiences and lessons with its participants. WSA Conference Join D^3 (Digital, Data & Design) Community Stay updated with the latest from the Digital Data... View Details

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

not confident, and pessimistic, which potentially leads to mental health issues, and that these feelings could be traced back to the absence of a loving environment when they were a child. A person’s life View Details

09 Jan 2024
Blog Post

Insights From Harvard Business School’s Peek Program

opportunity to experience the life of an HBS student. In January 2023, I had the privilege of participating in Peek, and while I enjoyed all of the programming, I was particularly impressed by the Case... View Details

14 Jun 2022
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Meet the HBS Jewish Student Association

excited to co-create the in-person Jewish experience at HBS throughout the upcoming year. JSA Priorities for 2022-2023 Our leadership team is passionate about building connections - whether among Jewish students at HBS, across other... View Details

13 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

Outrage Spreads Faster on Twitter: Evidence from 44 News Outlets

negativity online makes people experience and share more negative emotions came from Facebook. In a controversial 2012 experiment, the social media giant secretly altered the news feeds of 689,003 users to see if posts about others’... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Media & Broadcasting

06 Sep 2016
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What Makes the HBS MBA unique?

experience. It helps prepare you to be a general manager, where you have to make tough decisions. 2. The Section Experience The first year section experience is a unique part of View Details

05 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

stories. And that translated over into the actual MBA experience itself. My first year of school, I mean, just how vulnerable people let themselves be about the things that they'd gone through or the thoughts that they have percolating in... View Details

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Erin Kaivan

When Erin Kaivan was in the fifth grade, she made three outspoken promises to the world: that she would become an actress, she would reach six feet in height, and that she would go to Harvard. Of the three predictions, one came close to realization (Erin is 5' 11''),... View Details

Keywords: Consulting

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