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Bridgette Slater

up to safety. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be an astronaut (thank you, Mae Jemison, for that inspiration!), architect, actor, and author. I clearly really liked alliteration as a kid and still do as an adult. Also, since I’m in law... View Details

23 Jun 2023
News

Highlights from the Spring 2023 Alumni Board Meeting

Alumni Board members on campus for their annual spring meeting // Credit: Panfoto Hard work, with humility for humanity, is the spirit that animates Harvard Business School's MBA program today, Matt Weinzierl, Senior Associate Dean and Chair of the MBA Program, told... View Details

01 Dec 2022
News

Full Court Press

they see a ball, to be to bounce it rather than kick it.” “We want the first instinct of African kids, when they see a ball, to be to bounce it rather than kick it.” Tatum attended all three legs of the 2022 BAL season, watching as... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

11 May 2022
Blog Post

MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS

pregnant / a mom at HBS? Amazing. Focused. Challenged. Supported. My daughter was born right in the middle of midterm exams! I started HBS with a toddler and pregnant with my second; I have never looked back. "I don't know how you do it"... View Details

05 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Is JC Penney’s Makeover the Future of Retailing?

tree. Johnson (HBS MBA'84) comes to Penney after more than a decade of leading Apple's retail effort, where his innovations included the Genius Bar. Johnson is also credited with making Target chic. This makes his launching of the new Penney one of the most intensely... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Retail

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

When CEOs speak with Rob Kaplan looking for answers, he usually focuses them instead on figuring out and discussing the right questions. "Show me a company, nonprofit, or a government leader that is struggling, and almost invariably... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping

essays posted on the HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s Blog that highlights their reflections. Learn more about this IFC course on Decarbonization and Sustainable Production by watching this five minute video summary. As part of... View Details

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The Intersection of Public Relations and Photography | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

industry,” he asserted, “has any moral right to allow itself to be unexplained, misunderstood or publicly distrusted, for by its unpopularity it poisons the pond in which we all must fish.” 17 While many companies hired outside PR... View Details

12 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Student Portraits - Armed Forces Alumni Association

SERVICE FROM: Bristol, England REASON FOR SERVING: I got interested in joining the military for ideological reasons. As a teenager I watched the early Sierra Leone crisis unfold and was appalled at what View Details

26 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

What’s the Value of a Win in College Athletics?

carryover effect with one year’s success spilling into the next year. Growing up in Manhattan, Kansas, Chung became hooked on college football—and Kansas State in particular. The first game he watched was serendipitously one of the most... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Sports; Education

24 May 2017
News

Ilene H. Lang, MBA 1973

for you not be good for us?” asked Berkson. Today the couple lives in Greenwich Village and has built a life together focused on civil rights activism, friends, and their blended family. Photo by Susan Young View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

of organizational capabilities, technological innovation through R&D, problem solving, knowledge, and continuous learning—investment in human capital and technology that only firms could generate. Chandler placed the issue of... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2010
Research & Ideas

The Hard Work of Measuring Social Impact

the same time," Ebrahim notes. "Delivering emergency relief and basic services in sanitation, water, and housing is easier to measure than impacts on public policy or on good governance, freedoms, and rights. Societal transformations—such as improving View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

17 Jun 2015
Lessons from the Classroom

Excellence Comes From Saying No

human rights commission of the war-torn African country where he was raised. He systematically used the course material to criticize hypocrisy at the commission-as well as criticize himself for not having... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Aug 2018
News

Working with a Giver’s Spirit

re-investment has been the hallmark of his entire career. “When I applied to HBS, I was a TV reporter,” Ayala says. “I wanted to figure out how media can generate more profit and then therefore plow more money back into really useful things. My passion is unleashing... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

07 Feb 2019
Book

How Big Companies Can Outrun Disruption

other mistake companies make with innovative culture is presenting it as something that is going to be really fun." And, sometimes responding is not even the right response. As I write in the book with the example of digital... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Launching Tech Ventures | HBS Online

Scaling Responding to Biased Questions Advice on VC Fundraising Show Hide Details Concepts The Venture Capital Industry The Financing Process Term Sheets and Exits Featured Exercises Determine whether VC funding is right for your startup... View Details

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Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online

not sure which course is right for me. How do I choose? Please take a look at our course catalog which compares details on each of our current course offerings. What kind of access will I have to faculty? Our courses have been developed... View Details

24 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 2: The First HBS/HKS Class

Soo Current role: Chief People Officer, Stitch Fix Jevan Soo came to HBS and HKS with a goal of using his degree to build a career in human capital. As the Chief People Officer at Stitch Fix, a company with over 8,000 employees, he is... View Details

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Melcolm Ruffin

Growing up on the west side of Chicago, Melcolm Ruffin was immersed in three things: "a loving family that nurtured me," an emphasis on education, and a passion for basketball. "I loved sports and was a big basketball junkie," Melcolm says. "I... View Details

Keywords: Entertainment/Media

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