Happiness - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2025
News

Sound Bites: Joy to the World

can ask, How can we do “plus one”? What are the ways in which our work is already supporting relationships, supporting purpose, mindfulness, fitness? And then, what are the nudges that we could add, to continue to move that forward? We probably reached our peak View Details

02 Mar 2023
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A Century of Birthday Candles

every European country but Spain, all 50 states, Asia, North Africa, Australia, and the Pacific Rim. She has walked the Great Wall of China five times and, at age 99, rode on the back of a motorcycle during Motorcycle Week. Happy... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Apr 2001
News

Adventure in China

Can a small-town girl from the boondocks of China discover happiness in the international adventure-travel industry? Consider the tale of Zhang Mei (MBA 1996), “the daughter of a humble electrician” from one of the remotest and poorest... View Details

Keywords: Personal Services

Portrait Project

Lisa Bourne

passionate about because, in the end, I want to be truly happy and experience each moment in life intensely. It may sound clichéd, but what else really matters? (Maybe winning $100 million and seeing the best band on the planet—U2, of... View Details

18 May 2020
News

Kevin Mayer Takes Over TikTok

Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kevin Mayer (MBA 1990) has left his position leading Disney’s streaming business to take over the video-sharing platform TikTok, reports the New York... View Details

Portrait Project

Sue Yang

lifelong friendships, welcoming communities, and new career possibilities. They also found an abundance of resources to enrich my childhood on little means – I grew up a young and happy denizen of its public museums, libraries, and... View Details

Portrait Project

Antonio Rocha

Until January of 2010, I was following the script. I graduated from university, got a good job, moved to a bigger city, got married. However, I could feel that I was not as happy as I wanted. Three months later, I was accepted to Harvard... View Details

Portrait Project

Monica Gupta Adractas

each impact four friends, who each help dozens by becoming teachers, doctors... Imagine the potential for impact I will also use a simple smile - or a hearty laugh - to spread happiness everyday. After all, laughter also multiplies with... View Details

Career Coach

Kareem Stanley

Kareem can provide helpful information about how venture capital & private equity recruit those from non-traditional backgrounds, what the job experience will look like, and how to leverage your past experience to make it applicable to/useful for finance. He is... View Details

Career Coach

Lauren Weston

experience in the fintech, software, and real estate technology sectors. In particular, she can help students who want to "break into VC" as well as students who worked in investing prior to HBS and are considering returning to investing or pursuing startup operating... View Details

Career Coach

Cici Xie

visa, Cici can provide insights into how these industries recruit, differences amongst various investing styles, what the job experience will look like, and how to choose your career path to meet your personal goals. She is happy to help... View Details

Career Coach

Bryant Warmate

General Motors/Honda. He pivoted to consulting with BCG to experience energy consulting and support with the energy transition. Bryant is also the Career Rep for the African Business Club (ABC) and loves supporting international students transition to the US and... View Details

12 Sep 2016
Blog Post

An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Jonathan Shepherd

alumni. I spend a large part of my time in one-to-one coaching appointments. While the conversations often revolve around the finance and real estate industries, I’m happy to speak with any student or alumnus about anything. Conversations... View Details

Portrait Project

Gad Caspy

friends who will tell me when I am full of myself and yet will drop everything when I need them. I want to have a warm family who will love me regardless of my faults and will allow me to be supportive of those whom I love. An important part of being View Details

01 Dec 1999
News

EMC's Ruettgers Finds Gold in Data Storage

"During the Gold Rush," EMC Corporation's Michael C. Ruettgers (MBA '67) reminded a Burden Hall audience last September, "a lot of infrastructure people got rich, along with a handful of gold panners." That's why, amid the glitz and glory of the high-tech revolution,... View Details

Career Coach

Okan Okutgen

students. Okan has personal interest in environmental sustainability and angel investing as well and is happy to share his experiences with students and alumni discovering these paths. Finally as a parent in a dual career household with a... View Details

Portrait Project

CiCi Barrett

Thank you, cancer. You’ve brought love and happiness into my life. I didn’t always feel grateful. I was only 6 when my mom was first diagnosed. Back then, I was too young to understand, but when her cancer returned 7 years later, my toxic... View Details

14 Aug 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018

Psychology Preferences for Experienced Versus Remembered Happiness By: Mogilner, Cassie, and Michael I. Norton Abstract—Consider two types of happiness: one experienced on a moment-to-moment basis, the other a reflective evaluation where... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

8 AM – 5 PM EDT, 04 Apr 2019
Career Events

HBS MBA Alumni Career Reboot Camp in DC

HBS MBA Alumni Career Reboot Camp is coming to Washington DC! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a... View Details

8 AM – 5 PM GMT, 10 May 2018
Career Events

HBS MBA Alumni Career Reboot Camp in London

Career Reboot Camp is coming to London! Led by Professor Tim Butler and facilitated by HBS career coaches, participants will work through exercises to reflect on their key career interests, what's important to them in work and life, and create a plan to move forward... View Details

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