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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Lesson Plans
ISSUE FOCUS: EDUCATION INNOVATION Stacey Childress (MBA 2000) Deputy Director of Education, Next Generation Learning, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington Illustrations by Peter Hoey TAILORED TEACHING "One of our anchors is personalized learning, which... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Turning Point: Change, Stat
brought them so much peace and comfort during a difficult time. The power of that has been understated in medicine, and perhaps in society more broadly. Going forward, I hope we can emphasize that human connection more. Omar Z. Maniya has... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
compliance with the law as only a baseline. Could you elaborate? In our society, most managers understand the importance of compliance, both because businesses have a responsibility to be good corporate citizens and because society has a... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
background — is to simplify the way in which we deliver our mission by streamlining business processes. Why is diversity so important? If the transformative experience takes place in the company of a crew that is as diverse as the society... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
could be part of the solution. These interests seem anything but dichotomous to Nielsen, whose passionate interest in education extends back to 1969, when he and his business partner, Kirby Cramer (68th AMP, 1974), were looking to purchase their first company. "The two... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Shaking Up the System
STERNBERG: A career putting leadership to work where others fear to tread. In a lengthy article examining New York City’s education reforms, the Weekend Australian magazine (March 7, 2009) zeroed in on the Bronx Lab School (BLS), often pointed to by the city’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ideas against AIDS
CLAWSON AND VIRAVAIDYA: Early allies in the fight against AIDS. Photo courtesy Curtis Clawson In Thailand, anti-AIDS activist Mechai Viravaidya is known for getting not only Santas and tollbooth operators to hand out condoms, but traffic police as well, in a campaign... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
of their employees, their communities, and society as a whole.” AUGUST 10 MBA Student Association Co-Presidents Annie Plachta (MBA 2021) and Caleb Bradford (MBA/MPP 2021) recently asked HBS faculty to sign a “Juneteenth Case Pledge,”... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Profits and Purpose
environment, and society. Imagine living a life where you have no idea what your speed is when you’re driving: This is like the society that we have built. The outcomes that we’re getting aren’t very surprising since we’re not actually... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
A Vibrant Brand
such as the Society of Publication Designers, it has been nominated for five National Magazine Awards. In fact, two of Vibe's recent accomplishments have put the enterprise in the company of Rolling Stone. With the 1997 acquisition of... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 May 2018
- News
What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries
problem. Part of it is because I'm a man, but also because I'm a white man, so it really makes a difference in Africa. And also the third thing is just because she's from a village in the northern part of Cameroon, I could really see how African View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Adam Enbar (MBA 2010)
to code help make a difference—in education and also more broadly on a society level? “We often think about technology in the context of the ‘tech’ industry. The reality, though, is that software has transformed every industry out there.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
difficult problems and big issues. But they do need to be supported. As the old proverb says, ‘We all drink from wells we didn’t dig.’ Americans should understand that what these people and their agencies quietly do every day is vital to the health of our civil View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental to societal progress by creating jobs,... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
A Janus-Faced Reflection
final, secret pride was that as individuals we were mostly self-creating —we weren't going to take on any of the confining, conventional roles that society had prescribed for earlier cohorts, roles like "organization man" or "suburban... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
alumni group has already raised $45,000 for relief efforts. “All the money raised will go to the Turkey Mozaik Foundation’s Kahramanmaras Earthquake Emergency Relief Fund to support civil society organizations working on the ground to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Mission Possible
opportunities to become change agents for society by creating pattern-breaking approaches and sustainable solutions, explains HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. Unlike business entrepreneurs who are motivated by profits, social entrepreneurs... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
should avoid any semblance of tax evasion or illicit activity, says Baker. He points to the goals of GFI’s Task Force on Financial Integrity & Economic Development (TFFIED), a global coalition of civil society organizations and some 55... View Details
- 12 Aug 2010
- News
You Can’t Take It with You
Last week, The Giving Pledge announced that forty of the wealthiest families and individuals in the United States have committed to give away at least half their fortunes to charitable organizations. Cofounded by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the pledge includes the... View Details