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- 09 Oct 2017
- News
Saving an American Publishing Icon
would do research on any topic for any individual. Turns out, the thing that was more in demand was best-practices research. And that company became the Corporate Executive Board and the Advisory Board Company. “At age 40, at that View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
“A National System of Income Supplementation”
and economic inequality http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6545/. The so-called Kerner Report, warning that the United States was in danger of becoming two “separate but unequal” societies, recommended federal initiatives to boost education,... View Details
- 02 May 2021
- News
They’re Banking on Him
When António Horta-Osório (AMP 164, 2003) joined Lloyds Bank in 2011, many said he had his work cut out for him: The British icon had already received a 17-billion-pound government bailout but was still in danger of going under. After... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Gold Mettle
Gold Mettle Three years ago, the 2002 Winter Olympics looked like a downhill skier who had taken a really bad fall, tumbling out of control, in danger of serious injury, and with an uncertain future at best. Members of the International... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Faculty Books
leaders, they argue, acknowledge the first three perils but are crafting unduly soft policies to deal with them. America requires a new security concept, “strategic indepen-dence,” to keep the peace in dangerous times and to foster new... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
either from the run of play or impact with the playing surface. Improvements in equipment and rule changes can make things better but probably not eliminate the longer-term danger of life-shortening injury or impairment. Is it possible... View Details
- 07 Dec 2020
- News
Lifting The Stigma
was amazing. On the outside, I kept racking up awards. And it hit me. I realized how dangerous the stigma of mental health troubles was.” Delle’s response was a 2017 TED talk, “There’s No Shame in Taking Care of Your Mental Health.” He... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Lessons from Everest
reasons, to reach the summit — undermined the better judgment of professionals and amateurs alike. A lesson for leaders, Roberto noted, is that even the most qualified and experienced people can make mistakes. Yet experts are often deferred to when critical decisions... View Details
- 14 Aug 2019
- News
Pasricha on the Perils of Retirement
implications. “Turns out the two most dangerous years of your life are literally the year you were born and the year you retire,” Pasricha tells WBUR. So why do so many people hit a wall when they retire? Pasricha says that we tend to cut... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Shaking Up the System
proudest achievement. Located in the building that formerly housed Evander Childs High School, once one of the most dangerous educational facilities in the country, BLS last year graduated 95 percent of its senior class, and all of those... View Details
- 11 Jun 2015
- News
A personal mission to serve veterans
and hearts,” said the former marine captain and Iraq veteran. Sullivan deployed to Fallujah in 2005, and returned with a commitment to help the young marines she sent into dangerous situations. “The one percent who step up in time of war... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
projected for years to come. Deficits of a trillion dollars a year cannot be sustained indefinitely. China, our largest creditor, is already very concerned about the dangerous U.S. fiscal situation. If we are unable to finance our huge... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
biases that make predictable what otherwise so commonly emerge as surprises in business and society. They outline six danger signals that suggest when a predictable surprise may be imminent and provide a systematic framework that leaders... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Publishing) The most dangerous problems are those you don’t know about. Roberto presents seven skill sets useful for uncovering such problems: how to get past dangerous information “filtering”; watch how... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
Cobras. "I could see Captain O'Grady running toward them," Walsh says, animatedly recalling the scene. "One of the Marines grabbed him by his belt and lifted him on board. The whole encounter took less than eight minutes." In full daylight, Walsh led the View Details
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- 01 Sep 2013
- News
A Start-Up with Giddyup
after stints with Trilogy Software, BCG, and Local Motors. She also served for five years in the Marine Corps (including tours in Iraq and Afghanistan) as a logistics officer, rising to the rank of captain. It's a résumé that Ford jokes has made her "just View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Check Is in the Mail
Credit due: Trade cards ca. 1870 (top) showed that everything from sewing machines to harvesters could be purchased on installment; the dangers of extending credit instead of demanding cash (bottom); Baker Library Historical Collections... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation
through YPO, and now through a number of other initiatives, in getting people past this concept that they know everything about the other. We realized early on that probably the most dangerous four-letter word in the English language is... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- News
More Work to Do
that it’s a very dangerous thing to put all our faith in a savior who’s going to solve all our problems. So by shutting down a successful organization, I’m hoping to spark a conversation about the larger work that needs to happen.” READ... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A bold experiment in education
ensure under-resourced children have the opportunity to succeed in college and beyond. Four years ago, NOCP embarked upon a turnaround of Walter L. Cohen High School, once coined “America’s Most Dangerous High School” and the lowest... View Details