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- 01 Dec 2006
- News
One-on-One with Jeff Hicks
Jetta ads use real-time crashes to emphasize the car’s safety. How would you respond to critics? The two permissible ways to demonstrate safety in commercials in the past involved crash dummies or showing a car weaving to avoid an... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
first started attending its public meetings, he says, the lawyers and lobbyists in the room were shocked when he told them he was just “a private citizen concerned about a long-term collapse of the US electric grid.” An attorney told... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
product of the GPP’s Substance Abuse Research Alliance (SARA), an affiliate group of 150 researchers, public officials, and practitioners all working to turn the rising tide of deaths from opioid overdose. Langford, here for the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
An Advocate for Women's Equality
years after her appointment, Franklin left the White House to become vice chair of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; later she would serve as US Secretary of Commerce and form a business consultancy. By the time she left government,... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
gentrification and daily quality of life,” says John Peters (MBA 1986), who worked on two separate projects for the Mayor’s Office for Civic Innovation (MOCI): the Strategy Project, focused on clarifying the MOCI’s vision and mission; and the View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. When Jen Wong (MBA 2004) joined Reddit as COO in 2018, the user-generated content site wasn’t exactly a burning building...but it might have been... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The End of Cows?
from a lab rather than a living animal, Alvarez believes consistency—not the myriad environmental or safety benefits of replacing factory farming—may become the main reason consumers adopt it. Once a lab-grown hamburger is perfected,... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
inject carbonation, and add syrup to create something major brands would prefer the public see as a divine creation. And he offers a prediction: In five years, consumers will be able to make all of their favorite brands in the comfort of... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Barbara Hackman Franklin, MBA 1964
positions. In 1973, Franklin left the White House to become one of the first commissioners of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. She focused on society's most vulnerable consumers—children—introducing the first child-resistant... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Turning Point: Power Outlet
platform and training moms to be advocates in public arenas. We still have so far to go with this issue. It’s something that we want to work on proactively, not reactively. I can’t stop. As an introvert, I never expected to do something... View Details
- 30 Sep 2010
- News
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Quick .who was the recipient of the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize? Until a few days ago, I had no clue and I’m not proud of that. That’s one reason I went to see and hear the former president of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari, as he took part in two panel discussions at HBS a few... View Details
Keywords: Nobel Peace Prize; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities
- 02 Sep 2018
- News
Havana Rising
arrive at the hotel’s Habana Vieja (“Old Havana”) location to ensure that guests of the high-end hotel can enjoy the luxury of a morning shower. The Kempinski, says Benedetti, is not connected to the city’s water system—unable to rely on either its View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
No Easy Fix for the Financial Crisis
Moss, “I’m concerned that if we don’t structure this bailout correctly, we could create an even riskier financial system in the years ahead.” Moss’s research has focused on how and why governments manage risk. Throughout its history, the United States has adopted a... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
for Humanity. Before that, she had worked in the public sector (at USAID), philanthropy (at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), and the business world (with roles at General Electric, American Express, and McKinsey). Mercy Corps saw... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
revenue.) The exchange and nearby buildings were checked for safety and cleaned up, power was reestablished, and computer systems tested and retested over the weekend. On Monday, September 17, Lhota stood by as the bell rang to open the... View Details
- 12 Dec 2018
- News
Lesson Plan
happens more locally.” The conviction in Cognetti’s voice makes it clear that she doesn’t harbor Washington ambitions, although her ideas can be big and national in scope, like changing how public schools are funded: “School districts... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
or public sector positions, giving those organizations the opportunity to use the managerial and analytical skills of a MBA to build capacity. Since the program’s launch in 2002, the City of Boston Mayor’s Office has hosted 13 fellows.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
paper to the ground as quickly as we have. Designing and building modular shelters accommodating over 200 homeless people in Delhi and influencing the World Bank project to take into consideration housing design and safety when financing... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
Pisano says. But vaccines don’t really fit the same business model as high-volume therapeutic drugs; they have an even higher bar for safety and effectiveness, because unlike most other drugs they are administered to healthy populations.... View Details