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Suchita Prasad
responsibility for training and development, talent acquisition and labor negotiations. Coming to HBS has truly been transformative for me. I have gained an insight into business as a way of life. I had focused so much on the single silo... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
A Legacy of Support
Precision Medicine. “In medicine and in life sciences there is a silo mentality, and we need some Harvard Business School discipline to help connect the dots,” observes Robert. Agreeing with his dad, Jonathan, who, like his father, has... View Details
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Kwame Owusu-Kesse
of the world aren't siloed into separate buckets. To be effective, I need to dig deeper into cross-sector leadership." To be "conversant in both worlds," public and private, Kwame applied for and was accepted into the joint... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Working to improve California's public education system
is that we believe every child in California should have access to a high-quality education,” she says, “and the reason that has not happened is because there is not the political will in Sacramento. Parents and community members are so busy in their View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape opportunities for youth in developing... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
beyond disciplinary information silos and to be more self-aware as leaders. But how? Dean Jay Light established faculty committees to evaluate a variety of proposals, including submissions from more than fifty HBS colleagues. Work on... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovations
beyond disciplinary information silos and to be more self-aware as leaders. But how? Dean Jay Light established faculty committees to evaluate a variety of proposals, including submissions from fifty HBS colleagues. Work on curriculum... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Excellence At The Intersection Of Disciplines
every tub to stand on its own bottom.” Srikant Datar, the Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and senior associate dean for University affairs, explains: “This siloed approach was effective for much of Harvard’s... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
organizations in private industry could learn from the example of Data.gov to the extent of unlocking data from individual silos in their firm even though data remain protected within firewalls. HBS assistant professor Karim R. Lakhani,... View Details
- 29 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Organizations of the Future
ongoing dialog among academic scholars, business leaders, and the general population since the issues of creativity, entrepreneurship, and society are inextricably linked, and silos between these constituents are therefore problematic.... View Details
Keywords: by Teresa M. Amabile & Mukti Khaire
- 30 Oct 2019
- Blog Post
Candidates Seeking Opportunities After Graduation: Lessons Learned
and get things done, nothing siloed or with an overemphasis on hyper-specialized teams,” he says. Practically speaking, Michael’s search focused on people: “Who is interesting and would be willing to work with me?” To find them, he used... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
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Data: The Ever-Expanding Frontier - Race, Gender & Equity
don’t know that it could possibly harm portions of our communities.” Elizabeth M. Adams Read the Transcript What does it look like to amplify the public’s voice regarding civic concerns? Siloing issues related to our technology and... View Details
- 13 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Science Business: What Happened to Biotech?
argue that integration matters a lot. But that means you have to organize your R&D in a truly integrated fashion. Too many companies still have many silos between the key disciplinary areas. Q: What does the future look like for... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
supreme. Cooperate with competitors. Just like the resorts on the Vegas Strip connect, so should competing hubs in the metaverse. “Today’s proto-metaverses are almost entirely self-contained virtual spaces siloed from one another,” the... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Clicks and Mortar
complementary channels has opened up possibilities that would not have been imaginable with the more traditional, siloed approach. JA: I would give the example of Glossier, which is a digitally native, direct-to-consumer cosmetics... View Details
- 12 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!
2023, the facility received 590,000 tons of waste which was transformed into 283 GWh of electricity (powering roughly 94,000 households) and 1,300 GWh of heating (providing heat for 87,000 apartments). Around 300 trucks arrive daily to unload trash into a 22,000-ton... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
The Latest Model
Unlike some consultancies, Prysm is industry-agnostic. Rather than working in siloed practice areas like transportation or financial services, Barrera and Hurder use their understanding of fundamental economic principles—and their... View Details
- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
collateral design, launches the product, and then “throws it over the wall” to sales and marketing. “This process is product-centric and a bucket-brigade approach where the groups work serially and in silos in a rapidly changing tech... View Details
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
independently operating silos and the filtering of information as it passes up through the hierarchies. Political vulnerabilities contribute to predictable surprises when a small number of individuals and organizations are able to... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
patient, few actually engage them in meaningful ways to help with prevention and wellness, shared decision making, provider choice, expectation setting ,and compliance. The problem is that practical skills such as cost accounting and organizational behavior are taught... View Details