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Kanter, a renowned expert on change. "People at all organizational levels, whether anointed or self-appointed, must be empowered to share leadership responsibilities." Leadership has been central to the mission of Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: Management

25 Jan 2022
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Rising Power Plant Emissions Threaten New England Climate Goals

27 Jul 2020
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Rhode Island Targets 100 Percent Renewable by 2030

25 Nov 2019
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Business and the Politics of Climate Change

15 Jul 2019
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People Make It So Hard to Ditch Plastic Straws

26 Jul 2021
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The Science of How You Spend Money & How to Set Boundaries People Will Respect

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

you can create the right environment for a group to address issues together." ADVICE TO STUDENTS "Never underestimate the importance of the 'softer' management lessons you learn at HBS—the ones that revolve around working with and leading... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2023
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Rounding the Bend

Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade; Apparel Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

01 Sep 2023
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Action Plan: In Context

of well-to-do clients signed up to learn how to be good hosts and how to pronounce the names of European luxury brands. More than an etiquette teacher, Ho sees herself as a “microcultural anthropologist” who is constantly observing her View Details

Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior

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