Technical Institutes - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2017
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History’s Lessons

individuals who can and want to embrace the disruption, who understand how to thrive in ambiguity and respond quickly to its unforeseen challenges. These aspects, the leader realized, depend more heavily on an individual’s temperament and outlook than they do on... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

01 Jun 2017
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Supercharged

rise of autonomous vehicles and ridesharing. Given the immense financial and technical resources required to develop a clean, fuel-efficient internal combustion engine, any startup that wants to build its own autonomous vehicle pretty... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

13 Oct 2016
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Adding Muscle to the Fight Against Disease

graduation from Harvard Business School and which successfully developed and commercialized a market-leading drug to treat cardiovascular disease. But in addition to drawing on technical degrees and experience, as the leader of a company... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible

a manifestation of rekindled social idealism. HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, an SEI faculty member, has another explanation rooted in the nation’s ongoing leadership crisis in business and government. “If institutions don’t operate... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

discouraged by being left out of recruiting processes altogether or repeatedly rejected from the small pool of coveted roles in venture capital and private equity—despite having the necessary qualifications, technical skills, and networks... View Details

01 Sep 2013
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Who Are We?

From that vantage point, he observed social media's key role in the Arab Spring and was so impressed that he joined Twitter as an adviser. When the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011, Kondo saw how Twitter enabled the country's View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Julia Hanna; Dan Morrell; social media,; Twitter; SodaStream; consulting; consultant; CEO; farming; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Agriculture; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Mar 2011
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Making Their Way

technical training for its long-tenured tool-and-die professionals. “We are now a core group, and for anything beyond that we bring in people on a project and per-hour basis,” Chirchirillo explains. “We are doing more just-in-time work;... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

31 Mar 2023
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How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

through the standard American dream script of from high school directly to four-year degree completion, directly onto career or further education? MDP: I think we need to figure out division of roles and articulation of those roles between View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Dec 2013
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Curing Health Care

responsibility to put the patient at the center of care," explains Dr. Thomas Feeley, head of MD Anderson's Institute for Cancer Care Innovation. That approach fit well with Porter's research on value-based health care, in which care is... View Details

Keywords: Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Management; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2011
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Making the Case for Leadership

is needed. So how did Houghton, who would become renowned for his inclusive, team-oriented, nice-guy leadership, get everybody’s attention? “I hit them over the head with a two-by-four and said, ‘Here’s what we’re going to do,’” Houghton recalls with a smile. That... View Details

03 Mar 2017
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Big Blue’s Big Bet

she had a different type of leukemia. They ran more tests but saw no sign of one. The hospital was affiliated with the University of Tokyo’s Institute of Medical Science, which had partnered with IBM Watson, a cloud-based... View Details

Keywords: Paul Kix; illustrations by Dan Page

01 Dec 2018
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018

the Top: How Director Conversations Shape Culture by Melinda Muth (MBA 1981) and Bob Selden Australian Institute of Company Directors The authors examine how director conversations shape organizational culture. They provide board members... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

has converted part of her luxury accessory company's factory and is leading other New York City leather goods and apparel factories to produce 30-50,000 masks per week for Weill Cornell and other hospitals and healthcare organizations. “We did a lot of research on the... View Details

01 Sep 2018
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September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

successful entrepreneurs talked about with the authors. Learning to handle emotions, manage uncertainty, cope with technical complexity, and build long-term relationships are equally or even more important. This book spotlights eight big... View Details

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