by April White - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 1999
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From the Editors

you is what you are thinking and what you are doing professionally - not that you were in Miami lately where you hoisted a few with old Joe." (Please see Dan Fenn's essay by clicking here.) In 1961 Fenn left the magazine to become a staff... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

was that the “Russians” discovered this dysfunctional truth space and then took advantage of it. I think that whoever was responsible must have been absolutely shocked by the outcome. There was not, as far as we can tell, a plan to put... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

13 Feb 2019
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We’re All Going to Get Hacked

Rothrock’s cell phone rings. Rothrock (MBA 1988) is the CEO of the cybersecurity firm Red Seal, and a higher-up at Sony was looking for his help. After the breach, he told Rothrock, the company essentially hit factory reset on their entire network. The phones were... View Details

08 Aug 2018
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Getting Life Back in Balance

Photos by Louise Agnew The day he returned home to Australia from three months in Harvard Business School’s General Management Program, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of operations for Australian... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Dec 2008
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Back to the Future

evident, once again, last summer. The country was mired in the fifth year of a costly, bloody war in the Middle East, a conflict many believed was driven in part by a desire to secure access to Iraq’s petroleum reserves. “Black gold”... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

15 Feb 2023
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Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

United States. They call the effort "Project Bison." If everything goes according to plan, several of Hobbes' successors will be in place in Wyoming by late 2023. By 2030—that's just seven years from... View Details

02 Mar 2023
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Carbon's Second Act

listening to this Skydeck series. If you liked what we've put together here, please rate and review us. This episode of Skydeck was co-produced with contributor April White, with additional production by PRX... View Details

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

keep pushing ourselves forward,” says Frey, who completed the final leg of his journey in April 2016 by sailing 6,000 miles across the North Pacific Ocean in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Drawn to... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Oct 1996
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Leading In a New Era

Four 1971 classmates — three who serve on the front lines of corporate leadership in the 1990s and one learned observer of the changing role of the senior executive — comment on the complex task of running a successful company in an economy transformed View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

14 Mar 2019
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The Merchant of Osaka

name and by icon to accommodate different kinds of visual impairments. Doors that lead to dangers, such as exits, are painted the same white as the walls, so they disappear from view. View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

10 Aug 2017
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Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation

inform his unborn child about how to live a happy life. In this special live Skydeck episode, recorded during spring reunions, Neil talks about his book with the Bulletin's associate editor, April White. And takes questions from the... View Details

19 May 2021
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Alumni Convene to Support Nonprofit Boards; Seven Clubs Mix It Up Online

Applegate opened the summit’s first theme, Rethinking Governance, by leading a case study called Leading in Turbulent Times. Other featured speakers included Jim Bildner, CEO, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation; Margaret Hall, CEO and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jun 2022
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What We’re Reading

Edited by Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Fabio Consoli Whatever your summer plans might look like this year—whether you’re traveling to a faraway beach or enjoying downtime much closer to home—nothing... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

communication, networking, and policy advocacy. As COO, Brooks is the steadying force who keeps the ship on course, by overseeing strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as evaluating programs to determine what is working... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

02 Mar 2016
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On Credit

sells out by April 1870. “Worth nothing was wealthy before the war but was ruined by the war. Can’t recommend him for credit,” reads a July 1873 report. A year later, the final... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

03 Jan 2018
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Finding Faith in an NFL Locker Room

so, as they're responding, I'm literally writing, like an HBS facilitator, on the board, and writing their responses. What they don't know is, as I'm doing that, I'm engineering, or re-engineering, what I'm planning to discuss as a part of the lesson that I've listed... View Details

13 Dec 2017
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Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

that. I think people had issues with her transparency or whatever. But there were a significant number of people who had a huge distaste for Donald Trump, but who really believed that Hillary Clinton was the last person in the world you'd want to put in the View Details

08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator

cousins was good so I kept going. By 2009, I quit my day job to work on the videos—and the software—full time. To date, I’ve personally made around 3,000 videos—I love doing them—on dozens of subject areas, ranging from physics to finance... View Details

16 Dec 2020
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A Creator in the Era of Disruption

story of Detroit tell us about what will happen to the Valley if it ignores those lessons? This episode of Skydeck was co-produced with contributor April White, with additional production by PRX Productions.... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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A Class Act

resulted over time in one of the most vibrant and highly regarded alumni networks anywhere. Aside from their sheer volume (at present, a total of 300 pages per issue) and scope (current copy provided by 853 class and section... View Details