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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
rising leaders in 120 companies and how they dealt with them. The challenges included handling rising pressure and recovering from mistakes; dealing with office villains; taking uncomfortable risks; and knowing when it’s time to find another position. A View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Innovation, Inc.
brainstorming groups to work on a problem. What they don’t know is that the groups have been assembled to create maximum diversity in cultures, disciplines, and backgrounds — the intersection where creativity is most likely to occur,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Screen Saver
need to maximize moviegoing to Hollywood blockbusters and also source smaller movies that appeal to our diverse audiences throughout the year," says Frank, who cites Lopez's "incredible positive energy and vision" as the key reason for... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL
competitors—be receptive as the NFL seeks to make inroads among well-established sports audiences on their home turf? And what about all the other non-football diversions and entertainment options vying for fans' attention? The National... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Blockchain for Good
in the mid-1990s. She chose HBS because of its Socratic approach. At first she was intimidated by the cold calls, she concedes, but quickly came to appreciate being immersed in “learning from and absorbing the diverse experiences of some... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative
enhance regional connectivity and embrace a brighter future,” while some observers see it as a push to enhance China’s role in global affairs with a China-centered trading network. The course exposed students to the diversity of views... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
hospitals build cross-functional and cross-organizational teams that coordinate patient care more effectively. "Given the diversity of skills and backgrounds of doctors, nurses, therapists, social workers, and technicians, and the speed... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
New Releases
chosen." In Down to Earth, Reinhardt draws on studies of companies in industries as diverse as energy and packaged consumer goods to illustrate approaches for reconciling shareholder value with environmental performance. One such company,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
From Where We Stand
disjointed series of industries and job titles. These threads have become my expertise, and the diversity of my experiences enables me to make unique and relevant connections. Be prepared for change and embrace it. Few people experience... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
What's the Word?
why businesses need to do the real, hard work behind creating diversity and inclusion. “The world is changing,” she says simply. “More and more prospective employees and investors are going to care about a company’s actions around... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
unique food (famed ham, mushroom varietals, cheese-making, and rare herbs), temperate climate, surrounding rivers and mountains, ethnic diversity (bordering Laos, Vietnam, and Myanmar, Dali has been a cultural blotter), and overwhelming... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
Soares and her diverse team at HarbourView. “So much of what we’ve been consuming up to this point has been fed to us, but there are billions of people who have a differentiated experience, and for them to have music that’s resonant with... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Regional Alumni Events Address Climate Change
diverse perspectives.” Since February 2018, the HBS Business & Environment Initiative has held a series of climate change events. Cosponsored by local HBS alumni clubs, the gatherings have taken place in San Francisco; Miami; Washington,... View Details
Keywords: Jen Myers
- 28 May 2019
- News
Leading Questions
and has worked with dozens of companies, primarily in North America and Europe. Although the team expected their clients would be mainly tech companies, which are typically hungry for data and eager for experimentation, they have drawn interest from a View Details
Keywords: April White
- 06 Sep 2016
- News
The Solution That Doesn’t Get Discussed About How to Get More Women On Corporate Boards
By Beth Stewart (MBA 1982), CEO Trewstar Corporate Board Services and Ilene H. Lang (MBA 1973), retired CEO, Catalyst and senior advisor to Trewstar We take as given that modern, well-run boards recognize myriad reasons to include diverse... View Details
- 29 Jun 2016
- News
Women of Wall Street Tell Their Story
women hope it will draw more attention to the problems that women face in the workplace. “I invested in it also as a passion project, because I’m extremely focused on diversity and inclusion in my professional life,” says Mandelli. “For... View Details
- 01 Jan 2011
- News
Robert Kraft, MBA 1965
privately held company's diverse concerns were sowed in 1965 when Kraft went to work at Rand-Whitney, a packaging company he later acquired in a leveraged buyout. Seven years later, he founded International Forest Products, now one of the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Ink: Comfort in Discomfort
both big and small, inside and outside the classroom, advancing diversity and community. More recently, political staffer Huma Abedin titled her memoir about living across disparate worlds Both/And. Look around. Examples abound. Both/And... View Details
- 02 Dec 2021
- News
Learning Curve
accomplished that, Melcher took a step back from the school board in the mid-2000s and currently serves as a trustee of the endowment. “If a founder stays on too long, she can stifle an organization,” Melcher cautions, noting that building a strong, committed board,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Better Hiring Through Brain Science
activities than scanning a résumé for six seconds—which is what the average recruiter does,” she says. But just as important as efficiency to companies like Unilever is the diversity of applicants that Pymetrics delivers—a trait unique to... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell