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- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
media fat-shaming, they never lose their sense of humor. Full of smart, wise, and often hilarious lessons for mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons everywhere, this book is a must-read for anyone who needs a kick in the butt, a pat on the... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
team and, you know, how to wash dishes, all skills I carry with me today. At spring reunions, we asked the alumni to share stories of their worst experiences in the working world. And this episode includes all sorts of life-altering View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Professor, Historian, and Storyteller
we have come through an extraordinary inflection point. The rhymes tell us we’ve learned, evolved, and recovered from those difficult moments in the past. Another important lesson I hope readers come to is that history is never finished.... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
on the class's achievements to date and the opportunities that lie before it. After welcoming remarks by Kevin Mohr of the Class Day Committee, Student Association presidents Mark Plunkett and Lori Schock opened the proceedings with a joint address. Alluding to her... View Details
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
John Doerr, MBA 1976
Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Rice University, 1973 B.S., Electrical Engineering Rice University, 1974 M.S., Electrical Engineering LESSONS FROM HBS “The Human... View Details
- 10 Aug 2015
- News
A Talent Pipeline for Society’s Challenges
enterprise. The lessons were dynamic and the perspectives were wide-ranging, including those from Professor Gail McGovern, who is now CEO of the American Red Cross. After a summer internship in the credit-card division at Citigroup,... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
turns out it's tough—particularly a multi-billion-dollar market." Professors like Joseph Lassiter and William Sahlman, and their lessons about entrepreneurial finance and the diffusion of innovations, encouraged Dawe to think big —and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
sharpened my analytical skills, which was invaluable for law school and beyond,” she says. “I also greatly enjoyed the courses on organizational behavior and production — some of those lessons were useful later on, when I had to preside... View Details
- 31 Mar 2023
- News
How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?
the capacity to work in teams, the capacity to deal with people unfamiliar to you, spontaneous, written and oral communication. Are those teachable, do you think? And do we put enough emphasis—in everything from the design of curriculum to View Details
- 07 Apr 2021
- News
Road Work
to get real calm in situations like this and what my mind does, what I've trained myself to do, is first of all not panic and focus strictly upon what are the options, which I think in life is an important lesson too. I'm going to make a... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
“What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social impact?” —MIKE FEERICK (MBA 1993) “What if I gave the best years of my life to building something with enormous social impact?” —MIKE FEERICK (MBA 1993) One of the most important View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Ink
Steve Jobs were collectively worth $1.5 trillion and heading companies that would change entirely how we work, play, and live our lives. See Also Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015 With Strategy Rules: Five Timeless Lessons from Bill... View Details
- 04 Dec 2014
- News
Hacking Health Care
new era,” he says. Sirois credits former professors Jeffrey F. Rayport (Managing in Cyberspace) and Howard H. Stevenson (Entrepreneurial Finance) with jump-starting his thinking. “It was like an epiphany,” he says. “There were lessons on... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 18 Aug 2014
- News
Closing the Education Gap
guardians, who get paid to learn teaching skills to supplement lessons at home. “Parental involvement is a critical component for the success of this program, and the parent academy was such an eye opener. It gives us the opportunity to... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jan 2008
- News
Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981
Vice Chairman & Managing Director, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EUDUCATION Harvard College, 1977 A.B., Visual Studies (Film) LESSONS FROM HBS “Having seen that ninety bright minds in an... View Details
- 03 Jan 2018
- News
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 View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
The Accidental Pioneers
with a ring of empty seats above, below, and to either side of her own. "It was a lesson in the emotional and intellectual challenges of being a true minority," Lack says. "One of the wonderful things is that isolation lasted such a short... View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 19 Aug 2010
- News
Catchphrases, Mottos, and Cheers
Harvard naturalist, and how he had his student study a fish. The story is found here. The moral is to keep looking at every aspect of something till you get it all, and then keep on looking, for there’s always more to discover. It’s a powerful View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
an in-depth analysis of the opportunities and challenges, both traditional and contemporary, of doing business in India. Great Service Made Simple by Frederic B. Sargent (OPM 2) (The Sustainable Service Institute) A short story with View Details
- 01 Jan 2002
- News
Raymond V. Gilmartin (MBA '68)
people provided important lessons for the battle against HIV/AIDS, says Gilmartin. Not only is Merck pursuing a safe and effective vaccine to prevent and treat HIV infection, he points out, but the company also announced last year that it... View Details