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- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Dear Future Author…
lover of literature, and author of Leadership Wisdom: Lessons from Poetry, Prose, and Curious Verse “Writing the book is the easy part! Getting your book read or heard in today’s crowded market for content is a real challenge. It is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses
stories about celebrities like Lady Gaga, Jay-Z, and LeBron James into novel strategy lessons about the growing "market" for superstars. As an alum imbued with HBS's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, I... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 22 Nov 2011
- News
A Storybook Beginning
Valley. At the same time, Worldreader is busy raising money and working with publishers to expand the list of titles that can be downloaded via Africa’s cell phone network. As the organization scales up, Risher says he is relying heavily on View Details
- 08 Mar 2013
- News
The Accidental Innovator
points over and over again to different kids, I should make videos of each lesson and put them on YouTube. I was skeptical. YouTube was for cats playing the piano, not serious mathematics! Then I got over the idea that it wasn’t my idea,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- News
Cooking Up America’s Food Culture
community center that brings people together around food and agriculture, teaching some of the lessons of self-sufficiency that were always a part of the Farm Life School philosophy. That DIY attitude is the next big trend, Duda says.... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
fingers on his left hand. The Army sent him to Hawaii for treatment by a top surgeon, and during his long recovery, Jefferson had ample time for personal reflection. "Ironically, my accident taught me lessons that will improve my life... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Faculty Books
This book brings together scholars from multiple disciplines who examine contemporary regulation to gain a clearer grasp of what regulatory capture is, where and to what extent it occurs, and what prevents it from occurring more fully and pervasively. Many chapters... View Details
- 26 Aug 2016
- News
Connecting with the Past
storeroom.” At HBS, Diamond remembers studying cases with professors Thomas Raymond and C. Roland Christensen, who made learning “both fun and stimulating.” One of the lessons that helped him in business and in establishing JRI-Poland... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2021
One of the most important career lessons I’ve learned is to not tell yourself no. Everyone told me I’d never get picked to be an astronaut, that I was too young. I was very lucky. But if you don’t put your name in the hat, you’re not... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
The Accidental Innovator
reteach the same points over and over again to different kids, I should make videos of each lesson and put them on YouTube. I was skeptical. YouTube was for cats playing the piano, not serious mathematics! Then I got over the idea that it... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
From Das’s Desk
lessons learned. Many alumni noted in the survey that they found these sessions helpful because they consider their fellow alumni trusted advisors both professionally and personally. Based on your feedback and the survey, for the upcoming... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
lesson to the team’s rookies called “The Desire Within.” It was drawn from that dark season I lived through and centered on this question: What does it mean to have a desire for something beyond what we can see and touch? I had tasted... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
language, paying for employee language lessons during a two-year transition period. In 2005, Sumida reported revenues of 39 billion yen ($345 million) with 17,750 employees. Egawa, who holds a Ph.D. in management with a focus on corporate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Kilimanjaro
have made it without my teammates,” said Graeme. “That was the most important lesson I learned on the trip.” Unfortunately, three members of the group did not make it up the mountain due to altitude sickness and fatigue. “At one point or... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
his vision for the hospital as, “We will be the best at getting better.” How CCHMC accomplishes just that is an object lesson for MBA students who hope to help lead substantive change in any sort of organization. The improvement effort at... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
Code name: Miesiąc
of supporters, from former activists to current Warsaw government officials to the next generation of Polish architects and urban planners—is about more than the past. It is a lesson for the future, to show peoples seeking their freedom... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
the University of Virginia. “I walked out of each meeting with him sensing that I had been told to figure things out for myself — but with a gentle, encouraging expression of how to do so.” For Willis Emmons, Christensen’s teaching seminar offered View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
boundaries, firm activities, and geographic borders. Extreme Teaming: Lessons in Complex, Cross-Sector Leadership by Amy Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey (Emerald Group Publishing) Today's global enterprises increasingly involve... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Immelt in the Hot Seat: Episode 1
Teaching you to deal with a problem when it's small. That fair is fair. Unless you're early, you're late. But how do you think your upbringing shaped the way that you managed and led? JI: Yeah, look, I mean, I think it's a combination of things, right? One is just the... View Details
- 27 Mar 2019
- News
Life Is a Startup
about, say, the allocation of roles and decision making, and applying them to his life. For Wasserman, the meeting was revelatory. Anyone—founders or not—could gain all these profound life lessons from the counterintuitive ways that... View Details