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01 Sep 2018
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HBS Alumni Board

degree program, industry, age, and experience. As ambassadors, they represent the perspectives and interests of HBS alumni worldwide. Board members serve as a resource to faculty members, staff, and students; provide feedback on new... View Details

10 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Business Owners Turn to ChatBots for Advice

Marketing: How Some 'Gibberish' Code Can Give Products an Edge Can AI Save Physicians from Burnout? Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image by HBSWK with assets from AdobeStock/PNG City and... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand

10 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Founding a Company at the Intersection of Medicine and Technology

feedback I received from the judges of the New Venture Competition and the flood of alumni interest that came from winning the grand prize. Although it was odd to compete and present remotely during the early weeks of COVID-19, this... View Details

01 Dec 2003
News

DonorsChoose: Teaming Up with Teachers

interesting, high-impact projects to their doorsteps, while vetting the teachers, projects, and feedback so that they know their funds were spent well.” As DonorsChoose continues to grow, Goldman sees her HBS ties as a powerful resource... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

18 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Have a Better Idea To Improve Health Care?

system, while 20 percent felt "strongly negative." The feedback resulted in a call to arms, a report that detailed five imperatives to improve the situation. Among these imperatives: the need to integrate newly developed approaches into... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

05 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

Understanding the Process of Innovation

feedback on every idea, his reputation for deep knowledge, and the impressive industry contacts he's acquired have earned him a loyal following: his idea-generation process yields 200 interesting concepts a month. The Winnowing Phase The... View Details

Keywords: by Loren Gray

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

companies keep in mind feedback from students while they prepare. Students tell us that company presentations work well when given by a charismatic and authentic presenter who is knowledgeable and passionate about the company and the... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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A Eureka Moment | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Project, Bucala and four Harvard students surveyed parents, teachers, and students to determine customer demand and gain a clearer understanding of educational needs when building their app. With a human-centered approach to design, they used the customer View Details

01 Sep 2014
News

Case Study: Declawing the Competition

into a community of cat lovers. — Doris Banchik-Moxley (MBA 1984) 1) As a subscription service, invoke a simple recurring mechanism to allow faster feedback on your customers’ preferences. This will allow you to improve products and... View Details

21 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

Leadership Program for Women Targets Subtle Promotion Biases

first women to enter Harvard Business School's two-year MBA program. Identity work is a process shaped by loops of action and feedback. For example, a person asserts leadership in an area, feedback affirms or disaffirms those actions,... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

02 Feb 2004
What Do You Think?

Leadership: A Matter of Sustaining or Eliminating Groupthink?

who are able to speak out. Lynn Offerman, writing in the HBR, suggests to the CEO that "one simple test of whether you're getting the feedback you need is to count how many employees challenge you at your next meeting." If... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

07 Sep 2021
News

Summer Fellowship Recipient is a Changemaker in Tanzania

heart of public services decision making.” That’s why DeBere and Helga Mutasingwa, a doctor and public health professional based in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, cofounded Afya Pamoja in that country in 2020 with Patrick Anyanga and Robert Smith. The mobile patient View Details

Keywords: April White

05 Apr 2016
First Look

April 5, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49445 Performance Feedback in Competitive Product Development By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Performance feedback is ubiquitous in competitive settings where new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Dec 2018
News

Ready, Set, Launch

critical feedback about the features they do want—and reduces the possibility that the startup will waste time developing features no one wants. Based on this feedback, a startup can then decide to adjust or abandon a concept or, if it’s... View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Escape from Alcatraz

Conquer: To escape from the first room of the Spook House, team members have to divide up tasks, each taking responsibility for observing and reporting on a different part of the room. Fail to Succeed: What can you learn from sand, shells, and doubloons? How to... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 1998
News

Project outreach

"The feedback has been very positive. The volunteers had a great time, and the agencies were pleased with our work," observed Decker, adding that she hopes local alumni will participate in the future. View Details

22 Feb 2010
Research & Ideas

Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems

and provided feedback to frontline workers on 24.5 percent. The researchers reviewed surveys taken before and after process improvement activities, supplementing them with in-person interviews with frontline staff, department managers,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

14 Jul 2021
Blog Post

From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

and how they relate to the role. Furthermore, to the extent possible, Llano encourages recruiters to share feedback with candidates who aren’t selected. While Llano ultimately landed her ideal role, it came after some rejection – as is... View Details

Keywords: Health Care

21 May 2020
Blog Post

Creating a World with Trusted Leaders: An Open Letter from MBA Students

process for the three of us. We were extremely thankful for the support that we received from our professors, HBS, as well as the Harvard and MBA communities. Professor Ryan Buell, who teaches Managing Service Operations, responded to our requests for View Details

07 May 2015
Blog Post

Career Change: From the Military to Consulting

approach the recruiting process. We continued to meet throughout the recruiting process to discuss networking strategies, review cover letters, and to reflect on feedback I had received. After I received my internship offer, we met to... View Details

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