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- 13 Mar 2018
- News
Leadership Lessons from the “Lone Survivor” Mission
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes In 2007, Navy SEAL Marcus Lutrell wrote a book called Lone Survivor, which recounted his experience during a 2005 mission in Northeastern Afghanistan that ultimately claimed the lives View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Short Takes
comparisons of performance among industry competitors and to measure whether owners could actually affect performance over time." Kang's data reveal that there were 81 publicly held U.S. textile firms in... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 08 Jun 2021
- News
New Funding for Female Founders
a patient’s home. “A pharmaceutical company, for instance, may want to study how well patients on a particular medication are able to sleep. HumanFirst can scan the clinical-research landscape to identify studies in which researchers used sensors to take View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017
symptoms of projectitis and how to defeat it; what digitized processes are and the role they play in performance improvement; how to identify key metrics and develop a balanced measurement scorecard; how to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Inside Out
a building? Or even on one floor, or in one room? This is not a trivial undertaking. And because it’s hard, it has been a barrier to advancement. We measure energy really well, so we manage it. But we’ve ignored the people side View Details
- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
resourcing, establishing targets and measurements and incentives that you would attach to any other strategic initiative that mattered. Third, I would say don't demand perfection of yourself. I make... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Open Market
mission of democratizing finance, what do you see as progress toward that goal? What are the signs or data points that you watch? Some of the clearest measurements we track are... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Short Takes
familiar business imperative of creating value. "A firm that delivers cash to shareholders only by selling off assets is not sustainable," he says, "and neither is a firm that creates accounting profits only by liquidating natural capital... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
You're right. The thesis of The Happiness Equation is actually, it is in you, and all of secrets in the book deal with yourself. I did that on purpose because I didn't feel... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Heartland
fund wants to hear, but I believe there are other ways of measuring ROI. We’re currently living beyond our planet’s boundaries by extracting a lot of cash out View Details
- 29 Apr 2022
- News
Clean Slate
measurement of what is green needs to be much broader and the finance flow into these sort of projects and proposals should go beyond just looking at the traditional sort View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
McArthur Hall Dedication
"The real measure of John's impact on HBS is not in the formal record. It is in his spirit, character, and the depth of his personal relationships. That is why we honor him... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- News
Banking on Africa's Future
particularly pro-development." Founded in 2004, Helios has a number of prominent investors, including George Soros, Madeleine Albright, Jacob Rothschild, and David Bonderman. That's due in no small measure... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Case Study: Up in the Air
consumers can be assured of the quality and effectiveness of the resources they are procuring. It appears you plan to have a measurable way to assess the technical and soft... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Alumni Books Gretel II Disqualified: The Untold Inside Story of a Famous America's Cup Incident by B. Devereux Barker III (PMD 23, 1972) and John N. Fiske Jr. (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Centered Leadership: Leading with... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
an Earth-shattering cataclysm changes the world forever, foretold by a prophecy from the beginning of time. Dante in China by John Barr (MBA 1972) Red Hen Press In John Barr’s poems, the ancient masters encounter the modern world. Dante... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Donald P. Nielsen, MBA 1963
art of the deal, replicated the Hazleton model, acquiring twenty companies and amalgamating the industry to create a global capability for the world's pharmaceutical makers. In 1987, with the industry for all intents and View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
John R. Davis
and accounting for all 800 “cow units” (a standard measurement that in this case means about 1,175 actual cattle). Calving season calls for constant monitoring of the pregnant cows and helping them give... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
Yahoo! took hold. What was the most valuable thing you learned at HBS? Richard Tedlow, an outstanding professor, taught me that the teacher is more important to the students than the course material. The same applies in business. Leadership is more about the passion,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Action Plan: Horse Sense
breeding, and temperament. He sometimes uses an outside firm to take a horse’s measurements and conduct a biomechanical analysis, including a sonogram of its heart to evaluate size and efficiency: “You don’t... View Details