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TALK - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog TALK Course Number 2225 Associate Professor Alison Wood Brooks Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 13 Sessions Final Project We talk to people to achieve success in every aspect of business and life. Even though we do it... View Details
- 19 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Why Innovations Sit on the Shelf
about what they've learned, and what changes they're planning. This collective, public conversation was critical when sales managers at Mattel Canada were trying to initiate a different kind of innovation:... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
Public Efforts to Boost Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital Have Failed—and What to Do about It. Government has played similar catalytic roles in creating hubs of innovation is places such as Tel Aviv and Singapore. Such success stories... View Details
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
the Marol Park project will provide substantial cooling and flood mitigation benefits to the surrounding area as well as a model for future adaptation projects throughout the city. Our View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
Negotiators Share Lessons from High-Stakes Global Diplomacy
Madeleine Albright was interviewed for the American Secretaries of State Project, a collaboration among faculty members at HBS, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Law School designed to extract lessons in negotiation and diplomacy for today’s leaders in View Details
Keywords: University Collaborations
- 21 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
The Power of Business in the Energy Transition
from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
Bernardino, California. Here, McGee and Hsieh discuss the evolution of the case and the conversations it has inspired, as well as the changing dimensions of the economic systems in which tech companies operate. How did this case first... View Details
- 26 Oct 2020
- News
A Social Impact Roadmap; Arts Leadership in a Pandemic; Amplifying Hispanic Contributions
the London event, while Senior Lecturer Vikram Gandhi moderated for the Singapore event. The conversation addressed questions like, “Can a system designed to generate profit really make a difference against the massive social and... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
- News
The Nature of Business
Mark Tercek Mark Tercek likes a challenge. As CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), he has led the global nonprofit to fearlessly take on conservation projects that no one else would. "We are trying to tackle those global challenges that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Back to School
The state of public education in the United States is a perennial hot-button topic, with rhetoric often outpacing any real sense of progress. The Public Education Leadership View Details
- Profile
Lindsay Steinmetz
Conversations with them reinforced my desire to be in social enterprise, where the complexities of social impact are tackled and debated. It was the energy they brought to public health, international... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Global Perspectives
financing of public infrastructure projects in Africa. An important element of the course, he says, was to have students spend significant time working side by side with the local population. “Get out and... View Details
- 08 Sep 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Height Tax, and Other New Ways to Think about Taxation
fair strategies in public finance? A: Tax economists generally point to a few things about current taxes that seem unwise. Probably foremost among them is the taxation of capital income, such as dividends and capital gains. There is a... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
social ills than government. Trust is the central issue for global institutions. CEOs have to speak out on societal issues, because their employees expect to work for a company with values consistent with their own. Wolverine, the work-boot company, has a program... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details
- 22 Apr 2021
- News
Leading for a Better World in Boston; Virtual Event Showcases Japan Fellowship
stories then answered specific questions from attendees. Thirkell says an average of 100 people have attended each event, which are open to the general public as well as all HBS alumni. The Project Impact... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 21 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Leveraging Academic Opportunities to Attain My Post-HBS Job
leverage two opportunities during my final semester. One was an Independent Project (IP), and the other was the final project for the Scaling Technology Ventures course. Career Exploration Using... View Details
- 09 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Got a New Strategy? Now Make it Happen
By "public" we mean that senior managers need to keep everyone three to four levels below them informed about what has been learned, as well as what changes are planned. When people hear "honest," they tend to think "spontaneous." But... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Beer & Russell A. Eisenstat
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Fashion’s Transparent Translator
conversation and reactions,” Amed told The Sunday Times. “We’re proud of talking about the taboo topics. There are already enough publications out there that cover fashion from a sycophantic point of view.”... View Details