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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Blissful Thinking
happened—catalytically—in the science of happiness. You’ve been deep in this topic for almost two decades. How have you seen the field evolve and change? It’s become a lot more cognitive and brain-scientific. Neuroscience is a relatively View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
When she joined the new private-sector team at Oxfam America as a freshly minted MBA in 2007, Roshini Moodley Naidoo was essentially given the following directive: All those great ideas we’ve been discussing? Make them happen. It was a... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- News
Lessons from the Ashes
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: After leaving England for Australia in late 1830s, John Fairfax began building a media empire. At its height, John Fairfax Limited held the Australian equivalent of the View Details
- 12 Jan 2015
- News
Good Investments
Illustration by Marcos Chin It’s market day in Barrio Curtidores, which means the main thoroughfare is packed with shoppers perusing makeshift stands that offer everything from jeans and blenders to vegetables and tacos. Moto-taxis putt-putt by, pausing occasionally to... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco
a panel of prominent African-American CEOs and executives. The conference included a session on navigating corporate environments, moderated by Associate Professor David A. Thomas, and a workshop led by Professor Linda A. Hill on... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
HBS Latino Alumni Association Banquet Marks 20 Years The HBS Latino Alumni Association (HBSLAA) held its 20th Annual Banquet on October 5, bringing together 80 alumni, guests, and current HBS students for dinner and a panel discussion at the New England Aquarium in... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Mar 2011
- News
Make or Break for the USA?
that was hoped for back in 2003, when the December Bulletin’s cover was titled “Manufacturing’s New Reality: Will Innovation Save the Day Again?” Several HBS alumni have recently been asked by the White House to help figure out how to fix... View Details
- 25 Jul 2012
- News
Movie Magic
swipe of a credit card. “Automated retail sounds better,” suggests Gregg Kaplan (MBA 1997). Recruited by McDonald’s to help start new businesses within the fast-food giant, in 2002 Kaplan oversaw the installation of six kiosks in... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
- News
Pushing the Next Generation Forward
stereotype and expand their image of what’s possible for them.” Since 2014, Owusu-Kesse has served as COO of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ), a path-breaking New York nonprofit known for its multifaceted approach to ending... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Road Tested
One and Revolution Money, Gregg shifted to B2B with a move to FleetCor, a provider of fuel cards and business-payment products, before becoming CEO in 2017 of RoadSync, a digital payment platform targeting drivers, warehouses, freight... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
leadership, BlackRock’s Retirement Group, which manages $1.3 trillion in retirement assets for some 35 million Americans, has taken steps to address these issues. In 2020 they held the BlackRock Savings Summit, a virtual retirement conference that brought together... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International
Michael Chu (MBA '76) is president and CEO of ACCION International, a private nonprofit corporation founded in 1961 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts. ACCION's affiliates in thirteen Latin American countries and the United States... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
ago. There were multiple species of humans (nine in total), now only sapiens is left, and most humans have some Neanderthal DNA. Runners-up: Why We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew Walker Range: Why Generalists... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Case Study: Growing the Family Business
(Zoonar RF/Thinkstock; iStock) Sweet Kiddles is a new concept in center-based childcare. Unlike traditional centers where parents must commit to fixed full- or part-time schedules, Sweet Kiddles’ flexible scheduling allows families to use... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
John C. Sawhill Remembered
John Sawhill, a senior lecturer at HBS and president and CEO of The Nature Conservancy, died of complications from diabetes in May at the age of 63. Sawhill, whose research focused on the nonprofit sector, joined the HBS faculty in 1997... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Aldrich Renovations Reach Halfway Point
also take the classrooms to the outside world,” she adds. Professor Janice Hammond recently took advantage of the technology improvements by bringing the CEO of UPS, Michael Eskew, into her Aldrich classroom via videoconferencing,... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
body? It turned out that there was another solution. They didn't need to manufacture new organs for transplant; instead, they needed to make better use of existing ones. "We could literally multiply organ transplantation on Earth 15 or 20... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
attendees that their most important "customers" are the people in their lives, and Saturday evening's keynote speaker, New York Times managing editor Gerald Boyd, underscored the need for courage, strength, and deeper self-knowledge in... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
The Plight of the Global Poor
conference was followed that spring by an MBA elective, Business and the Bottom of the Pyramid, taught by Rangan and Senior Lecturer Michael Chu, former president and CEO of ACCION International, a microfinance organization focusing on... View Details