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- 09 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Overcoming the Challenges of Selling Brand New Technology (Hey, Need a 3-D Printer?)
things like making machine parts and medical implantations. Still, the printers were large, unreliable, and expensive. Starting around 2011 the revolution began. 3-D printers began to shrink, grow in quality, and become considerably less expensive. Product View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
been designed to create a new kind of offshore operating environment, where safety was the priority. Management attacked the safety issue from the top down, investing extensively in leadership training, policies, and practices intended to... View Details
- Student-Profile
Ta-Wei "David" Huang
As a data scientist, David Huang (he/him) spent much of his time analyzing customer¬ data to provide personalized experience and improve long-term customer values for companies in different industries. As David explains, “I loved developing new methods and ways to... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
"Early in life," says Bennie Wiley, "I learned an important guiding principle: look for ways to exercise your values." As president and CEO of The Partnership, an organization designed to open doors for minority professionals in the city... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 22 Oct 2013
- News
Pulling the Plug
audience bursts into applause, he delivers his key pitch: Just think about all the wires coming off things like TVs, he says. "Imagine if you can get rid of 'em." Finally untethering consumers from their wall sockets and their... View Details
- Profile
Krishna Yeshwant
appropriately designed. If I wanted to work in product development," he says, "I needed to be the person who used the tools as well—it ultimately leads to a better tool. I wanted to span both worlds, medicine and engineering." Krishna's passion for... View Details
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Amy C. Edmondson | Working Knowledge
latest book, Right Kind of Wrong (Atria) , builds on her prior work on psychological safety and teaming to provide a framework for thinking about, discussing, and practicing the science of failing well. First published in the US and the... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
Kurt (MBA 1967) and Louise Wulff
Exxon oil refinery and designed chemical plants for Chevron. “I had practical experience in the energy field, but as an engineer, I focused entirely on the quantitative,” explains Wulff. His wife, Louise, suggested he take business... View Details
- 14 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Getting Down to the Business of Creativity
individual. Of course it does. But it also depends on creative thinking as a skill that involves qualities such as the propensity to take risks and to turn a problem on its head to get a new perspective. That can be learned." “Our... View Details
- 23 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Break Your Addiction to Service Heroes
computer problems on a website, companies that design those interactions purely to cut costs don't succeed. But when they actively partner with their customers to deliver a better service experience," she relates, "that's the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
The Right Stuff: Getting the Word from MBA Admissions
particularly women. Our research suggests that many women don't think they meet our criteria, when in fact they do." "We are interested in candidates of all backgrounds and ages, particularly women. Our research suggests that many women... View Details
- 28 Jan 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Approves Curriculum Innovation
four half-terms, allowing faculty more creativity in shaping innovative courses and students more flexibility in building their schedules. While less far-reaching on the surface, over time the modular approach promises to transform the elective-year experience for... View Details
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
There are no simple rules policymakers can use.” The findings might also help device makers themselves consider how they invest their R&D in new products. “If you are only thinking about liability of your own product, then all you... View Details
- Profile
Jonathan Bailey
"Mr. Blair would serve as a confidante or advisor to the president," says Jonathan, "while I lived in Kigali training senior Rwandan staff on policy design and implementation." "The overwhelming thing I found in... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai Photos courtesy of Henry Tsai HBS Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai (MBA 2017) was working as a technology and innovation advisor in the San José mayor’s office in the fall of 2017 when he began thinking about the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
actually thinking about user-centered data-driven design that has a lot of the principles that we really take for granted in the for-profit world, just bringing that into government and having government... View Details
- 11 Jul 2013
- News
Program Aims to Develop a Generation of Global Citizens
then we’ve raised nearly $4 million. In this economy, I think that is a testament to how much resonance Global Citizen Year has had as an idea whose time has come.” That resonance has to do with the experience Global Citizen Year... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- Blog Post
Why I Would Have Applied to the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program
and companies better. Someone with a background and orientation towards building things can incorporate that knowledge into their work and get tremendously more effective as a founder or leader. In particular design View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
The Business of Love
and promising a new generation of singles a better way to date. With the help of Facebook and smartphones, this new era of online dating entrepreneurs is trying to design women-friendly dating options. If you squint, you can find an early... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 11 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Saying “Race” Out Loud: Leading Conversations on Diversity in HBS Classrooms
and principles that guide her teaching, and unpacks the issues of the case before them. It’s important, she says, to understand that the class, and its case, isn’t designed to eradicate racism—it’s designed... View Details