Inner Work Life - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2018
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March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

startup executives across many different functions, who share their stories and describe their responsibilities; and a methodology to identify and evaluate startups and position readers to find the opportunity that’s right for them. Rebel Talent: Why It Pays to Break... View Details

06 Dec 2018
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Source Code

from every other life form on the planet. (The “old” brain—that lower rear 30 percent—is responsible for more rote behaviors and drives: breathing, heartbeat, reflexes; anger, hunger, sex.) And this is how we learn—by moving through the... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Daniel Hertzberg

01 Jun 2004
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Books

“consumption-based economy of the early 20th century originated in the face-to-face selling strategies of peddlers and book canvassers of the previous generation.” The book begins in the early 1800s with a look at the hardships of the first New England peddlers who... View Details

Keywords: book review; faculty books; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jan 2005
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Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975

CURRENT STUDENTS "Follow your passion. Don't wait until you are 50 to find meaning and purpose in your life. Focus on building your life and the resume will follow. Choose faith, not fear, as your prime motivator. Trust people, trust the... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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HBS Fund Helps Fuel Faculty Research and New Learning Experiences

Thomas S. Murphy Associate Professor of Business Administration. An enterprising MBA student independently working to further existing research, she says, is “one of the interactions that you won’t find at other schools.” This kind of... View Details

01 Jun 1997
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David M. Hughes

cause, Hughes worked tirelessly to enhance campus life for his fellow students. As president of his section, for example, he helped communicate to the administration the special needs of the first-ever... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

22 Sep 2015
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Promoting a Healthy Policy Agenda

community. Starting in local government, one thing led to another and I ran for the state legislature in 2008 and now serve as a state senator in Massachusetts. “I chair the public health committee for the state legislature, so a lot of my View Details

01 Jun 2004
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Media, VC Discussed at WSA Conference

of Time Inc., delivered keynote speeches challenging the notion that there’s only one path to the top. “Let’s blow up the phrase ‘work-life balance,’” Fudge told an audience of some 850 participants gathered in Burden Auditorium. “Balance is simply about View Details

Keywords: women in business; women's student association; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2005
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Venture Capital’s Comeback

great ideas abroad and bring them to the United States to launch. That approach works for Domain Associates in Princeton, New Jersey, which invests exclusively in life sciences companies. “We try to license... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

29 May 2019
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HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni

Clubs News Clubs News A team from HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) hit the road in March with a goal of bringing career education and coaching services to alumni in 27 cities in the U.S. and Canada over a 12-week span. The initiative, called Renew Your View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

16 Nov 2015
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Connecting with Indigenous Traditions

providing the model for how to walk in the world in a way that provides meaning and sustainability. In the modern world, we look at elders as a drain on society, but here elderhood is seen as an invaluable asset. This mentoring program is part of the context for a way... View Details

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

01 Jun 2007
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The Show Goes On

writing scripts. After I worked at Bain for several years, a friend and I did just that. We sold a television pilot, “The Club,” that will never see the light of day. But we also sold a small-budget film called The Closet that’s... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2000
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Taiwan Club President Thrives on Region's Entrepreneurial Energy

a good idea and be willing to work to make it happen." Over the last century, Taiwan's economy was built on the success of its small and medium-sized trading companies. "Competition has always been fierce here, with people setting up shop... View Details

04 Feb 2022
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Hour by Hour

Courtesy Rahkeem Morris Rahkeem Morris (MBA 2018) spent the first 10 years of his work life as an hourly wage earner, moving from one minimum wage job to the next, often without transferable skills or... View Details

01 Dec 2008
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Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

practiced and written about leadership. They commented on our work in a very constructive way and talked about what we were missing and which insights we should develop further. How is leadership tied in with business education? The model... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

11 Aug 2014
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The First Five Years: Melissa Fensterstock (MBA 2012)

work together. Michael's parents work together. Our role models have showed us that it is OK and even fun to work with your spouse. One of the most challenging aspects of... View Details

01 Oct 1997
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Benaree Wiley

have. Growing up, Wiley and her sister Sharon Pratt Kelly (who served as mayor of Washington, D.C., from 1991 to 1995) often heard their attorney father talk about the effect of his work on the lives of others. "Obviously, who you become... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Mar 2018
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Ask the Expert: Disaster Master

photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images News “Fast” and “unexpected” are two words Adrian Beer (OPM 31, 2002) uses to describe his work as CEO of GrupoBeer, a Madrid-based corporation providing post-disaster services such as building... View Details