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- 25 Aug 2014
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Wendell P. Weeks, MBA 1987
positions that helped him understand the complexities of the company—from shift supervisor in a manufacturing plant, to new product development, to business development. Weeks, a quick study, has 26 patents pending despite a lack of formal View Details
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2002
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Steven Murch: Philanthropist-in-Training
the right field at precisely the right time. Upon adding an MBA to his computer science degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Stanford, Murch (who graduated from HBS as a Baker Scholar) went straight to Microsoft. For more than six years, he...
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- 01 Mar 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
country. Lasting change, Nielsen argues, will not come mainly through local school boards but rather through state legislative action that empowers school administrators to make choices in their students’ interests. Full Circle: A Witness to Healing through View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
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Learning to Fight
science is failure,” says Sontag. “The key is picking the people with the right character, who are going to stick with it. If something doesn’t work out, they move on to a new project and continue to be creative.” If he sounds like a...
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April White
- 01 Jan 2013
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Thomas A. James, MBA 1966
Entrepreneur Of The Year, Financial Services 2013 James Center for Molecular and Life Sciences opens at Eckerd College Tom James's entrepreneurial bent was apparent early on. An avid coin collector, at the age of 15 he began to buy and...
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Susan Young
- 01 Aug 2002
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For Alumni Only: Breakthrough Insights Program Debuts
that using the judo strategy approach allows small, agile start-ups to turn an opponent's size into a disadvantage. The closing presentation was delivered by Senior Research Fellow and Director of the HBS Life Sciences Project Juan...
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Laura Singleton
- 01 Mar 2023
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Action Plan: Casting Call
quickly enough, and the fish will feel the steel and spit out the hook.” Does it tick multiple boxes? “I love to be outside. Fly-fishing gives me something interesting and absorbing to do in some really beautiful places.” Can you do it with people you enjoy? View Details
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- 04 Sep 2019
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Turning Point: Step Change
behavioral sciences at West Point. He has served on four combat deployments and is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Soldier’s Medal, Purple Heart, and Bronze Star.
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- 17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
interesting science – but not scale technologies and services companies. This requires a lot of grit and determination from companies, and patience in working with the federal government – a tricky combination. I'm very excited,...
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- 08 Mar 2013
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The Accidental Innovator
that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding credibility and momentum...
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- 01 Jun 2020
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Inside Out
to spend time indoors. The other is prison.) ... Here’s a weird but helpful way to think about all of this indoor time, courtesy of Rich Corsi, dean of engineering and computer science at Portland State University, an outstanding building...
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- 01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
history, it’s likely the crisis would have been avoided, Cook argues. Six years after the government takeover of Fannie and Freddie, taxpayers continue to own and heavily subsidize one of the largest companies in the world. Primed to Perform: How to Build the Highest...
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- 01 Sep 2016
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2016
way forward when analysis falls short. Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue across Continents edited by William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende (Palgrave Macmillan) This book...
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- 01 Mar 2012
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The Accidental Innovator
human-capital development that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding...
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- 01 Jun 2008
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Team MBA
would think of. PETER STONE, 28 Modesto, California BA, Political Science and Government, Brigham Young University Peter has traveled to 45 countries; next stop is Australia. Recent adventures: the HBS India Trek and a trip to Vietnam and...
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- 01 Dec 2017
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Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
approach present? Is there an underlying logic and method to his approach that, well beyond the diplomacy of the 1970s, offers practical guidance for meeting today’s negotiation challenges—from diplomacy to business, finance, and law? By plumbing a career of...
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- 02 Oct 2017
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Radical Generosity for the Real World
with themselves and made that commitment. There are other things that I would also recommend that, again, are part of the baby steps. One thing that is proven out in the social science research is the social contagion phenomenon, where,...
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- 01 Dec 2020
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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...
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- 18 Mar 2020
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Leading Change
1000 companies on digital strategy and transformation and has conducted research on a variety of organizations, including Microsoft, Facebook, IBM, Amazon, Alibaba, and Google. Lakhani is the founder and co-director of the Laboratory for Innovation View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
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A Bid for the Future
dramatically expanding Virginia’s investment in computer-science education. That was the moment the Amazon RFP arrived. A $1.1 billion investment in the tech-talent pipeline, with a goal of more than doubling the annual number of degrees awarded in computer View Details