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- 11 Apr 2024
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Mission Control
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. By the time Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) was a teenager, he knew he wanted to be a physicist—and he was fascinated by space, eagerly engrossed in space-time diagrams... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A ‘One Harvard’ Perspective
insurance sectors. He believes the best business leaders “embrace the public service aspect” of their positions. “When I work with executives,” he elaborates, “I try to reinforce the idea that no matter what kind of organization you lead, you have a responsibility to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
The Internet's Next Frontier
While the Crypto, Fintech, and Web3 Lab—one of 13 labs contained within Harvard’s Digital Data Design Institute—might not have the Bunsen burners and test tubes found in science and engineering labs, it does share a philosophical construct: it is a sandbox—an... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 07 Apr 2015
- News
Warrior Spirit
of the gym itself, is no-nonsense but friendly, beginning with a series of warm-up exercises before moving to instruction in different punching and kicking techniques. In Muay Thai (sometimes called “the art of eight limbs”), fighters can... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
his old, turquoise-blue Ford pickup with the express purpose of setting off car alarms in the Soldiers Field Park garage. He used game theory in a classroom negotiation exercise with great success—and also generated plenty of controversy... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
theory by constructing a measure of overconfidence, using the indicator of when a CEO exercises his or her stock options. She found a strong connection between executives who habitually hold their options longer and continue to buy stock... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
their own priorities, was a time-consuming challenge for Enan, he recalls. “It was a real exercise in navigating various congressional committees and the general power structure in Washington,” Harmon says. “Enan’s ability to relate to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
One Man Crime Wave
myself by exercise of imagination,” MacDonald recalled. He fantasized about being a writer, but as he later explained, “it was on the order of wishing I had been born a seal, or an otter. I worshipped writers but knew I could never be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
The Evolving Case Method
about leaders who failed to rise to moral challenges, the professor would hand out an exercise worksheet. “We asked students to reflect on a time when they failed to rise to a moral challenge,” recounts Garvin. “What were the... View Details
Keywords: the case method
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Class of 1997 Graduates with Distinction
Social Sciences 47% Other 4% (All data as of Summer 1997) Members of the Class of 1997 participated in a three-day graduation celebration last spring leading up to the School's 86th Commencement exercises on June 5, when 883 new MBAs and... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
to make the world a better place and how I can exercise all of my skills and passions to solve problems that make businesses more sustainable, and to help women and girls be more fit, confident, and creative in order to thrive at work.”... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Last Look
photo in the early 1980s, noting that the simulated exercise played out on a mainframe, resulting in “these massive team-performance printouts that we pasted on the wall to plan our next moves.” While they can’t name the man with the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Reimagining the MBA
all the teaching materials for the course. The leadership intelligence module, FIELD 1, is defined by small-group exercises that help students make the transition from being outstanding individual performers to performing as leaders... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Balancing Progress and Preservation
real estate community should exercise its greatest fantasies at the expense of our architectural heritage.” For additional reading, see Lloyd Zuckerberg—impact profile. (Published September 2015) View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Great Expectations
exercises — some of which were pioneered in our Executive Education programs — that were immersive, field-based, and action-oriented. Our goal was to complement the case method with a more field-based approach to learning — one that would... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Alumni Bookshelf
organization. Stressing that such trust requires much more than personal credibility, they provide self-assessment exercises that show executives where they currently stand as trusted leaders and where they could stand. Downturns,... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life
stakeholders may or may not find ‘good enough’ in the short term but that pay off for everyone eventually. Decision-making at deep-purpose companies becomes an exercise in ‘practical idealism,’ a discipline of honest and often messy... View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
Batten Hall, on Western Avenue, is the totally renovated and redesigned building formerly occupied by the PBS television station WGBH. Batten Hall’s top two floors, reserved for HBS, are devoted to 10 curved, modular learning spaces (called “hives”) and other areas... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Enhancing Students’ Cultural Intelligence
from throughout their first year to on-site, customer-related projects with companies around the world. Before their trip, Franklin’s six-person team tested their research methodology in interviews with Boston-area teens and parents. Carrying out the same View Details
- 15 Nov 2016
- News
Classroom Lessons Put Into Practice Abroad
McGee (MBA 1979) supervised the 12 teams deployed in the city, one of which worked with the local 13-store bakery chain, Benjamin. In the fall, the members of this team—Adam Demuyakor, Adam Gunter, Felix Jiang, Sasha Niemeyer, Sinem Ormeci, and Megan Wu, all Class of... View Details