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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010)
Video Embed Ian Calhoun (MBA 2010) grew up in kitchens, first at the elbow of his mother ("a great cook, a schoolteacher, always happy to show me some stuff") and then, in high school and college, as a line cook in restaurants all over... View Details
- 25 Aug 2010
- News
Games, Parties, Pranks, and Celebrations
that he had called on, got the student to verify it, and asked for the pot. Peter Jones then asked if it meant that we had his tacit permission to play, and John’s response was that we were welcome to play as long as we did not mind losing consistently. View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Embrace the Corona-Blur
Edited by Julia Hanna and Jen McFarland Flint; illustrations by Rose Wong In the “before times,” work stress was something that could be compartmentalized. You left your office at the end of the day and put miles between you and your... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Wei Zhang (MBA 1999)
it’s so important to follow your passion. In this business, you can create something that will bring insight, inspiration, and happiness to people. When I first came to the United States in 1989, there was no email. And I was very, very... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
High Yields
or disease before they could spot them with their naked eye. “We call this precision farming,” says Gould. “The operator can see a problem and nip it in the bud, rather than wait until the end of the year... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 14 May 2014
- News
(Re)moving the Needle
2009), the company's cofounder and CEO. The device, which is powered by an electric motor, is highly customizable across a variety of medical, animal, agricultural, and cosmetic applications. One major market, says Anquetil, is diabetes treatment, which traditionally... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Wake-Up Call: Farewell to the American Dream?
Jeffrey Madrick (MBA '71) has for many years been an award-winning economics and financial writer and editor in both print (Business Week, Money) and broadcast (NBC, ESPN) journalism. The author of, most recently, The End of Affluence... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- News
Finding a Fix for Food Allergies
after eating prepared food cooked in a cross-contaminated pan. The couple cofounded End Allergies Together (EAT) to advance scientific and medical research in order to find treatments and cures. Among EAT’s founding principles is a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
getting his MBA in 1963, Platt joined Doriot at ARD. I was shocked and very upset. Doriot continued, “Did you know of any problems with investments or circumstances of his employment at ARD that might have caused him to take his own... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
court for patent cases. That sounded reasonable on the surface, but it ended up making more stuff patentable with more remedies for patent holders. It has led to a flood of patents. LC: The research that I’ve done has focused on the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
problems for learning and for change." Jensen believes this tendency is the source of most so-called people problems in organizations. Jensen's model defines two regimes of behavior: the Resourceful,... View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Sarah Talley’s Key Negotiation Principles
statements you know, can we do this better and so forth. If the relationship with Wal-Mart is truly a partnership, negotiating to resolve differences should not endanger the tenor of the partnership. Don’t spend time griping. Be problem... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
In a Good Place
no matter what I’m involved with, I’ll still bring the same tools to bear on it as I would if I were working at a Fortune 500 company. I approach the smallest problem in the same fashion as I would if it were a multimillion-dollar... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes “We have been very successful at finding people of color to be operating partners, to be employees at ICV. We've been doing this for two decades. We've had no problem finding... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Michelle Ross (MBA 2011)
customer’s problem a little better. Not that men don’t, but women do a very good job of managing different stakeholders, facilitating processes, and making sure everyone’s needs are met. At HBS we talked quite a bit about the difference... View Details
- 30 Jul 2024
- News
Reddit’s Rise
means I was doing a renovation. Every time I take time off, I end up renovating and that’s why my wife is like, you need a job. So I did not get the call for the job. This is the first time I actually got a role through a recruiter. There... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
The Eyes Have It: Business Plan Winners Pursue Global Vision
hadn't really thought about this problem until he visited Peru and noticed that hardly anybody there wore glasses. Back at HBS, in Associate Professor Stefan Thomke's elective course Managing Product Development, Houghton started... View Details
Keywords: eyeglasses
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: In the Deal
to invest outside the core market, because there is less noise, great founders are sometimes overlooked when not in the Valley, and they often solve problems more applicable to a broader population base.” Also: Denver-based Guild... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
many Cicero employees now volunteer or work pro bono on company time mentoring, coaching, and training, as well as gathering and analyzing data to frame the best approaches to ending homelessness. One outcome of this work is a database... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Nov 2018
- News
Don’t Be Afraid of AI
those fears with some of these kind of analytical approaches but I find, generally speaking, people want to sensationalize things and they want the scary stuff to emerge. So, even if you counter it, we don't get quoted as much in those things as the people who are... View Details