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Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Bridges Fund Management - Recruiting

and gain a deeper understanding of the projects they are working on. Setting Interns Up for Success In previous iterations of the Bridges MBA internship program, student interns were assigned to a discrete project working across teams to... View Details

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Leadership - Faculty & Research

encountered, it recalibrated, iteratively creating continuity and restoring order. Daini survived the crisis without an explosion or a meltdown. October 2014 Article The Transparency Trap By: Ethan Bernstein To get people to be more... View Details

30 May 2023
Research & Ideas

Can AI Predict Whether Shoppers Would Pick Crest or Colgate?

human time or human understanding of complexity, I can identify the things that GPT suggests actually matter, and then iterate on those with real data and real consumers to get human-based results,” she says. Developing the right prompt... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

26 Jan 2024
Blog Post

HBS Alumna Fighting Cancer with a Novel Cell Therapy

therapies were in clinical trials, but none could treat his specific disease. Years later as a Blavatnik Fellow, the more she studied cancer and existing therapies, the more Zutshi wanted a new approach.“There are a lot of treatments in the world that are View Details

26 Sep 2024
HBS Seminar

Garrett Van Ryzin, Columbia & Amazon

20 Dec 2022
Op-Ed

Employee Feedback: The Key to Retention During the Great Resignation

I describe below at the very top with their own key people. If you wish to introduce such a governance and learning system into your own organization, here are some guiding principles: 1. Zero in. Focus on the strategic and cultural issues that matter most to the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Beer

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Generative AI - Alumni

input information in so many ways, asking for 10 iterations of any bullet point will be exhaustive for the model. Close Using GenAI for Interview Prep One of the most important aspects of the job hunt is the interview, and the best way to... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

laying the groundwork for an AI factory. This AI factory, designed to rapidly build and iterate on new AI products, was central to Hillen's vision of giving VideaHealth a competitive edge in the market. VideaHealth’s AI technology aspires... View Details

04 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Need to Solve a Problem? Take a Break From Collaborating

structures change over time," Shore says. "To complicate matters, in longer-term projects you're going to be iterating between information gathering and solution generating. So the organizational structure needs to switch back... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Video Game; Web Services

13 Feb 2020
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Open Your Organization to Honest Conversations

Iterate between advocacy and inquiry. Leaders should start these honest, public, and collective conversations with employees by advocating where they want to take the organization, then ask for input on the strategic plans. “Leaders... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2023
News

Hands-on Learning About Global Markets

A certificate of appreciation was presented to Ellie Care representatives Francisco Garcia Zavaleta (COO) and Gervasio Videla Dorna (cofounder and CEO), at left, and to Patricio Alba (cofounder and CIO), far right, by HBS students Maxwell Nii Laryea, third from left,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

31 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

"Big companies get stuck on analysis paralysis, and they look for the perfect answer. In my company, we iterate very quickly," said Sheila Lirio Marcelo (HBS MBA 1998), founder and CEO of Care.com a website for providers and... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products

09 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Six Keys to Building New Markets by Unleashing Disruptive Innovation

Early iterations of IBM's ViaVoice software package featured IBM's "ideal" customer on the front: an administrative assistant sitting in front of her computer, speaking into a headset. It is easy to see why IBM targeted such... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Michael E. Raynor & Scott D. Anthony

22 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Bringing ‘Lean’ Principles to Service Industries

experimentation." In their research, Staats and Upton document how the use of lean principles affected the workflow at Wipro. The concept of "kaizen," or continuous improvement, for example, resulted in a more iterative... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Computer

14 Oct 2021
In Practice

Reunited and It Feels (Not) So Good: Tips for Managing a Rocky Return

legitimate reason, will undermine employees’ contribution and commitment. 2. Take a flexible, iterative approach. Don’t set policies in stone. We have seen employers have to backtrack on policies and respond to employee concerns.... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

Portrait Project

Janie McDonough

My dad always stood in front of the whiteboard. He moved with the grace of a conductor—brows furrowed, eyes darting back and forth, hands continuously gliding the print-jobs magnets from one column to the next. Only after multiple View Details

06 Oct 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters

iterative manner. To learn more, read 7 Successful Battle Strategies to Beat COVID-19 Euvin Naidoo, Senior Lecturer of Business Administration. Tip: Protect the core business and pivot to new opportunities The COVID-19 outbreak has... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

23 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Power of Conversational Leadership

of communication can support those goals." The authors note that establishing a culture of conversation won't always mean hitting each of the four "I's," but stress that these elements "tend to reinforce each other" to create a highly View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Running a Program/Submitting a Job - Research Computing Services

like MATLAB or SAS Iterative data exploration at the command line Interactive "console tools" like R and iPython Significant code development and compiling efforts An interactive job differs from a batch job in two important aspects: The... View Details

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Design Thinking Course | HBS Online

human-centered approach to design techniques, such as user research, user experience, prototyping, and journey mapping Assess group dynamics and improve team performance through tools and processes designed to enhance collaboration and View Details

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