Leaning In - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jun 2021
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On the Road Less Traveled

Louis, no one talks fast. She talked fast, you know, and I'm tilted over, you know, I'm sort of, I lean forward, like you're in a tennis position or, you know, I don't stand up straight. My mother didn't... View Details

01 Dec 2018
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Ready, Set, Launch

outset, then they waste important resources trying to sell it, says Professor Tom Eisenmann, faculty co-chair of the Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship. “It takes a lot of time, time equals money, the money runs out, and the startup fails painfully,” he says.... View Details

01 Dec 2006
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MBA vs. MBA

employers to check a job applicant’s legal status. He also opposes awarding amnesty and supports building a wall along strategic sections of the U.S.-Mexico border. Edwards’s centrist leanings can also be seen View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

04 May 2017
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How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

she would publish it, but when she woke up, she changed her mind and put it on Facebook. In Lean In, Sandberg had admitted to crying at work (another confession the media jumped on), but this was the first... View Details

01 Jun 2024
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Turning Point: On the Line

stations in syndication. Residuals arrive by mail in green envelopes, nicknamed “greenies.” In lean times, greenies allowed me to pay my mortgage... View Details

Keywords: labor strike; television; media; unions

01 Dec 2013
News

Faculty Books

a start-up, discuss lean prototyping techniques for hardware, identify costly outsourcing mistakes, provide practical tips on user acquisition, offer branding guidelines, and explain how a choir of angel investors often will sing... View Details

01 Jun 2025
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Crucible: Relocation

from my apartment in Lisbon, Portugal, engaged and very pregnant. Crucibles were not meant to be predicted. In spring 2022, just four months after my promotion to VP at a Boston-based global company, I was... View Details

Keywords: Zhang, Qian

01 Jun 2004
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Teaching and Learning Center Established, Honors Christensen’s Legacy

improve teaching across the faculty. The center is named after C. Roland (“Chris”) Christensen (MBA 3/’43, DCS ’53), a much-loved HBS faculty member who had a powerful impact on HBS students and faculty as well as educators around the world during his years at the... View Details

Keywords: C. Roland Christensen; Chris Christensen; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

14 Mar 2019
News

The Merchant of Osaka

of their shoes inside the doorway. Each takes a seat on either side of the bed. As the nurse unfolds a laptop, Dr. Umeda closes his hand around the patient’s and leans in, all tenderness and warmth. “You’re looking better, Sato-san. It’s... View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

01 Jul 2013
News

The Nature of Business

afraid of the private sector, we're non-partisan, and we like very much to get things done on the ground and in the water. Those are the qualities that have allowed us to grow." Tercek (MBA 1984) shares his successes—such as spending half... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2024
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Turning Point: Make Your Life Count

Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Rosita Najmi (MBA 2009) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) We were refugees. Mom scraped together all we had (three suitcases and $3,000) and bundled my three siblings and me onto a plane bound for Idaho. My father... View Details

15 Jun 2021
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My Pandemic Year

resilient and to lean on each other when times are tough. Video Embed As the MBA drew to a close, we came together as a section for the final time in April during Bridges. I cannot express the feeling of... View Details

01 Sep 2004
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Duncan M. ("Greg") Murray (MBA 1964)

two-year-old Hereford heifers to populate the farm my father had purchased just after World War II. We drove; the “girls” took the train. Dad had built a western-style, open-front pole barn in anticipation, and our somewhat skeptical... View Details

Keywords: Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture

21 Nov 2024
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Mother Nurture

Julia Cole, Tina Keshani, and Sophia Richter (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) When Tina Keshani (MBA 2020), Julia Cole (MBA 2020), and Sophia Richter (MBA 2020) met at Startup Boot Camp in their first year at HBS, they quickly discovered... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

11 Jun 2014
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The First Five Years: Brittani Rettig (MBA 2010)

share my healthy tips and inspirational stories on major media outlets like Good Morning Texas, Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In online community, and on Greatist.com. In addition to... View Details

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

28 May 2019
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Cure All

starting to think that there might be some intentionality. Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle is famous for having done a lean transformation that completely changed how the hospital is run. That type of... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2007
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Riding It Out

to reduce our costs through lean manufacturing and automation so we could get investors to buy into the business. It also required salesmanship to get people interested in the equine business, which is not... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

25 Apr 2023
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Class of 2022 Startups Sweep Alumni New Venture Competition

Clubs News Clubs News In a first-ever result, all of the winners in the 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition (ANVC) hail from the same HBS class: the MBA Class of 2022. The ANVC finale, held virtually on... View Details