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Student Spotlight: From Nigeria to HBS: Reigniting My Passion for Healthcare Innovation - Blog: Health Supplement
challenges—ones that made me realize the universal complexities of delivering care. These early experiences planted a seed in me: a deep desire to improve healthcare systems and make a meaningful impact. That desire led me to study... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni
Relations Director in CPD. “It used to be that once you graduated from HBS, your relationship to CPD ended. But now we offer lifelong career services to alumni. This roadshow is a way to engage alumni and remind them of all we offer.” The... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 07 Mar 2005
- What Do You Think?
Should Business Management Be Regarded as a Profession?
type of system is not new to the financial services field." And Kim Osorio reminds us, "Within my field of human resources we already have a certification program... ." Will recent events lead... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
employees. But I was also reminded that the enthusiasm our guests feel about our parks won’t rise any higher than the enthusiasm of our employees. And it is my job as their leader to be our employees’ champion — to ensure their well-being... View Details
- 22 Feb 2010
- Research & Ideas
Manager Visibility No Guarantee of Fixing Problems
dredged up negative sentiment, fixing only one or two amplified that feeling, and then telling frontline workers what had been done made it even worse." Ironically, the process improvement approach used in the study mirrors that of the incident reporting View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
James E. Burke, MBA 1949
concerned about what I should do with my life. I knew I wanted a career in business, but it wasn't until I was at HBS that I grasped that business could be a force for good in society. We were constantly reminded of the importance of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
Baldwin and Dean Kim Clark remind readers in their new book, Design Rules: The Power of Modularity. Baldwin and Clark are intrigued by the underlying structure of these human-designed products and systems... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
several MIT professors, I cofounded Ceramics Process Systems Corporation, a technology company where I served as chairman and president until I earned my DBA and joined the HBS faculty in 1992. It was really my time with that company that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
problems during rollout. What I love about working in Africa is that I am constantly reminded that I don’t know what I don’t know, and that with every project there is something more to learn, a new perspective to add to my toolbox as I... View Details
- 07 Oct 2015
- What Do You Think?
What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?
column. Anne, for example, pointed out that the German system assigns a certain number of immigrant families to specific villages, has them take German lessons, and gives job assignments with benefits conditioned upon taking a job if... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 28 Nov 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Pay-for-Performance Compensation be Replaced?
went even further, commenting that "When you try to institutionalize pay-for-performance you actually ruin the concept." (In fact, there is some evidence that performance pay that is not institutionalized may often be more effective than award View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 22 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 22
further acted as a lightning rod such that team members' emotional responses to them were constant reminders of subgroup differences on these teams, which further fueled negative emotions. Our findings extend theory on subgroup dynamics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Oct 2018
- What Do You Think?
How Should Managers Deal with the Challenges of Building an Inclusive Workplace?
symptom of a systemic problem. It’s a problem with the culture in that organization.” David Wittenberg pursued the issue of rules-based approaches to inclusion further when he said, “Inclusion and diversity are excellent goals.... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
What MBAs can do in Defense of Black Lives
movement long after the social media hype fades and the media outlets look away. Joining an organization committed to racial justice is a great way to ensure we’re continuing to take action over the long haul. These communities will View Details
- 15 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
Going Green Makes Good Business Sense
to the belief, now firmly lodged in public consciousness, that high environmental standards are not just desirable but their birthright. To set the stage, Reinhardt reminded the group that pollution is not a new phenomenon in human... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
Summing Up Respondents to the latest "What Do You Think?" column expressed a general lack of concern about adverse effects from Microsoft's settlement with the Federal Government for a variety of reasons. Charley Cullinane View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 04 Jun 2018
- Research & Ideas
Think of it as Professors in Cars Having Coffee
have included divergent takes on such topics as: Ep 16: Is the Job of the Presidency Too Big for One Person to Lead effectively? Moon: “A corporation is designed to enable the company to be led, whereas when you look at the presidency, we've set up a View Details
- 02 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
Where Does Apple Go From Here?
generated during the boom, and since that time, they've continued to lose share. The second problem is related to the underlying economics of one of the core components in the Macintosh—the operating system. The last generation of operating View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Biotech Work as a Business
technologies for drug discovery.) And patients with previously unmet medical needs can now get treatments that were not available before. That should be inspiring, he reminded the audience. Economic frustrations remain, however. Pisano... View Details
- 05 Dec 2012
- What Do You Think?
Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?
with serious consequences to firms and society in general. Annemarie Scholberlev quoted John Kenneth Galbraith, who reminded us of a cause of poor predictions when he said " those employed or self-employed who tell of the future do... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett