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- 01 Sep 2023
- News
That Was Then, This Is Now
It started with a question. But before that, it started in the classroom. Tony Deifell (MBA 2002) loved the discussions in his LEAD course, taught by Professor (and now former Dean) Nitin Nohria; wanting to make them more tangible, Deifell adapted the idea of... View Details
- 14 Mar 2018
- Research & Ideas
Feeling Stressed? Try Sniffing Your Romantic Partner's Shirt
published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. “Many people wear their partner’s shirt, or they sleep on their partner’s side of the bed when they’re away; I was interested in whether there was any benefit to those... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 21 Mar 2019
- HBS Case
The Ferrari Way
opportunity to test drive one of Ferrari’s cars. “He drove it for a few hours and couldn’t sleep that night.” Despite its legendary success at defining its brand, it is also a company confronting modern realities. After nearly 80 years of... View Details
- Portrait Project
Siddhartha Yog
Touch the lives of others; stand shoulder to shoulder with my brothers battle for which I believe; be determined to achieve outwit and outpace; but with dignity and grace never waver from what is right (and get to sleep well at night). Be... View Details
- 15 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
An Average Day at HBS
part of my weekend to catch up on some much needed sleep before starting the week all over again. Besides sleep, the weekend is truly yours to do as you please. For the most part, I try to reserve Sunday afternoon/evening to get started... View Details
- 16 Nov 2010
- News
The HBS Tunnels
startled by coming across homeless people sleeping in the Weeks footbridge tunnel. If you remember some facet of tunnel life not mentioned here, by all means tell us about it. Many thanks from an innocuous tunnel interloper. View Details
Keywords: Keith Larson
- 04 Jun 2020
- Book
It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward
periods of low trust. Everyone, it turns out, has a wobble. We also all have a driver where we’re rock solid, one that stays strong and steady in our interactions with others, regardless of the circumstances. One of the three trust drivers rarely lets us down, even if... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
conversations about layoffs and pay cuts we discussed in The Founder’s Journey course at HBS weren’t theoretical anymore. I wasn’t sleeping at night.” Scrambling for another small business–oriented tech startup idea—one that might take... View Details
- Portrait Project
Soley Olafsson
member who missed my college graduation as they attended treatment programs for substance abuse. I spent many nights sleeping on a hospital bench, as my significant other was getting treatment for leukemia. Not all of it was forced upon... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Again and Again
quickly. Within a few days, new parents have a sleep ritual with their baby, which might be: Sing this song, turn the lights to this level, read this book, then get this stuffed animal, and use the lucky swaddle. We don’t think of them as... View Details
- Portrait Project
Neda Navab
grandmother Rose acted out in defiance. She would regularly go to sleep early, leaving only a cold dinner to greet my grandfather Ali after his long day of labor on an Iranian cotton plantation. On their first anniversary, Rose awoke to... View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
to the point of paranoia, and so can organizations—building fortresses so strong they have trouble learning about and relating to customers and investors. Likewise, individuals can become so obsessed with learning that they forget to eat or View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- Portrait Project
Phil Black
5-year plan (pre-HBS) start a business with two HBS classmates grow sales to $500 million in first three years IPO within 5 years get on cover of Entrepreneurship magazine with cofounders repeat sleep (optional) Revised 5-year plan... View Details
- Portrait Project
Brian Kreiter
servant. I will pray to be husband, parent, and friend. I will not confuse the two. I will never settle, nor be consumed by greener grass. I will leave no path of carnage in my wake. I will have nothing to hide. I will balance artistic, domestic, intellectual,... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
How Hormones Foretell Whether People Will Cheat
any favors when we panic about our own goals. Freaked out because you smoked a cigarette after vowing to quit? The resultant cortisol boost may induce you cheat on your vow further, and sneak another one. Losing sleep because you cheated... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
appropriately during your HBS journey and having children/being pregnant adds another layer of complexity. Sleep deprivation is real, especially when they are really little, when they get sick, or when they are teething. Ultimately it... View Details
- 21 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
How to Predict if a New Business Idea is Any Good
In 2008, entrepreneur Brian Chesky and his two San Francisco roommates made the rounds of Silicon Valley VC firms with what they thought was a great idea: a website and mobile app that would allow homeowners to open their homes to strangers to View Details
- 12 Dec 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Clocky, the Runaway Alarm Clock
lots of hands go up. Over time they end up developing a negative emotion to that alarm clock. What's outwardly a low-impact $10 commitment is actually the source of deep feelings because sleep is so central to our lives." (According... View Details
- 14 Feb 2019
- Blog Post
LOVE At HBS
promised my sleeping baby that I would always love him and that I would strive to be the best version of myself. He deserved a father like that. Then came the sleepless nights, the public temper tantrums, the constant messes and endless... View Details
- Profile
Magashe Ngoepe
forward, always safe, and always sure we would get to our end destination Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My mother. She completed several degrees while raising a family. We always went to sleep well fed,... View Details