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- Portrait Project
Ryan Fennerty
Every day, as the first rays of light bathed the rooftops of Islamabad, the imam's call would shatter the silence of dawn. And I would awaken. I remember lying in bed, a young child transplanted from Arlington, Virginia, to a foreign... View Details
- Portrait Project
Lee Koffler
arts, so people who have never before entered a concert hall can experience music, dance and drama. I want to find spirituality and to feel alive. In the Joshua Tree, I want to feel the harsh desert silence and walk off into the sand in... View Details
- Portrait Project
Greta Gerazimaite
They knocked. They knocked on their tables loud and clear, as I was trying to put my thoughts into a coherent argument in English and speak in my soft, trembling voice for the first time in front of the professor and 90 students in an Aldrich classroom. I said maybe... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tracy Williams
behind me. My nightmare replayed itself as I struggled to keep him out and he forced his way in. But this time, I fought back and scared him away. These experiences made me into who I am today: a fighter. I will fight for what I believe in. I will be a voice for the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Books
new book, When You Say Yes but Mean No: How Silencing Conflict Wrecks Relationships and Companies and What You Can Do about It, Perlow examines the consequences of avoiding conflict in the workplace. “We often associate conflict with its... View Details
- Portrait Project
Jevan Soo
dissonance, giving songs new texture and depth. I need to encourage rather than silence divergent chords. Who will sing beside me? I'll surround myself with a rich, cacophonous choir. The soprano giggles of children on Saturday mornings.... View Details
- Portrait Project
Ariana Fahrney
It starts out as a giggle, but quickly morphs into some unknown being taking hold of my body. Deep, loud roars of laughter permeate the air. My nose tingles, and soon I find myself unabashedly snorting. Then there is near silence only if... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Guitar Hero
(MBA '79) is a genuine guitar hero. Because of his managerial chops, a legendary American guitar company, once almost silenced by insolvency, has lived to play on. Founded in 1894, the Gibson Guitar Corp. had lately been singing nothing... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- Portrait Project
Ginger Jiang
Our small group was eating dinner at a restaurant in downtown Siem Reap, Cambodia, when the live music suddenly stopped: The drummer of the band had had a seizure. It was in this awful silence – and in the chaos that followed – when I... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Taylor R. M. Keen
leader once said, 'Hold your tongue in youth so that someday with age and maturity you might have something worthwhile to say.' That's the philosophy I follow." The new student who has stunned his classmates into silence is Taylor Keen, a... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
organizations we lead have well-designed programs and policies that support them. For the benefit of our employees and our companies, it’s time to break the silence around caregiving. —Janet Simpson Benvenuti (MBA 1985) is the author of... View Details
- 28 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
weather, an observation about work (“We’ve got quite the agenda for this meeting!”), or even just the day of the week (“Happy Friday!”) After the meeting, follow up one-on-one with a question or to say “thank you.” "GRATITUDE AND PRAISE ARE FREE AND CAN BE A WAY TO... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Turning Point: Living History
something that I really, really felt needed to exist, and in August, we opened on schedule. Since then nearly 500,000 people have visited the museum. Historically, there’s been a veil of silence over Partition—even if people lost... View Details
- 30 Sep 2019
- Book
Book Excerpt: Why a Volume on Race, Work, and Leadership
speak out about experiences of bias (Hewlett, Marshall, & Bourgeois, 2017). Silence about race in the workplace compromises relationships (Phillips, Dumas, & Rothbard, 2018) and work engagement (Hewlett et al., 2017). It also... View Details
- 12 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions
then, the legislation often has been interpreted as a prohibition on any federally-funded gun violence research, as explained in the Journal of the American Medical Association article “Silencing the Silence on Gun Research.” “Lack of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
HBS Shares Their Favorite Books for HR Leaders
comfortable sharing their ideas. Not every idea will be the next big idea, but it’s critical that employees feel safe sharing so that when the big idea comes it won’t be silenced or left uncovered. Human Resources leaders can use... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 May 2021
- Book
Launching a Career in the COVID Economy? Here Are 5 Tips.
weather, an observation about work (“We’ve got quite the agenda for this meeting!”), or even just the day of the week (“Happy Friday!”) After the meeting, follow up one-on-one with a question or to say “thank you.” "Gratitude and praise are free and can be a way to... View Details
Keywords: by Carolyn DiPaolo
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Conducting Business
list in his hand—it must have had our names and backgrounds. He fixed each person with a brief knowing gaze, nodding his head occasionally as if to say to himself, Oh, yes. I see. Farmer. Former Naval officer. Knows absolutely nothing. The View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Green House
and air sealed, there is near silence inside the house. Heating and cooling is provided with nine heating and cooling zones from an ultra-high efficiency air source heat pump system–completing the all-electric house which uses no fossil... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
Memoir, by Anna Wiener The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company, by Robert Iger —Kurt Daniel (MBA 2000) Silence and Beauty: Hidden Faith Born of Suffering, by Makoto Fujimura A reflection on... View Details