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- 20 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
directly for the Chief Business Officer, and remote. However, after a few weeks, I realized that the ambiguity that often comes with startups did not fit my learning style; I needed more structure and guidance. In addition, I realized that being View Details
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The True Costs of Gig Work | Working Knowledge
money, exhibit very different spending behavior. The gig economy exploded with the COVID-19 pandemic, technological advances, and the rise of remote work. With inflation predicted to rise amid a turbulent economy, some people might opt to... View Details
- 23 Apr 2018
- News
Sowing the Seeds of Leadership
logistics of running a university based in a remote location. “It takes over two hours to drive to the city of San José when we need to meet with bankers, government officials, or lawyers,” explains Condo, who averages two days a week on... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza
date and found herself drawn back to making her own music. “I had never done it though, so I turned to my brother for help coaching me through the process of writing my own songs,” she said. While working remotely for BCG by day, Mendoza... View Details
- 16 Nov 2020
- Blog Post
Flatiron School: Reflections from Summer 2020
In the summer of 2020, HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) partnered with Flatiron School to provide students with an opportunity to gain practical skills, statistics fundamentals, and real-life data science project experience. This full-time, intensive... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 04 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #16: Tim Murdoch, HBS MBA 1990 – Learning about Climate Change and Water
pleasure. Some 75 years ago, Tim’s grandfather began spending summers in a remote section of Ontario, Canada. He homesteaded a three-acre island for $90 in the Upper French River and built a house on the property, which was and remains... View Details
- 28 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni
Leadership Fellows Program offered clear guidance on the expected cadence of the work and when to expect periods of high pressure or long hours. With clear expectations, she felt more prepared to navigate the role as a professional with diverse abilities. Seeking out... View Details
- 12 Jun 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs
of companies operate, investors can give helpful insight around people and culture. You can ask how to work through team challenges, enhance your company culture, or even how to make remote teams work. If they’re not the experts in these... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Austin
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
stay. For instance, the pervasiveness of remote work, the reduction in business travel will be longer-term contributors to reduce CO2. Potentially people being more comfortable cooking at home—cooking more plant-based meals at home could... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
environment, however, was not familiar to the typical MBA. Based in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha, Lu spent half of her time in an office on a street she shared with roving chickens and cows and the other half traveling to field sites located in even more View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
for learning about what works in digital health. Recently, we have witnessed developments that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago. In the United States, we have seen massive expansions in insurance coverage for View Details
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- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Responding to COVID-19 in early 2020 was an exercise in crisis leadership. In 2021, the pandemic feels like a painful marathon that will never end. The rapidly spreading virus forced a precipitous shift to remote work at many companies,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
for the AI age. The World Is Your Office: How Work from Anywhere Boosts Talent, Productivity, and Innovation By Prithwiraj Choudhury, Lumry Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School Harvard Business Review Press As the debate around View Details
- 28 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Six Lessons from Mobile Money Ventures in Developing Countries
launched a mobile money service, eZ Pay, only 13,000 customers signed up. The CBSL later allowed customers to register without having a bank account and also allowed for remote customer registration through a mobile phone. With these... View Details
- 12 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
“customer,” the resident in the City,” says Pasricha. Planning for the Future Pasricha has been working remotely since March 10. As a practical matter, she advises, “Buy a good set of headphones – you’re going to be on calls all day.” At... View Details
- 04 Jun 2018
- Blog Post
How to Create a Presence Without Being Present
many organizations, maintaining a real presence on campus may not be a realistic possibility. Some organizations may be too physically remote to visit; others simply cannot spread themselves thin across multiple campus locations. And... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 18 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Innovating in the Hot Market of Cold Brew
remote now, in different parts of the country. Olivia’s apartment has become a 3D printing factory (we’re up to three 3D printers in her childhood bedroom), running almost 24/7. Our testing has gone virtual, with face-to-face interviews... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
When Sebastian Giwa (MBA 2009) joined Singularity University's Global Solutions Program in the summer of 2012, he was accepted based on his ideas of how distance learning and remote work—both rarities at that point—could reshape... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 28 Apr 2020
- Blog Post
The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership
“customer,” the resident in the City,” says Pasricha. Planning for the Future Pasricha has been working remotely since March 10. As a practical matter, she advises, “Buy a good set of headphones – you’re going to be on calls all day.” At... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
time with their children. From an environmental impact standpoint, a good number of the roles that we place have some sort of remote work, so we’re saving commuting time and getting cars off the road.” Prokanga is also in the rigorous... View Details