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- 04 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
Jumpstarting Innovation: Using Disruption to Your Advantage
More importantly, when the CEOs were asked "What's your past level of success in managing significant change?" only 15 percent said they had been "very successful." Another 15 percent... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Books
Business School Press) When he talks about his research on the process, economics, and management of experimentation, Associate Professor Stefan Thomke is fond of quoting Thomas Edison’s notion that “the real measure of success is the... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
Imprint “You are fierce. You are bold. You are unique. You are driven. You are inspiring. YOU ARE A GIRL MOGUL.” As founder and CEO of Mogul, Pham has created one of the most successful platforms for girls... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Advance Racial Equity in the Office
Rice (MBA 1992), CEO and founder of Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT). Unlike the in-your-face brand of first-degree racism, that of the third degree occurs when organizations and institutions fail to weed out the practices that... View Details
- 21 Dec 2017
- News
Finding Opportunities to Grow and Lead
Ilene Lang (MBA 1973) is the former president and CEO of Catalyst, where she worked to promote women in leadership in business and beyond. In this interview she talks about finding and creating opportunities for growth and leadership. “I... View Details
- 13 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology
Jose is piloting livestreaming meetings on Facebook Live, resulting in “twenty times the amount of engagement.” Building on the success of the videos, Henry led a partnership with Box, a cloud file-storage company, to not only archive... View Details
- 20 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
A Time For Opportunity In Food and Agriculture
In the words of David Eisen (MBA 2001), CEO of the rapidly growing vegan food-maker Plant Snacks, “there’s probably nothing more important for your everyday behavior—as a person, and as a steward for your household—than what you consume.... View Details
- 16 Sep 2019
- News
Smarter Farming
Steven Carden (MBA 2003) is CEO of PAMU Farms of New Zealand (formerly Landcorp Farming). In this video, he talks about the changes the organization is going through to adjust for shifting dietary trends and the impact of large-scale... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work
large whiteboard to enable the discussions to mimic those conducted at HBS. By all accounts, the hard work of the organizers paid off. "I congratulate the HBS alumni in Ireland on a very successful program. They have combined 'hands-on'... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
The so-called chicken-and-egg problem is arguably the most discussed and most obvious business dilemma in the sharing economy. Platform providers–like Uber, Airbnb, or Etsy–rely on both consumers and producers to create and sustain a View Details
- 06 Mar 2017
- News
Leading in the Community and the Boardroom
Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972) has gathered many takeaways over a long career that has spanned consulting, the nonprofit sector, and entrepreneurship, but one in particular has had lasting resonance: Success is personal. “It’s easy to get... View Details
- Profile
Michael R. Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg is not your typical entrepreneur. His resume is an astounding mixture of business, political and philanthropic achievement in a career that has crisscrossed so many boundaries that it defies categorization. Having built his company, Bloomberg LP, into... View Details
- 07 Oct 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
How Companies Can Make Up with (Very) Unhappy Customers
for competitors. Tesco’s Stumble into the US MarketUK retailer Tesco was very successful penetrating foreign markets—until it set its sights on the United States. What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from StarbucksWhile... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals
Judy Haberkorn (111th AMP), president of Public and Operator Services at Bell Atlantic, to Pamela A. Thomas-Graham (MBA '88/JD '89), a partner at McKinsey & Company, to Joan Helpern, president and CEO of Joan & David Shoes, the conference... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco
a panel of prominent African-American CEOs and executives. The conference included a session on navigating corporate environments, moderated by Associate Professor David A. Thomas, and a workshop led by Professor Linda A. Hill on... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Semper Fidelis
In April, Tim Day (MBA 1964), chairman and CEO of Bar-S Foods, a processed-meats producer in Phoenix, Arizona, pledged $12 million in support of the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia. Day’s most recent gift, one of... View Details
Marty Blue
Marty Blue is an accomplished Board and Executive Team member with significant leadership experience in technology, automotive, marketplaces, and start-ups. She has a demonstrated history of success in the digital sector and significant... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
continued as a doctoral student at HBS, where he challenged GE CEO Jack Welch in front of uncomfortable first-year MBA students about GE’s investments that, according to Massie, supported South African apartheid. Massie has never been shy... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
forceful keynote address, Earl G. Graves, president and CEO of Earl G. Graves, Ltd., and publisher and CEO of Black Enterprise magazine, observed that a silver anniversary connotes "the blessings of... View Details
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Right from the Start: Common Traps for the New Leader
because they are incapable or outdated, or even wish to mislead. Falling Prey To Successor Syndrome At greatest risk is the new leader hired as second-in-command with the expectation that success will lead to promotion to the top... View Details
Keywords: by Dan Ciampa & Michael D. Watkins