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way it did in other countries. That’s largely due to the predominant culture of lifetime employment, which ties workers to a single company and values years of service more than the development of skills.... View Details

Keywords: Michelle Cassidy; recruitment; demographics; Japan

18 Jul 2023
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The First Five Years: Brooke Biederman (MBA 2019)

challenging part? It’s been a joy to chart the direction of a new commercial venture. Starting from the business equivalent of tabula rasa has been extremely invigorating. Some would say launching an entertainment production company... View Details

Keywords: Robert Bochnak

01 Dec 2023
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Thinking Ahead

gone down. We’ve seen some odd behavior in venture capitalists trying to revalue a company they’ve already backed. There also are companies raising lots of money without much traction—in that sense, it’s... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Illustrations by Chris Gash; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

Kim at Seoul’s government-built Hoehyeon “Citizens’ Apartments.” Opened in 1970, it stands as a reminder of a Korea from a very different era. Like so many South Koreans of a certain age, Michael ByungJu Kim (MBA 1990) lives in a country where the past lingers,... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographs by Jun Michael Park; private equity; fiction; financial crisis; leadership; Korea

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his perch as global head of human... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Government

01 Sep 2023
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Action Plan: In Context

microculture doesn’t necessarily work in another one,” she explains. “The way to really crack the etiquette code is to crack the code of each microculture.” In other words, etiquette means something different with your work colleagues than with your friends. In 2018, a... View Details

Keywords: April White; communication; manners; business; entrepreneurship; China; human behavior

12 Feb 2024
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Dale LeFebvre to Receive Horatio Alger Award

excelled, earning an internship with Senator Edward Kennedy, and later graduating with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. After graduating from MIT, he joined McKinsey & Company as one of the first MIT graduates to be hired as... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

06 Jul 2023
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Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

streaming product available for over 20 years on mlb.com. And so we actually have a real rich culture of innovation on the business side as well, not just on, on the on-field side. And so we really strive to, to innovate. DM: I just want... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala, MBA 1987

of companies today is involved in almost every sector of the Philippine economy, with major holdings that include Ayala Land, the Bank of the Philippine Islands, Globe Telecom, and Manila Water. Zobel says that future challenges include... View Details

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Is a Four-Day Week the Future of Work?

How to Set Up — and Learn — from Experiments

‘Workcations’ Aren’t an Escape. They’re Practice.

The Ordinary Heroes of the Taj Hotel

Begin with Trust

The One Thing You Should Be Doing At The Beginning of Every Meeting

Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace

How Japan’s Recruit Holdings Regained Trust after a Scandal

Clean desks kill creativity

The Language of Global Success: How a Common Tongue Transforms Multinational Organizations

Radical Transparency Can Reduce Bias — but Only If It’s Done Right

In My Humble Opinion: Career Change