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- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up on the Green Roof
ROOFTOP GARDEN: HBS project manager Kevin Ruby surveys Shad Hall’s newly planted perennials. Photographs by Neal Hamberg When it came time to replace the leaky roof on Shad Hall — runners joked of dodging buckets placed on the indoor track to catch ceiling drips — the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Transforming Baker Library
that restored Mellon Hall. The project gained momentum in the late spring with the precisely orchestrated migration of library materials and over two hundred people from the building. As of July 2, Baker Library was empty, and the construction View Details
- 22 Nov 2013
- News
A Passion for Film
d'Arbeloff didn't consider that he could actually work in the film business until he got a job at Lotus Development in Cambridge, Massachusetts, after college. "I was making a lot of training materials and interactive demonstration disks; and the internal film View Details
- 14 May 2009
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Teams
not underestimate or ignore undesired results. How Can Individual Performers Be Developed Into Team Players? HBS Cases: When Good Teams Go Bad Know when teamwork doesn't work—and how to fix it. Professors Jeff Polzer and Scott Snook teach "The Army View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 11 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Place at HBS
with my peers discussing ways to tackle a problem or polishing our entries for a pitch competition. The camaraderie among my i-lab crew lasts to this day, as we congratulate and commiserate with one another throughout our entrepreneurial... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A CEO Goes Undercover
a new industry. Weeks later, even while struggling to learn some new task in the wee hours of the morning, I would realize what an incredible experience this had become. I went incognito at four of our properties. The cover story was that the film View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
completing the Northwest Passage, and finally the North Pacific, which he did during the 2016 Clipper Round the World Yacht Race as a crew member on the 70-foot Visit Seattle). Those journeys proved both physically and mentally... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Back at the Ranch
The summer training program at Bear Hug Cattle Company starts truly at square one. “The first day is about teaching the guys how to just be out here and not die,” says lead instructor Zach Aguilar, gazing out from under his broad-brimmed hat to the grassy rangelands of... View Details
- 30 Nov 2019
- News
Land of the Rising Scrum
Boys are working to recruit younger alumni ruggers to continue the tradition. “We are getting old and at 65-80 aren’t going to move around that well for much longer,” said Rush. “We need the younger people to get involved in this.” But for the immediate future this... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Oct 1996
- News
Sherman Baldwin: Leadership under Fire
Baldwin (known by the radio call sign "Tank") was on the aircraft carrier USS Midway in the Persian Gulf, flying 45 combat missions over Iraq in Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch. As the pilot of an EA-6B Prowler, he led a crew... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
How Technological Disruption Changes Everything
to do the work of the US Department of Justice. Already the software powerhouse's dominant position is being eaten away by thousands of companies who are faster, more responsive, and offer a level of customization that Bill Gates' crew... View Details
- 05 Jul 2011
- News
The Business of Champions
more visible — lessons than do other endeavors is subject to debate. (Popular HBS cases include ones about Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski, the West Point crew team, and the NFL’s New England Patriots.) Still, Bruins fans can be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
sport, and the comradeship generated among teammates. I actually have my own boys-in-the-boat story. Twenty years after the University of Washington team won its gold medal in the 1936 Olympics, I was the coxswain of the Yale crew that... View Details
- 18 Nov 2013
- News
Diving into the 'Shark Tank'
There's makeup, hair, crew working on lighting, testing the sound. All of that is happening. And you don't have a moment to compose yourself. Then you hear: "5. 4. 3. 2. 1." Then you have to walk down a long hallway to try and deliver a... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
12-month contracts, where the lessor pays for fuel and insurance and the owner pays for the crew (about $6,000 a day), along with maintenance and depreciation expenses. Owners charter their ships for an average of 357 days a year, docking... View Details
- 02 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Most Popular Stories 2007
forecasting, consumer spending habits, and effective store layout. HBS Cases: When Good Teams Go Bad Know when teamwork doesn't work—and how to fix it. Professors Jeff Polzer and Scott Snook teach "The Army Crew Team" case and... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
John Read
background — is to simplify the way in which we deliver our mission by streamlining business processes. Why is diversity so important? If the transformative experience takes place in the company of a crew that is as diverse as the society... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Five Honored for Missions Accomplished
Astronaut, Apollo 13 Lovell Read complete profile. In 1970 the world watched as Commander James Lovell and his crew scrambled to convert their lunar module into a lifeboat when their cryogenic oxygen system failed. It was Lovell who... View Details
- 13 Jan 2020
- Blog Post
Blending my Tech and Managerial Mindsets
ground crew went above and beyond to selflessly help her navigate swiftly through the airport. When we returned to Boston, I searched the alumni network for people in the airline and sent them an email with the story. They were delighted... View Details
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various stages of tea processing in villages in China and Japan are featured in a series of albumen prints and one photograph album. Tea cultivation was a part of Chinese culture for more than three centuries. Images illustrate the crews... View Details