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- 11 Jun 2015
- News
A personal mission to serve veterans
Maura Sullivan (MBA 2009) served as assistant secretary for public and intergovernmental affairs at the US Department of Veterans Affairs in 2014-15, where she helped to correct mismanagement problems that plagued the agency. “I can’t View Details
- 16 Sep 2021
- News
Dean Datar on Design Thinking and Innovative Problem Solving
“It causes us to approach problems using earlier, traditional approaches. In an innovation context, however, cognitive fixedness prevents us from imagining new possibilities.” After an overview, McGinnis leads a Q-and-A about Datar’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
questions, presenting unique strategies and concrete steps useful for handling the growing number of giants in our personal and professional lives. The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America’s Most View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
South Africa Explorer
South Africa Explorer: January 2005 South Africa photos See our photo archive of past Alumni Travel programs Imagine spending New Year’s Eve in the bush of South Africa, tables decked out in white linen, dinner cooked over an open fire... View Details
- 18 Apr 2018
- News
Into the Light
More than 1.2 billion people worldwide live without access to electricity. Another 2 billion have limited electricity, just a few hours of often unreliable power a day. “It’s really hard for most of us to imagine a life without... View Details
- 04 Feb 2022
- News
Hour by Hour
$1,000 per permanent hire by bypassing recruitment, background checks, and training. It has also helped hourly employees pick up extra work. “You can imagine that if you’re a store manager, you want somebody who’s familiar with your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Giving Tree
When he established an MBA student fellowship in 1979, William H. Draper III (MBA 1954) probably didn’t imagine the head count of student beneficiaries would eventually climb to 78—a number large enough to lose track of when asked about... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Apr 2008
- News
The Next Harvard Square? Really?
checking out a 1997 Nissan Maxima or a 1998 Volvo wagon, imagine what was being said about the car’s many virtues, and mentally coach the prospective buyer. (Sure, it’s shiny and red, but don’t even think about that convertible!) Here in... View Details
- 07 Aug 2019
- News
Step Right In
Photo via TechCrunch Photo via TechCrunch David Askaryan (MBA 2015) has built a virtual reality experience called the Museum of Future Experiences (MoFE), that is elevating VR to a whole new level: Imagine a blend of immersive theater and... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Hit Radio Show and HBS Alumni Help Young Classical Musicians
When you think of kids and music these days, it’s easier to imagine Chopin and Elgar spinning in their graves than getting any airtime. But move over, J.Lo — a classical music radio show, driven by youthful performers and listeners, is... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
A Roundabout Path
Friedlander’s time at HBS and he’s enjoyed meeting members of the donor family and expressing his appreciation for their support. (photo by Susan Young) “Because of this assistance, I can imagine myself doing something that involves risk,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Lego Stays on Script
interlocking bricks and figures: “He was talking to himself and telling stories. He had a much bigger adventure in his head than what was physically in front of him. I realized it would touch people universally if we could make a movie that captured the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
Returns is a way for me to state my deep conviction that any organization, even a tax collection agency, can serve its stakeholders at higher levels than it ever imagined — if its leaders resolutely and passionately set out to do so. What... View Details
- 01 Jul 2018
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
to build a world-class faculty by attracting and developing outstanding junior faculty members. Building on our amazing fellowship program, we can do more to make the School accessible to students with tremendous leadership potential who may otherwise never have View Details
- 09 Jun 2011
- News
The Tycoons, HBS's First A Cappella Group
The Tycoons in 1950 Songs Sung by the 1957 Tycoons: Money We Love the Ladies All the Things You Are My Fair Lady Medley Lydia, the Tattooed Lady Imagination Ugly Chile Princess Papuli Honey Teasin' Medley Sunshine Girl (Quartet) Subway... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Research Brief: May I Ask Your Advice?
online lab studies and a field experiment, all of which confirmed that asking for feedback produces more vague and limited responses, while asking for advice results in forward-thinking and actionable input. The difference boils down to mindset: judging past... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
Tamin Pechet (MBA 2007) founded and manages a platform of firms that support and invest in innovative water and infrastructure resources. He is CEO of Upwell, chairman of Imagine H2O, and founder of Banyan Water. In this interview, he... View Details
- 17 Dec 2015
- News
A Bridge to the Future
been able to come back together and sit in the place where we started this whole journey with the people who made it so interesting and transformative. I can’t imagine not having had this opportunity.” View Details
- 11 Jan 2019
- News
Case Study: Beating Bias
establishing an audience, then adding targeted ads and affiliate marketing, Patel aims to build a “commenting platform 2.0,” he says: Media companies could license the product to enable more robust user-generated discussion within the body of any given news article.... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
New MBA Leadership Course
class.” Paine and the other LCA faculty members will teach the course again next year. She describes creating the course as like planning a long trip. “You spend a lot of time thinking about your itinerary and imagining different... View Details