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- 29 Apr 2025
- News
Challenge Accepted
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Nietzsche said it first: What doesn’t kill me makes me stronger. There’s a reason that saying has legs, nearly 140 years later. We all, at some point... View Details
- 01 Jan 2009
- News
Kathryn E. Giusti, MBA 1985
legal expertise of her identical twin sister, Karen, could be used to make a difference. Together they founded the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation in 1998 with the goal of speeding the development of new treatments and, one day,... View Details
- 27 Jul 2022
- News
High Flyer
planted on the ground. Alejandro Montagna (MBA 1996) is a different case entirely. As a skydiver and extreme wingsuit pilot, relaxation for him means traveling at speeds in excess of 170 miles per hour while thousands of feet in the air.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2018
- News
Skydeck Live: The Science of a Meaningful Life
air speed and drag, and the plane will fly no problem. But the bad thing that happened is that as this fan blade detached, it hit another fan blade. And as it hit that second fan blade, it hit it at exactly the wrong angle of incidence... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Natural Fit
Patty in the foothills of Park City, Utah, home base for US Ski & Snowboard At the age of 18, Anouk Patty (MBA 1997) was in an enviable position, or so it seemed. In addition to gaining acceptance at Dartmouth College, Patty’s speed and... View Details
- 09 Jul 2024
- News
On Balance
at 22.8 percent. That figure has consistently fallen since 2013 but, “at the current rate of change, we won’t close the gender pay gap for 25 years,” observes Wooldridge. “We need to speed things up.” Likewise, the proportion of women in... View Details
- 21 Feb 2017
- News
Wilson Claims Title of Fastest American Solo Sailor
IV, Wilson launched his 27,480-mile singlehanded trek from Les Sables d’Olonne on November 6, finishing with an elapsed time of 107 days 48 minutes 18 seconds, sailing at an average speed of 10.7 knots. At 66 years old, Wilson was the... View Details
Keywords: Vendee Globe
- 09 Apr 2016
- News
Introducing Panera 2.0
As Panera Bread opens its 2,000 location, founder and CEO Ron Shaich (MBA 1978) is preparing to launch Panera 2.0, the company’s ambitious plan to use technology to speed up the ordering process and enhance delivery options. Shaich tells... View Details
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Four Professors to Retire
technical person - whom I call a 'maestro' - to help find the solution. As the CEOs get up to speed on the technology, they suddenly begin to see the opportunities that computer systems provide by integrating across functions that create... View Details
Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Stem Cell Man
Last year, Brock Reeve (MBA ’88) was named executive director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute to bring his managerial and diplomatic skills to bear on achieving organizational cohesion and help speed laboratory innovations to market.... View Details
- 02 Feb 2023
- News
Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?
simulate it, which means, on the computer, you would launch a golf ball at it and watch it come off. And the simulation program would measure the speed the golf ball was moving at, its spin, all that. And it would give you a really good... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Blockbuster Deals
driving the M&A; boom of the 1990s is companies' need - in response to today's highly competitive global economy - for both speed and brawn. Firms must be imposing enough in terms of size and resources to hold their own in the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
HBS Addresses Racial Equity
emphasize that our new Dean, Srikant Datar, is deeply committed to these efforts. He made this clear in his first comments to the community on the day his deanship was announced, saying, “We must act with speed and urgency to advance... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
climate change and income inequality. They also learn how to drive change at their own companies. One student credits the program with completely changing his perspective: “I feel like a new person, with a new thought process, driven by purpose.” View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
“start-ups are about speed to market. You get in there and learn and react quickly.” Kaplan grew up immersed in the plus-size retail world of the Lane Bryant chain, founded over a century ago by his great-grandmother Lena H. Bryant and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
capacity, effective treatments, a vaccine. These investments are necessary to save lives, first and foremost. But the scale and speed of these investments in public health also have tremendous economic implications, because we can’t truly... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books
unposted openings, discussing salaries, and how getting recognition for accomplishments can lead to promotions and pay increases. The book’s case studies and expert contributions provide many examples and recommendations to manage stress and make the search process... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Case Study: Inside Story
Optimize for Speed The competitive and customer context can be critical in deciding whether to go big quickly or be scrappy. Is the customer ready for your vision? Do you understand their needs well, and have you built the solution to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Career Peak
and 47 minutes—29 minutes faster than any woman before her. The record she hasn’t broken—yet: The original objective was to break the speed record from the park entrance to the Aconcagua summit as part of an all-woman team. “I’m going to... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 1996
- News
1996 Global Alumni Conference Probes "Information Revolution"
speed of these changes, observing, "Nobody on the organizing committee had any idea, when the planning for this conference began several years ago, how central concepts such as interconnectivity and the Internet would be by the time we... View Details
Keywords: Daniel Penrice