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- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
going to open the floor up to all of you. Right over here. Hi. Hunt Duran, section E, 2002. Just a simple question, how much does humor play into being happy? You seem like you're a pretty funny guy. I haven't met too many people who... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
The Levitt Brand
weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
something went wrong, he'll probably tell ten. Before long, everyone has heard a story about someone's bad experience." Putting Out Fires So what about the bad days? The business of preparing and serving food is a source of some of the most memorable, most View Details
Keywords: Hanna, Julia
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Unleashed
crisis. What is cause for celebration or pride or shame. Culture even determines something as fundamental as what is funny. Humor is not a universal truth; it’s a cultural one. For example, a culture challenge at Riot Games was that... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
diversity officer at Zoom, kicked off the programming with a session titled “The Village.” He offered a straightforward, humorous timeline of his career and its challenges, frankly discussing the lack of representation in tech, the value... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
breakthrough, rather than a break from professional advancement. As she discovered, “soft” skills are actually pretty hard, but they can be mastered. As kids demonstrate, we all learn best when having fun. In this book, dozens of essential executive leadership lessons... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
such as GoDaddy, for example, has been very successful using sex appeal and humor to create brand recognition. Now that the brand is well known, says Teixeira, it might benefit from a more direct call to consumers to purchase its... View Details
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
report data from an experiment where subjects in a Willpower Treatment are asked to resist the temptation to join others in watching a humorous video for 10 minutes. In relation to a baseline treatment that does not require willpower, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2024
- News
The Musts of 2024
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. I love these end-of-the-year lists where you can get recommendations from smart people about things that are worth your time and money. It always sets me up really... View Details
- 28 Jun 2024
- News
Honoring Leadership in New York; PRIDE Alumni Share HBS Stories
Association. “What they say runs the gamut from surprising to humorous to really poignant. And students in the audience can ask questions and also share their LGBTQ+ experiences at HBS.” Donaher says this is the fourth year that the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 26 May 2022
- News
Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories
when he started at HBS in 1979, the LGBTQ students’ club was known as “Alternative Executive Lifestyles” and they had to hold meetings off campus, with no formal recognition as a school club. “The younger folks in our audience didn’t know about that, and everyone... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Web
Preface - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
formed much of the collection. Mr. Brunner's love of banking history led him to acquire prints on all aspects of money's influence on mankind. Whether it was a humorous nineteenth century French lithograph of a self satisfied speculator... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
above and beyond than what Mama asked. Fu’s playful humor and bouncy rhythms, set against Julie Kwon’s expressive illustrations, perfectly captures how a plucky daughter’s exuberance and a tired mom come together amidst the beautiful... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
But the question arises: After several boom years, is commercial real estate ripe for another fall? Some insiders joke that any time MBAs pile into a field, it’s a good contrarian indicator. Gallows humor aside, market pros see parallels,... View Details
- 09 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Uncompromising Leadership in Tough Times
generation of workers, just as it did after the Great Depression. Q: Maintaining a professional distance from work, a full life outside of work, and a sense of humor all helped the CEOs in your study. Could you discuss the inevitable... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now
doors, with the belief that they can get away with it. Men supervising the trading floors of Wall Street overlooking raunchy locker room humor by adopting a boys-will-be-boys attitude. Changing that dynamic requires making sure an... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Back to School
had a sense of humor about motherhood. During the pandemic, I sought out stories about people who had survived challenging things. You can discover books through podcasts like mine, newsletters, social media, or just by asking everyone... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
New Ventures New Gains
with whom they can network. “There is a critical mass of alumni who serve as judges, speakers, mentors, funders, and partners,” says Stig Leschly (MBA 1997/JD 1998), a former contest participant and two-time judge. Leschly maintains a sense of View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
schools. We All Leak Eventually: Stories from a Humorously Unbalanced Mind by Larry Castriotta (MBA 1973) (Larry Castriotta) Writing of his life growing up in a small town within a tight, loving family, Castriotta revisits his childhood... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
innovations in auction design. JH: Wilson humorously refers to his Nobel-Prize winning students, who include Milgrom, Al Roth, and Bengt Holmstrom, as “my trifecta.” With that track record, he’s often asked for his secret sauce in... View Details