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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
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impact in a way he hadn’t in his last job. He likes to tell the story of being at a social event not long ago when a young child, maybe 10 years old, approached him. “He reached out to me and said, ‘Mr. Williams, I just want to thank you... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 10 Sep 2020
- Research & Ideas
The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot
the core, and pivot to new opportunities. We provide a top-level overview of major topics and ideas relevant to each concept. We hope you are interested in engaging in further research about any topics that resonate with you and your company. LEADING IN TIMES OF... View Details
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
to understand is not always easy French mathematician Blaise Pascal famously wrote, “Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.” Loosely translated: “I have written a long letter because I didn’t have time to write... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Blog Post
The Making of An Internship: Impact
an API for merchants and fulfillers. All three stories represent examples of how organizations and HBS students can work together to create a lasting impact in a short period of time. View Video View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Investing in Career Switchers - Cyril Straughn-Turner & Invesco US
Straughn-Turner is engaging with senior leaders within Invesco about opportunities to make Dallas more inclusive. After graduation, he looks forward to coming back to Texas and contributing to this important work. Bringing Career Switchers to Your Organization... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001)
I graduated from Harvard Business School at the tail end of the dot-com bubble and was fortunate to join Goldman Sach’s high-tech investment banking group after graduation. However, the bubble burst got me, and I was laid off for a short... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 27 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
Learning the Language of Product at Duolingo
tests live at once. I analyzed the results (success!) and am proud to know that we’ll be launching both features permanently. In just a few short weeks, the solutions I proposed are now part of the app for millions of people across the... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 14 Jul 2023
- Blog Post
Building a Culture of Awareness and Accountability in your Organization
clear numbers, clear benchmarks, and clear metrics.” Set the Tone as Leaders Anti-racism work needs to happen at all levels of an organization, but the tone should be set from the top. Leaders need to take an active role in both acknowledging where they have fallen... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
ultimately, it fell short on criteria #3 and #4. After many conversations with fellow classmates and HBS CPD, I decided to recruit for consulting – a career option that I had completely brushed off prior. I realized that working at a... View Details
Keywords: Energy / Cleantech
- 11 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Kel Jackson, MBA 2019: "[My Job] Matters. I Didn't Want a Role that Would Box Me In."
“The short answer is that I wanted more,” he says. “I was in a field where there wasn’t a lot of advancement in the near term. I felt that I had leadership potential but didn’t have a clear path with how to develop it.” “HBS was always... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 05 Oct 2017
- Blog Post
Working as a Software Engineer in Industrial Technology
imagination. Tell us about your summer internship experience?My internship experience was nothing short of incredible. I debated doing a more traditional role in product management for the summer, but ultimately decided to stick to a... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 25 Apr 2018
- Blog Post
Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree
generous GO: Africa Fellowship that encourages MBAs to work on the continent post-graduation, the new Doing Business in Africa elective course, or the “Africa Rising” short intensive program that was offered in January 2018 in which 30... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
keenly interested in professional development, but they are also less loyal in the traditional sense, ready to jump ship when their employers fail to meet expectations. Yet too many companies are falling short in their efforts to recruit... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Elevator Pitch: Forget Me Not
Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Charlie Greene (MBA 2021) Cofounder and CEO, Remento Concept: Remento helps families collect and preserve the stories of loved ones. An annual subscription allows users to upload photos and select prompts for the... View Details
- 05 Apr 2020
- News
Launching in a World in Limbo
launch, the New York Times chronicled Whitman and Katzenberg’s challenging third act in a story called, “Two Veteran C.E.O.s Risk $1.8 Billion on a Streaming App. In a Pandemic.” Both led some of the biggest companies in the U.S. before... View Details
- 07 Nov 2007
- Op-Ed
How Marketing Hype Hurt Boeing and Apple
afficionistas who love all things Apple. Slight problem: the 787 was already behind on its production schedule, with multiple parts suppliers falling short of their delivery targets. Should Boeing have backed off its much-hyped coming out... View Details
- 27 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
HBS Latino Student Association Spotlight: Anna Ohanian (MBA 2025)
class was assigned to read a compilation of short stories by Gabriel García Márquez titled “Strange Pilgrims.” These stories depicted Latinos across the world who shared one... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
Excerpt: Sweet Returns Jeffrey Chokel’s (MBA 1970) new book, Lessons Learned After Harvard Business School: Wisdom Shared by the Class of 1970, includes the stories of 132 of his classmates, which the former Harbus editor collected over... View Details
- 16 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #9: Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design
Climate Stories Episode #9 – Shelly Xu (MBA 2021) Reducing Waste Through Beautiful Design In our first few months, Climate Stories have focused on cars, buildings, electricity, solar farms, green jobs, war... View Details