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- 05 Jun 2017
- News
Women on Boards: A Course Becomes a Movement
new skills that boards should be developing for issues such as digital or cyber security,” she says. “And now I have a clear and personal action plan for moving forward, including what career choices I... View Details
Keywords: Margaret Kelley
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
seat. Campaign spending on both sides has flowed freely. As of mid-October, Edwards had raised about $2.8 million to Taylor’s $1.9 million, according to the New York Times. About half of Edwards’s contributions came from political action... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
finding allies in several HBS professors bolstered my confidence to take the leap. When I graduated, I had nothing but a business plan and the $3,000 pitch prize. Then came the $25,000 HBS fellowship in 2009. Today, we are a $3 million... View Details
- 27 Jul 2017
- News
Seeing a Way Forward
improvements and concrete action plans that were designed to improve patient conversion and timelines, from diagnosis to treatment,” Leger explains. “The project led to fewer required patient visits, better... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2015
argues that it is not the business plan but the personality behind it that counts. Behind the Mask: Embrace Risk and Dare to Be Better by Don Hastings (MBA 1953) and Leslie Anne Hastings (Xlibris) In this memoir, Hastings relates how, as... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
Street’s outsize pay packages “shameful,” especially for companies in need of federal bailouts. Such pay, he said, is “exactly the kind of disregard for the costs and consequences of their actions that brought about this crisis — a... View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
the country and found there is currently greater support for government taking swift action to address the problem.” The panel then explored investment strategies and how business leaders consider climate change in long-term strategic... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
the IMF, World Bank, finance ministers, and ambassadors. By night, he would grab a couple of hours of sleep on his aunt's sofa because he didn't have time to find an apartment of his own. A planned ninety-day stint stretched into many... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
experiences with systemic racism. In late June, the NCF plans to announce its second round of grants, totaling $2 million, to community groups across the Commonwealth. See more from the online-only June Alumni Bulletin Impact section’s... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Path to Economic Revival
thoughtful approach about manufacturing and think about, as Gary said, the longer-term implications of their actions for their companies as well as for the countries in which they operate. Pisano: One of our key messages is to get... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Leadership on a Global Stage
will become an annual event. Jefferson, a 1988 West Point graduate and former captain in the Special Forces, planned to stay in the military as long as he was “serving with elite units and enjoying being in the Army.” A training accident... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 19 Jan 2023
- News
Forged in Fire
answers. But fortunately my friends came around me and supported me during this difficult period; my boss did as well. And I came through that. But what I learned from that is I was always planning for the future. You got to realize life... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
hardest assignments. He drafted plans to institute new military regulations, to reform the inspector general's office, and—most remarkably—to reorganize the entire army . Despite his emotional insecurities, he had total confidence in his... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
From Das’s Desk
As I write this, it has been a year since our world changed because of the pandemic. In March 2020, our Alumni Relations staff were busily planning the upcoming spring reunions, a cohort of alumni had just arrived on campus to attend our... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
takes seven barrels of water to produce a barrel of beer; MillerCoors has gotten that down to 3.5 with plans to reduce to 2.8. “At a high level, we’re addressing water use in our breweries, but also taking a step back [to address water]... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
best innovations: Find and fill an important unmet customer need. Plan for profitability. Strive for sustainability. Establish credibility. Gather necessary resources. Lead and manage effectively. Maintain balance and learn to enjoy the... View Details
- 19 Aug 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details
- 15 Sep 2020
- News
How To Make Diversity a Reality
together a team—a very capable team, like you would if you were launching a new product—who will be focused on designing a plan and a strategy around how are you going to make these improvements and how you're going to do it at scale. And... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Books
smart can be even more important than working hard." HBS Press Books in Brief Leading the Revolution, by Gary Hamel, offers an action plan -- indeed, an incendiary device -- for any company or individual... View Details
- 20 Dec 2019
- News
The 19 Musts of 2019
Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells “This book is a beautifully written call to action that instantaneously absorbed me into a world that I was not, but should have been, familiar with. It simultaneously made me feel powerless... View Details