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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
improvement science that emphasizes rapid cycles of small-scale change. Their finding that an accumulation of small changes can add up to significant gains is leading the way for health-care reform that is just as revolutionary as its legislative equivalent. — View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Derek Ferguson
Derek T. Ferguson (MBA 1990) could be mistaken for a minister by fellow commuters on the train from Connecticut to Manhattan. Yet his calling is not to the pulpit, but to the midtown headquarters of Bad Boy Worldwide Entertainment Group,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Finding a Balance
career-oriented case that lends itself to helping students set up for interviews. And yet it touched the hearts and minds of students, which is very gratifying.” — JULIA HANNA View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011)
INTO THE BLUE: Virts, poised for a space-walk training session in the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory near Johnson Space Center. (Photos by NASA) An astronaut with NASA since 2000, Terry Virts (GMP 11, 2011) piloted the space shuttle... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004)
(photo by Christina Gandolfo) Growing up in Bristol, England, I went to a very strict private boys’ school. But when I was 10 years old, my father took me on a trip to Los Angeles. Even though I was a child, I intuitively understood the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
Facing Ambiguity
controls, guidelines, and training that could be put in place to improve safety. “Risk and error will never go away,” Edmondson reflects. “But we can do better. There’s a lot of room for improvement.” — Julia View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Urban Renewal
photo by Christina Gandolfo photo by Christina Gandolfo Dan Rosenfeld (MBA 1979) witnessed the birth of the modern environmental movement while growing up in Portland, Oregon, an experience that has shaped... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Easy Rider
are always evolving.” Retail 101: “One of my longest-held jobs as a teenager was working in the menswear department at the local Sears. We all wore shirts and ties and knew our customers by name. Tough to watch it close, and a great... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Digging Deep
Above: Pieper, shovel-ready in Moab, Utah (photo by Vance Jacobs) On a wintry day three years ago, Susan Pieper (MBA 1992) watched her son, a devoted snowboarder, build jumps in the backyard of their Jackson, Wyoming, home, trashing a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 22 Oct 2018
- News
Capital Murder
that he wrote emails for work. But what she’d said planted a seed that would become The Perfect Candidate, a young adult thriller published this month by Simon and Schuster that centers on Cameron Carter, a recent high school graduate who... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
and that we still need to get around,” he notes. “When commodity prices are kept low, we have a tendency to think these things are unimportant and uninteresting, but that’s never been true.” Greater transparency may be brought about through the introduction of carbon... View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Net Positive
At LOVB, designing a “community-up” volleyball ecosystem, from youth teams to a professional league. (photo by Melissa Golden) Volleyball is the number-one sport for girls in the United States by... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Tracking a Turnaround
when I walk in, so I guess they think I did reasonably well.” So it seems does the medical center’s board, which recently renewed Levy’s contract. — Julia Hanna View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Assets: These Little Piggies
the foreground, given by a former Monitor colleague: “He and I made transoceanic flights dozens of times. The rolling pig just behind it was from a client who teased me about how much the story had traveled, hence the wheels. The piggy... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Origin Story: Ricky Cordova (MS/MBA 2025)
at Brooke High School in Boston.” Must read: Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, by Caroline Criado Perez Must eat: “Tucson has so many unique dishes. One is called a Sonoran hot dog. It’s a hot dog wrapped in bacon,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Chip Brewer (MBA 1991)
(photo by Christina Gandolfo) Perhaps not surprisingly, Oliver “Chip” Brewer III (MBA 1991) found his first job in golf while playing the game with a friend who happened to know the founder of Adams Golf. At the time, Brewer was working... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Jan Swartz (MBA 1996)
SWARTZ: Captaining a global brand through the high seas (photo by Susan J. Young) SWARTZ: Captaining a global brand through the high seas (photo by Susan J. Young) Growing up in Houston, Jan Swartz (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
balance between individual rights and society’s rights. How many more secret proceedings should we allow the government? What are we willing to do to make sure we don’t have any more 9/11s, and how many rights do we have to give up? “I’ve always loved the idea of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
East to West
one of the School’s global research centers. “I couldn’t have worked on this case without actually being on the ground in Japan and working closely with the company,” she remarks. “Masako and Chisato were great facilitators, in addition to contributing to the case... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
From Bytes to Bites
serves on the boards of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce and the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, an experience that has opened her eyes to the fascination and frustration of local politics. “Owning this business has opened a lot of doors for me,” says Thomas.... View Details