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- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
my briefcase in one hand and my camera in the other,” he recalls. “After I did the AMP program, my ambitions really came to the fore. It was a watershed time for building confidence and creating big ideas for the future.” For Main Wilson, that carried over to both his... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell host of Skydeck. When I was in high school, I worked as a dishwasher at a steakhouse chain in upstate New York. It was not glamorous work. I would clock out covered in a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Pharma Suits a Farm Gal
lessons. Whether rotating crops, breeding animals, or investing in equipment, “You spend a good deal of your time trying to plan forward in terms of timing and scheduling,” said Graham, who added that living on a farm “provides great evidence that View Details
- 12 May 2015
- News
A Flash of Insight
probably the most creative specialty, in that people arrive completely undifferentiated, without a diagnosis. Your job is to save life and limb, and come up with a diagnosis quickly. You have to do this with many patients, simultaneously.... View Details
- 22 Mar 2021
- News
Searching for Purpose
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
innovative category, promises to “unleash your inner rock star” and is currently offered in 25 US states. Construction for the 15,000-square-foot Harvard Life Lab—featuring a wet lab with 36 benches and a collaborative 50-desk coworking... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
going to change the lives of many,” says Mittal. Sunil Bharti Mittal’s life story is partially based on an ability to find new ways when encountering an obstacle and on realizing dreams that others see as farfetched. One of his current... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
The First Five Years: Emmanuel Straschnov (MBA 2012)
way to realize that at the end of the day, planning a life and a career just won't work. It's better to make the best of the current opportunities, and see where that takes you. I guess thinking about life... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Students Assist Needy Family
$1,550 for the family in less than 48 hours. “It was a truly rewarding and meaningful experience for both of us,” said Simmons. SmallCanBeBig.org, created by Boathouse Group, a Boston communications firm led by president John Connors (PMD... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Ink: Your Best Self
portfolio familiar to any executive. Courtesy Amy Jen Su Courtesy Amy Jen Su What trends in the business world are creating new pressures on leaders? Organizational life in general has gotten more complicated. Work has become increasingly... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Whale Wars
and I had thrived on freedom. However, after 18 years on the corporate ladder in London, I could hardly even imagine that way of being anymore. I knew I needed a break, so I put my life on hold for three months and took on what was to me... View Details
- 23 Aug 2017
- News
Developing Leaders Behind Bars
of his photos and read his impressions from the experience below: How did your trip to the prison come about? Defy Ventures runs high-impact entrepreneurship and career training programs at prisons throughout the country. They were... View Details
Keywords: Robert Bochnak
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
T.J. Dermot Dunphy (MBA '56)
social causes that have played a prominent role in his life since the late 1960s, when he served briefly as a speechwriter in Robert F. Kennedy's presidential campaign. It was in those turbulent years that Dunphy, with fellow members of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Turning Point: The Dark Season
talk about life and spiritual principles while engaging with each other as a team—building unity, being transparent, and applying scripture to everyday life. What I offer is a source of peace and recognition that we don’t have all the... View Details
Keywords: Jonathan Wilkins (MBA 2007, MDiv 2009)
- 01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989
“Everyone was telling me that loss of life was an inevitable part of mining,” recalls Carroll. “I knew we could do better.” It took several days to get the 28,000 workers out of the mine and almost two months to implement new safety... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Virtual Plant Tours and Beer Game Dysfunction
share computer-generated results of the chaos and inefficiencies produced by inadequate information. “The level of dysfunction in such a simple supply chain is extraordinary,” says Assistant Professor Andrew McAfee. “If you just tell them, they won’t believe it, but... View Details
- 18 May 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Anjali Vaidya (MBA 2010)
mobile one. Uber and other apps have made the mobile device a remote control for life (think of how distressing it is when your battery runs out!). The pace of innovation here makes it incredibly exciting to be a part of this industry.”... View Details
Jodi Gernon
I leverage my 30+ years of experience launching and scaling startups to help startup founders and CEOs succeed. This includes helping early stage founders think about how complete customer discovery, build an MVP and develop their... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- News
GOP Elite Fundraiser and Former Marriott Honcho Fred Malek Is Dead at 82
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
‘We were just doing what needed to be done’
Edited by Jennifer Gillespie FOUR FOUNDERS From left: Clifford Darden, Lillian Lincoln Lambert, Theodore Lewis, and Leroy Willis (photos courtesy of HBS Archives) Just over 50 years ago, at the end of a summer that saw race riots across the United States as well as the... View Details