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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Light Years Ahead
Photos by Webb Chappell Forty years ago, in September 1966, a young mission analyst named Jay Light left the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California and headed east to Harvard Business School. At JPL, Light used his undergraduate engineering physics training to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Toy Story
and develop.” Because consumers already know and trust the LEGO name, the bulk of the company’s U.S. sales are through the larger chain stores. LEGO enjoys ample shelf space and huge displays at the retailers that have been thought of as... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
From Das’s Desk
lessons learned. Many alumni noted in the survey that they found these sessions helpful because they consider their fellow alumni trusted advisors both professionally and personally. Based on your feedback and the survey, for the upcoming... View Details
Keywords: Das Narayandas
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Complete Package
Chong, the founder and CEO of Greenpac, a Singapore-based sustainable packaging company, explains the less expensive choice is also the more environmentally friendly choice, as pine is grown on sustainable tree farms. But she has learned to View Details
Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
model. Why wouldn’t people do this before? Was a lack of trust driving an aversion to this? RC: Trust was definitely part of it. It’s also the habits that people have. Some managers would like to see people... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
A Summit Higher Than Everest
the region, collect specimens of flora and fauna for study, and record the voice of Tibet’s Grand Lama. Moore would then lead an ascent of Amnyi Machen, better known as Machin Shan, which the explorers now believed to be the most... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
health and education in the localities where the company operates. While critics feared that her cooperative, compassionate approach would hurt the 95-year-old company’s bottom line, just the opposite has been the case. A New Jersey native and the first woman and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
Returning to his roots in the Middle East, Cohen created The Portland Trust in 2003 to fund investments aimed at easing tensions between Israel and its neighbors. For example, the trust is working to secure... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
- News
First and Goal
concussions could lead to brain injury, depression, and the early onset of dementia. (The attempted suicide in August 2010 of his Michigan team captain Corwin Brown, a former NFL player and member of the New England Patriots and Notre... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Curb Your Smartphone Habit
them feel too vulnerable. The list is long. So what makes people change their minds and embrace the process? We developed a process, which is described in the book, but much of it has to do with small units of predictable time off and facilitated check-ins aimed at... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
Woodstock in 1969. “Let all our actions, and all our arts, express Yoga,” he told the crowd of some 400,000 people, before leading them in a resounding “om,” a resonant sound considered sacred in yoga texts. In later decades, as the... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 22 Jul 2021
- News
Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women
competition or another investing network. We took inspiration from our club’s mentorship program and came up with a shorter version, where we could advise startup founders.” Pundrik, Mansukhani, and Ventura lead the club’s New Ventures... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
our planet. This emerging playing field is not well understood, and not everyone who was successful in the past will be able to benefit from this momentous shift. In this book, the authors provide insights, based on 30 years of leading... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
The Transformers
entrepreneurs, Bradach and Tierney identified a problem in need of a solution. A booming economy during the 1990s, culminating in dot-com mania, generated a tremendous amount of new wealth that in turn ratcheted up the flow of charitable... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
acquisitions. Today, the company Parker leads from its headquarters in Bradenton, Florida, offers a wide range of products to protect people and property, has 6,500 employees, operates in 35 countries, and generates annual sales... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
to communicate and share information in new ways. "I believe such technologies will lead to ever-increasing global understanding and trust - truly spiritual principles," Khalsa says. photo courtesy Avtar... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
treat non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Dapansutrile aims to selectively target the immune system’s intense inflammatory response to the SARS-CoV-2 viral infection that can lead to a “cytokine storm.” As such, it is well positioned... View Details
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
sector is similar to what we did in economic development—building our social impact ecosystem instead of just working in silos. WalletHub recently ranked Utah as the leading state in both charitable giving... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Breaking Free from Fear of Change
perform perfectly. They focus myopically on success. That drive can lead to tremendous professional achievements. But as careers progress, continued success requires the ability to change and adapt to new conditions, to take the risk of... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
October 2020. This is her first gig as chief executive, but it’s one she has long envisioned. As a little girl, growing up first in the DC area and then later in Connecticut, McKenna dreamed of running a Fortune 500 company. As CEO of Mercy Corps, McKenna is View Details