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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Fish Story
percent, thanks to Bertarelli’s gift). An America’s Cup–winning sailor and scuba diver, Bertarelli estimates that the Chagos sanctuary’s protected fish population will grow by 150 percent in just two or three years. “Human beings like being rewarded for their work and... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Rationale for Non-Rationality: Why We Make Bad Choices
into the conscious part of the brain, affecting its operation -- a phenomenon familiarly known as the "fight-or-flight" response. While this reaction is invaluable in the face of physical threat, Jensen noted, "it is also generated by the threat of View Details
Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA '88)
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Tulsa Massacre Case Fosters Timely Conversations
Brian Ratajczak (MBA 2022) was nervous, too. “If you are talking about finance, and someone says something you disagree with, there’s probably not going to be a lot of emotions stirred up,” says Ratajczak, a white man from Calabasas,... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Value of Difficult Conversations
diversity and inclusion. Brian Ratajczak (MBA 2022) was a little nervous, too. “If you are talking about finance, and someone says something you disagree with, there’s probably not going to be a lot of emotions stirred up,” says... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Floor It
the experience of businesses including Keurig, Peloton, and Rent the Runway to develop more effective strategies to engage and educate patients about precision medicine, the need for genetic testing, and the importance of sharing that information. Techniques included... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; illustration by Mengxin Li
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
Swimming with the Stream
listens and emotional connections to the music (“you’ve provided the soundtrack to their life, so there is even more excitement for the show”) and two, the data that artists can get from their streams help uncover fan bases in cities they... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Porter, Kanter Win McKinsey Awards
capital and labor, disconnecting business from society and posing conflicts between them. She advocates a new approach to leadership and corporate behavior in which companies exhibit, among other things, a common purpose, a long-term view, View Details
Keywords: awards
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
like for you as an artist in these socially distant corona-times? Madame Gandhi: I think in the producer community, the sort of ongoing joke is that we’ve been preparing for this moment our whole life. I think the solitude of being in your View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Fred Newman
traveling “sound effects guy” on Garrison Keillor’s A Prairie Home Companion radio show, “doing what I used to do behind teachers’ backs.” He uses acoustic technology to enhance the art of storytelling. “Information is in words,” says Newman, “but all the View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Carl M. Plochman III: A Savory Success
get some clarity and emotional support from a group of risk-taking peers." Before his retirement from the YPO (mandatory at age 50), Plochman received the Ray Hickok Award, the group's highest honor. Plochman is philosophical when asked... View Details
- 21 May 2021
- News
See Us Unite for Change
be pieces offering solutions of what you can do to be an ally. In addition, you will laugh, you will dance for joy, you will cry. You will feel the emotion that is heartfelt from the performers about the love for our community and our... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Jeetendr Sehdev (MBA 2004)
selfies incredibly meaningful and empowering. We need that compassion and emotional understanding to create brands that connect. Brands today are looking to develop fanatics. Being careful or silent as a means of capturing the largest... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Teachable Moments
session. Students don’t want to be embarrassed, surprised, or shamed. They shouldn’t arrive with those emotions engulfing them. I must illustrate that even when one of them is not prepared or wastes class time with comments that don’t... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
The Great Priority Reset
interrupted in the worst way, and we’re now seeing a big return of passengers flying to recapture important emotional connections, whether that’s intergenerational travel as families or spending time with family or friends to celebrate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Leadership in Practice
William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) After three decades working with executives in scores of private and public companies, Wellspring Capital Management CEO William F. Dawson Jr. (MBA 1991) is convinced that “the most successful business leaders rely at least as much on... View Details
- 22 May 2017
- News
Two On-Track Investments
said, describing the feeling of winning the Derby. “It’s an emotional surge that is indescribable.” Read more: 6abc.com: "Owner of Kentucky Derby winner is a native of Bucks County" Baltimore Sun: "After attending race growing up,... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
Turning Point: Network Effects
together people from the private, nonprofit, and public sectors to open up the dialogue around mental illness and help build awareness of the five indicators of emotional suffering: change in personality, agitation, withdrawal, decline in... View Details
Keywords: Bruce Shuttleworth (MBA 1997)
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
showed how an audience is impressed and won over if the magician “goofs” the first time (e.g., guessing the three of clubs rather than the seven of spades) only to recover through humorous and seemingly Herculean mental effort to get it “right” the second time.... View Details
- 26 Jan 2017
- News
Finding a Path out of Poverty
communities.” Magwegwe was overwhelmed to find himself at Harvard almost exactly 20 years after he’d been homeless. “It was a bit of an emotional roller coaster, at first. Not in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would study at one of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Books
selecting references, and creating a résumé, to planning and executing a search campaign, interviewing techniques, and negotiating job offers. An extensive bibliography includes both publications and Web sites that address topics such as the View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean