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- 26 Aug 2020
- News
What the Climate Change Movement Can Learn from the Pandemic
is extremely impractical, especially when everything comes in plastic and sometimes that's really useful for hygiene. But there are certain ways that are new and different that we can think about reducing our waste, given the fact that... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The One That Got Away
others, had sold Aldus, the inventor of desktop publishing. I was extremely impressed with the team and invited them on the spot to present at our next OVP partners meeting. I thought the presentation had gone well as they outlined how... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
(MBA ’01), a 34-year-old, well-connected political neophyte and the only Iraqi war veteran running for Congress as a Republican. “Having a guy who was on the ground and had an extremely active role in Iraq, and who came back and made a... View Details
- 30 May 2024
- News
Women’s Association Goes Nationwide; Connecticut Club Hosts Beshears
not 80 or 90 percent. If you’re in, say, the consumer packaged goods industry, you want to get to 80 percent, but in health care, getting to 40 percent is an extremely high impact. I think people were interested in how much health care... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
changing system. Barrett's commitment to social service has inspired her to see philanthropy as a lifelong habit - one that she would like to pass on to her students. Describing her own life as an extremely diversified portfolio, Barrett... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
a sustainable revenue stream and a sustainable business, and I think the jury's still out on a lot of those companies." Would he do it all over again? "There is no way I would start another company unless I was extremely well funded,"... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
for decision-making and leadership, in these overlapping public-private realms.” Speaking at luncheon, on the opening day of the conference, Haass, a former State Department official, posited three possible scenarios for the world’s future. At one View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
prevent the extreme downturn we saw in the Depression, and to get the economy moving forward again. Unfortunately, I think there’s a real danger now of people looking back to those major economic events, assuming we’re facing more or less... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Seth Klarman
decision was very important for me and for all the firm’s partners. Also, given the extremely difficult financial environment we are in, I expect charities will be greatly affected. That’s why it’s incumbent on those who can to step up... View Details
- 19 Jan 2017
- News
Finding Purpose in Profit
lives—led me to become an extremely driven A-type,” she says. “Much of that has gone away, and now I’m largely motivated by the desire to make the world and my community better, and to produce excellence and beauty while I’m here.” Still,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Mara Aspinall
a nonscientist working at a research-intensive company like Genzyme? I find myself wishing I had taken a few more science courses when I was in college! I have been extremely fortunate to work with physicians and scientists who understand... View Details
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
completely different and new, so we need to keep an eye on what those communities do. “Another big area is the Caribbean, where I do quite a bit of work. As sea levels rise, those island nations could be entirely wiped out, so they are View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Diversity and Community
that IBM needs to make adjustments to improve its business performance relative to the DNG's constituent group. For example, a DNG of IBM employees with disabilities, aware that IBM possessed certain products, services, and expertise that could be View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
different attitude from what most people had. To boost the status of entrepreneurial study, I knew I had to get someone whose credentials, integrity, human qualities, and values were unimpeachable. Howard was known as an extremely smart... View Details
- 22 Jan 2020
- News
What It Takes
reconfigure what they were doing. By the 25th time, I said, "This is getting so boring. I'd like to write it in a book so I don't have to talk to these people, and just give them the book and tell them to read it." That really started the commencement of writing the... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- News
Community Partners Delivers “Expert Goodness” to the Bay Area
concluded with four separate breakout sessions in HBS classrooms, each lead by one of the guest CEOs. “It was a fantastic evening,” says Sharon Lewis (MBA 1983) the HBSAB’s Vice President for Programs. “We’re giving our members direct access to some View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
discussion going, and a fellow who had been a bomber pilot made some disparaging remarks about the comments of another student, a former tank commander. They jumped out of their seats, and I thought I’d have to referee before people calmed them down. They were an View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 23 Oct 2018
- News
Coming of Age as the World Comes Apart
audience for your HBS Class Day speech, you have an extremely popular TED Talk, you're an in-demand speaker generally. In the book, you recount your first speech, though, as a fifth grader in Miss Davis's class. Can you talk a little bit... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
the planet who are living in extreme poverty. You can’t have stability in the world with such widespread deprivation. Where do you get most of your news about the world? I read the Financial Times and scan the New York Times every day.... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Elevator Pitch: Dress Code
music, but not fashion, which is an extremely nuanced category requiring constant training and retraining of the model,” says Koen. Stats: Founded in 2018 and launched in May 2020, The Yes currently employs 40 and is the subject of a... View Details