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- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Luxe Redux
to entice customers. In the same spirit, the “Godiva Passion Academy” presented a complimentary course at Godiva boutiques in February on the history of chocolate, chocolate tasting and flavor pairings, and chocolate decoration... View Details
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
community. That's been my passion point. When you go into work in those environments there are remarkably good people there. But the question in my mind is always, how can we get better? A culture of continuous improvement to help the... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 06 Feb 2025
- News
How to Judge Your Next Job
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Clay Christensen was a legendary professor and thinker and his “Jobs to Be Done” theory—this idea that customers buy products to solve problems—was one of his iconic intellectual contributions.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
the First Nations, neither of which was included in the negotiations. While Eamer arrived at the table in 2002 as the provincial negotiator with passion for the task, it wasn’t his trade. But he had natural abilities; conflict resolution... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 18 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Collective Genius’
ability" and that they are in the "business of hitting home runs." He went on to add, however, that if Pixar had "no failures," which he defined as a "less than spectacular outcome," then that would suggest it had lost its passion for... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Lords of Strategy
the best can be fairly hermaphroditic creatures, one minute exhibiting a professor’s passion for the great clarifying concept, the next displaying sales skills worthy of a street hustler. Among my contentions is that it was this very... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
caregivers. And that is an important pillar of work that I continue to do. But an extension of that that I'd always been passionate about and really got accelerated by the launch of quarantine and COVID is the focus on resilience and... View Details
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
How the U.S. Army Develops Leaders
interaction of an individual's readiness beforehand and sense-making afterwards that ultimately determines how much impact such events or programs will have on one's development. Unpacking the mysteries of how we can all "get more" out of our life experiences... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
very clear, very passionate about it, "We have all kinds of information from iPhones about you. We would never look at it. And anyone who does look at it is terminated." So a whole different point of view that Apple has. Now,... View Details
- 04 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
Is Health Care Making You Better—or Dead?
mother gave me a copy of The Jungle by Upton Sinclair. I was very struck by that book. I find the writing, in retrospect, really wretched, but the kind of passion that said, "Here is an awful system," was pivotal in getting food... View Details
- 02 Oct 2015
- News
The ‘F’ Word
about butts in seats—it’s about helping people learn and make progress in life. That experience set me on a trajectory to convert a passion for education into my career. Now I am leading a transformation at the world’s largest education... View Details
Keywords: Walt Disney Studios
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
for more effective communication and leadership development. Mara’s career as an educator and artist is inextricably linked to early experiences of theatre as a powerful tool for human and cultural development. She is passionate about... View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
The Wise Men
line from the Spanish poet Antonio Machado, one that neatly sums up how Lodge has made his way in the world. Growing up in privilege on Boston’s North Shore (where he developed a passion for sailing and exploration unabated to this day),... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna
- 23 Jan 2019
- News
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
passion. It’s just my passion is the technology, not the problem. That’s a great way of doing things. Many really good businesses have been built up on that. The other way, that’s more familiar to me, is saying, I have a problem and I... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Balanced Equation
earning his MBA, Doerr joined the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in 1980. KPCB’s focus on technology and life sciences, while dramatically changing the landscape of both fields, has also contributed to creation of over 340,000 jobs. Currently... View Details
- 09 Jun 2017
- News
Curating the Cuisine of Southwest China
will travel to this part of the country which I'm most passionate about and develop a trip around this region. And the theme of it is something very, very dear to my heart. It's eating, cooking with ham. April White: The leg of ham in the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Life in Lockdown
in health care, and Nik Iubel (MBA 2018), a Brazilian with a background in and passion for journalism. The fifth member of the team, Filippos Lymperopoulos, a Greek national, is an undergrad at Olin College of Engineering, Shin’s alma... View Details
- 08 Sep 2016
- News
How We Make It Work
delusional, but I think that helps ease some of the guilt. “Right before graduation I married Laura, a career diplomat, letting love and passion rule without realizing I was on the verge of professional suicide. Her job had no flexibility... View Details
- 01 Nov 2016
- First Look
First Look - November 1, 2016
School Case 317-008 Code.org The case explores Hadi Partovi’s mission to provide every K-12 student in the United States the opportunity to learn computer science. Students can assess how Partovi transformed his passion into an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Aug 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Business Plan Contest: 15 Years of Building Better Entrepreneurs
Passion for another kind of far-reaching change was the driving force behind Diagnostics For All (DFA), a nonprofit offering a low-cost, point-of-care diagnostic tool that won top honors in the 2008 social venture track in addition to... View Details