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- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Case Study: Your Call Is Important to Us
If you’ve ever tried to call an airline or almost any service business of a certain size, you’re probably familiar with the problem: After navigating a seemingly endless set of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Publishing) The most dangerous problems are those you don’t know about. Roberto presents seven skill sets useful for uncovering such problems: how to get past dangerous information “filtering”; watch how people behave, not what they say;... View Details
- 21 Oct 2020
- News
Cold Calculations
in engineering and public policy, for assistance in setting up the organization. The Arctic Ice Project’s research focuses on materials-based solutions to ice loss—basically, substances that can mimic the beneficial reflective properties... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 04 Aug 2015
- News
Brazil Alumni Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS
hosted “A Vision for the 21st Century” as part of the world tour of The Harvard Business School Campaign. Contemporaneo 8076 was the setting for an evening presentation and... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Running a Decathlon
to Peterson, who died in 2003. “He was not only a genius; he was also a very nice man,” says Patton. But he stresses that the story of the creation of Academic Decathlon is, like the competition itself,... View Details
Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations
perfect escape. I grew up in the burbs, so Ng’s suburban setting makes the book feel nostalgic, but the mischief that ensues makes it much more thrilling than my childhood. If you’re looking for a ‘wind down with a glass View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Star Search
People’s careers usually take multiple shifts throughout their time at Wayfair, and we love that. We think that makes us stronger as an organization. We tend to hire not for subject-matter expertise, but for a broad set View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The MBA Oath: Setting a Higher Standard for Business Leaders by Max Anderson (MPA/MBA ’09) and Peter Escher (MBA ’09) (Portfolio) The MBA Oath has become a worldwide movement for a new generation of leaders... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Me and the Biospheres: A Memoir by the Inventor of Biosphere 2 by John Allen (MBA ’62) (Synergetic Press) This memoir chronicles the life of the inventor of Biosphere 2, a... View Details
- 27 Apr 2023
- News
Life Preserver
led to the creation of the Organ Preservation Alliance, a nonprofit established to advocate for additional funding for research into cryopreservation and connect scientists in the field. Giwa served as founding CEO View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Chaotic Funding Derails Research
"Of course it would be a different story entirely if we could extract crude oil from stem cells." © Jack Ziegler/The New Yorker Collection/www.cartoonbank.com In light of the latest developments of the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2020
- News
Learning to Fight
Courtesy Rick Sontag Courtesy Rick Sontag In 1994, Rick Sontag (MBA 1968) was the president of Unison Industries, an aviation component manufacturer he had grown from one Midwest factory into a 1,500-employee international business. He... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia
National Museum of Cambodia, and straightaway emailed him an introduction, telling him of my interest in the country. Within 24 hours, I had a response: When can you get here? That was the question that... View Details
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
enjoyed cricket more than books, and after graduating from Panjab University at the age of 19, he and a friend set up a small bicycle-parts manufacturing business. Gradually he expanded the operations,... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Just Breathe
Just as you might take ibuprofen to ease a fever, mindfulness can help settle awareness in the midst of challenging situations—whether at home, at work, or in any setting where people View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Case Study: Something New
design the company’s real value proposition? The Answers: Why not have a set of silhouettes with customizable features at a range of price points? With X bod- ices and Y skirts... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Quantum Leap
developers greater access to existing quantum computers. To oversimplify, think of it as a translation tool that allows software to run on a variety of quantum computers, optimized for each. “These machines... View Details
- 11 Sep 2018
- News
Bringing Government Up to Code
just setting up your AdWords campaigns, your Facebook campaigns. And it turns out that even if you're focused on vulnerable populations, you can reach a lot of people through reasonably traditional, not... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Case Study: Glass Half Full
Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with... View Details
- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
country had fallen into recession, and the company was saddled with bad debts, slim profits, and a management style that looked inward in the midst of a global economy. His role was to set the organization... View Details