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- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Work of Art
apprentice program, in which students from the local, public high schools work side-by-side with NXTHVN fellows. “I think we need to be more intentional about creating spaces like this where kids can explore, imagine, and discover,” Kemp says. “As View Details
- 08 Mar 2017
- News
A Steady Voice in Difficult Times
Denise Welsh (MBA 1981) is a pediatric chaplain at Mount Sinai Medical Center, a second career after having spent many years in the finance field. In this video, she talks about her role in the intensive care unit and the impact of helping View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Clay Christensen (MBA 1979)
Global Business Book Award in 1997, and The Innovator’s Solution (2003). His latest book, Seeing What’s Next, will be published this month. Christensen has been active in church and community affairs throughout his career. He and his wife, Christine, are the View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
experience. Rather than using the data from standardized tests (which are unpopular with both parents and teachers), and applying it to a school or grade or classroom en masse, Intrinsic employs it to individualize student learning.... View Details
- 10 Oct 2018
- News
Building Paths to Success
southeast Australia, with supportive, attentive parents who created opportunities for success. His dad was the first in four generations to attend college and he worked as the high school principal. “We were very involved in the local... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News
committee's board of trustees was going to call: Bain Capital CEO W. Mitt Romney (MBA '74, JD '75). Although he is a Massachusetts resident, Romney's Utah roots run deep: his ancestors journeyed west with Brigham Young, his parents were... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
A Playbook for Progress
I called it different boats, because all of my team members, we were all experiencing the same thing, but we were in different boats. I had some, the parents were in the whitewater rafting boat. I mean, it was so tumultuous in terms of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
ways in every corner, in every neighborhood, in every sector around the globe. They are parents and friends and coaches and colleagues who serve and inspire us with their kindness, thoughtfulness, commitment, and skills. Thank you for... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
inequality persists. And one of the most enduring ones is the idea that women opt out and would rather prioritize their parenting role. But if you really look into the research, you see that professional women are actually pushed out by... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Capitalizing the Corner Shop
that Jumia had jump-started. At both companies, Kehinde constantly heard from retailers about the same kinds of challenges his parents had faced running their businesses. “Our merchants were struggling to scale,” he says. “They would say,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 23 May 2019
- News
Álvaro Rodríguez Arregui, MBA 1995
and Mateo. While his father desperately wanted Rodríguez and his brother to attend Harvard (his brother earned a master’s degree at the Kennedy School), he says his own approach to parenting is more flexible: “As long as they are... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 08 Aug 2016
- News
Writing the Book on Balance
her signature in the 500 books we had printed.” As for managing the demands of a busy working parent (she oversees a large senior housing portfolio for a REIT), she observed, “Three years ago, I made a decision to adjust my work hours to... View Details
- 18 Feb 2014
- News
Stick with Plan A
be an entrepreneur. Growing up in the Swedish-built mining town of Yekepa in northern Liberia, she started her first business when she was 12 — an after-school activities company; parents paid her to keep their kids busy. "I didn't know... View Details
- 11 Jun 2021
- News
The Power of Resilience
daughter, I was technically on maternity leave and that maternity leave quickly shifted into a medical leave, which was a blessing in disguise in its own way, that I was able to be home, truly dedicated to my treatment, to my newborn and elder daughter, and luckily had... View Details
- 02 Jun 2021
- News
On the Road Less Traveled
high odds, which Ed chronicles in his recent book On the Road Less Traveled: An Unlikely Journey from the Orphanage to the Boardroom. READ MORE Courtesy Ed Hajim Courtesy Ed Hajim In 1939 Ed Hajim's parents divorced and his mother was... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
thirties, restructuring the marketing organization for a large regional bank, and my husband, Ray Benvenuti (MBA 1986), and I had two children under seven. At that time, I had no inkling of what would be required to juggle the needs of two dying View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Far-Reaching Impact
their parents for learning at home. Today, 2 million children in nine states in India are benefiting from the company's engaging, gamified approach to early childhood education. “We've seen across our programs that this is deeply... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Futures Made Bright Through Opportunity
to help finance his education. “My original goal coming to HBS was to eventually work for a big technology company. The fellowships have enabled me to stretch and pursue my entrepreneurial passions more,” says Wu. “My family comes from a humble background. My View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Entrepreneur Daniel S. Bricklin: A Class Act
speech in which he thanked a number of people for their support over the years, singling out his parents for special mention. "A printer by trade, my father taught me the importance of prototyping," Bricklin noted. "If you run a printing... View Details
Keywords: Peter K. Jacobs
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
same-sex marriages. It's no surprise that Scher has dedicated her life to social causes. A native of Clifton, New Jersey, she grew up in a family that was "liberal and concerned." "My parents taught me that individuals can make an impact... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso