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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Down the Memory Chute
the female students. Who knows... maybe she really did write a better case analysis...or maybe not! Don’t Chute! We’re WAC Students! WAC student Lou Bevier (MBA ’55) In the spring of 1954, after safely depositing our WAC papers in the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 05 Mar 2020
- News
Green Light
told Lo. “Because if the unit economics of this thing turn out to be even remotely true, it’s the future of food.” Lo’s interest was piqued. She knew almost nothing about farming and had always just trusted that the Western world’s food supply was View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Mining precious metals through e-waste recycling
that provides the technology industry with a safe and sustainable source of metals. “Being an entrepreneur is not about starting a business; it is about having an attitude that allows you to see opportunities where other people see... View Details
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
than 50 interviews in 10 countries to further Professor Raffaella Sadun's examination of how resilient businesses can effectively and safely restart as COVID-19 abates. “Thanks to the ingenuity and effort of the research centers, we were... View Details
- 29 Mar 2023
- News
Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria
to provide early childhood education, post-trauma psychosocial support for children, parents, and women, and preschool learning materials and hygiene kits for families in container villages and other locations in the region via mobile trucks that serve as View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
programming vocals, writing the synth line, deciding what the bass line is going to be. I think there’s enormous discipline, you know, beyond the fact that I’ve been able to feel safe in this time, that my family is safe. It’s a luxury to... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts
the public sector’s response to big problems at all levels. The key, Weiss argues, is a shift from a mindset of Probability Government—overly focused on safe solutions and mimicking so-called best practices—to Possibility Government. This... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
a nod: the duelist receiving his weapon. Then he immediately, decisively, knocked Joe down — making sure, of course, that his tiny adversary landed safely on the living room rug. Joe, astonished, climbed back onto his feet. Furious but... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
19th, they paradoxically sought to make the world safe for “capitalists.” The word “socialists” was first used in northern Italy as a term of contempt for the political economists and legal reformers Pietro Verri and Cesare Beccaria,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
help develop the kind of leader who understands that his or her primary role is to enable others' greatness, not to be served. This kind of leader is one who truly listens, who builds a safe space where employees can tell the truth, and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Next Level
In 2017, Sarah Bond’s boss, Phil Spencer, the head of Xbox Gaming, warned her that working in the industry would be very difficult. Not just for the usual reasons that corporate America can be tough, but also because, as a Black woman in gaming—an industry with a... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Curing Health Care
condoms is a challenge in the central African country, and she wanted to see if there was a way to incentivize hairdressers—who often maintain safe spaces for women to discuss sensitive topics—to sell female condoms alongside the phone... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Adopting a common language can strengthen global companies
can help all employees work together more effectively, including building awareness of the emotional dynamics involved in cross-language business communications; creating safe environments for language practice; and reinforcing an... View Details
- 29 Mar 2017
- News
Randy Day Named Perdue Farms CEO
was seen by some in the agribusiness sector as a safe move for the innovative company, writes DelmarvaNow. But Day was quick to counter that perception, telling the news outlet that “he will be just as willing as Perdue has always been to... View Details
- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
pursue anti-racist initiatives in the areas of policing reform; safe ballot access and civic participation; and economic inclusion. The initiative was spearheaded by six Black HBS alumni members of the Leadership Now Project, which was... View Details
- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
management skills and pitch in on disaster clean-up—to both learn and grow as human beings,” he recalls. “But my first concern was how to keep everyone safe from radiation poisoning.” Toward that end, MIT Media Lab researchers devised a... View Details
- 01 Jan 2010
- News
James A. Lovell, AMP 62, 1971
were able to safely return to earth. The Apollo 13 experience taught Lovell the importance of team work, a lesson he now shares with audiences around the world in his career as a public speaker. He also draws on his 25 years in the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
A Star in LA
SOHN: playing it safe in 2005. His star power is such that he’s been called “the Korean version of Alan Greenspan,” and indeed, when Sung Won Sohn (PMD 35, 1978) was named president and CEO of Hanmi Financial Corporation in Los Angeles,... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 30 Mar 2015
- News
Leveraging the power of yes
programs as well as its efforts to distill and disseminate best practices by understanding the true social impact of investing in early-stage companies that provide affordable access to agricultural inputs, high-quality education, clean energy, health care, housing,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Building Your Own Dream Team
generally cover each other’s back. “Once you’ve established a safe place with a group of trusted advisers, you’ll find that you’ll start taking more risks, individually, within your group, and in your company,” writes Ferrazzi, who is CEO... View Details