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- 11 Jul 2013
- News
The Good Writer
Dick: From Les Bizerables to Hollywood and the Emmys. Courtesy Leonard Dick It’s been “a very kooky couple of weeks” for television writer Leonard Dick (MBA ’90). Season Three of the critically acclaimed CBS show The Good Wife premieres on Sunday, September 25, and... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Boosting Boardroom Diversity
accelerate that trend. In addition to helping senior women executives develop the knowledge and skills sought by boards, the weeklong program (next offered in November) demystifies board selection and offers the opportunity to explore... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Get Well Soon
Art by James Yang/Getty Images Health-care reform is more than a political football. For twenty years it’s been a ground-level topic of increasing importance for the administrators, physicians, nurses, and frontline employees who interact... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Action Plan: Border Crossing
Rawdon: Fostering a global spirit of cultural connection (photo by Stella Kalinina) Growing up, Leigh Rawdon (MBA 2001) didn’t travel internationally with her family. But she loved to listen to the stories her globe-trotting aunt told of... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)
Above: “Mainstream media is read by less than half of the people in the United States and Western Europe,” Edelman (MBA 1978) says. “The opportunity is to build your own communities, create your own content, and go direct to the end... View Details
- 19 Nov 2014
- News
The Power of Yes
topic. “I didn’t feel like I had developed that muscle of saying ‘yes’ enough,” he explains by phone from Acumen’s New York office. “One of the things I learned is how expressive and personal philanthropy is, and that no matter how smart... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Be Our Guest
The son of a diplomat and a veteran of the hospitality industry, Craig Smith (AMP 188, 2015) has lived in 13 countries and territories. “Home,” he says, is defined by the furniture and keepsakes that move with you from place to place.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
American Dream
ice-cream fountain boasts a marble counter, and customers eat 100 percent buffalo burgers in a walnut-paneled dining room hung with original oil paintings by Western artists. In another part of the store, there are 1,400 historical photos... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Vivek Ranadivé
open systems that can be leveraged by anyone will thrive over closed, proprietary systems; I think of the United States as an open system in that sense." One of Ranadivé's earliest dreams was to study at MIT, which he learned of through a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Napkin Finance: Say It in a Picture
The humble cocktail napkin is a tried-and-true medium for honing a concept to its essential elements. For Tina Hay (MBA 2002) it’s also a business. As founder and CEO of Napkin Finance, Hay oversees a multimedia effort to simplify financial concepts ranging from... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
Escape Hatch
Above: Founder Jon Staff at a Getaway tiny house in the Catskills, New York (photo by HollenderX2) Growing up five hours north of Minneapolis, Jon Staff (MBA 2016) was never far from woods, lakes, and a sense of escape. That peace became... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Funny Business
document we’re all typing into at the same time. The head writer picks the ones we’ll talk about some more—and we might influence the select by saying, ‘This idea would be great if we also did this.’ From there our picks go to the field... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Simi Nwogugu (MBA 2004)
Nwogugu with students at Aunty Ayo Girls Comprehensive School in Lagos (photo by Ruth McDowall/The Verbatim Agency) I volunteered at Junior Achievement (JA) in New York when I was working at Goldman Sachs after college. I realized that if... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Street Singer
became aware of a power that I could depend on. And as I learned to be active in my faith, I felt like I gained more and more strength and clarity.” For Harris, music is another facet of spirituality. Her first experience with singing before an audience was at a... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man
Jennifer Raiser (MBA 1990) (photo by Sidney Erthal) Jennifer Raiser (MBA 1990) (photo by Sidney Erthal) A self-described “experiment in community and art,” Burning Man takes place each year in Nevada’s Black... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Priya Paul (OPM 28, 1999)
what recharges me the most.” What the business traveler wants: A comfortable, WiFi-connected room. Also: “They want to be left alone.” Her must-have travel accessories: An eye mask for catching up on sleep across multiple time zones; peppermint tea; an iPad. In her... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Lisandra Rickards (MBA 2010)
Above: Rickards on Jamaica’s sense of community: “It’s good to live in a place where the people are expressive and vibrant.” (photo by Marina Burnel) I had a strong sense when I was at HBS that the skills I learned there would have a... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
India Arrives
Photographs by Christopher Brown/Redux Pro Not even a nighttime arrival in Mumbai, India’s bustling commercial capital of nearly 13 million people, can mask the collision of old and new that now grips the world’s largest democracy. Planes... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Designing Change
Courtesy Pentagram Graphic designers have created some of the world’s best-known logos, from Coke to Mercedes to McDonald’s. Yet their role in establishing a company’s identity is not always understood or valued by senior management. In... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)
as I am in the process of producing and fundraising for a feature film, Discipline, about a young girl’s experience at a strict Catholic boarding school. It’s written by an award-winning Nigerian actor, writer, producer, and director,... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna