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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
State of the Unions
down from 17.7 million in 1983—there has been a surge in pro-labor activity among low-wage workers as of late. Damon Silvers (MBA 1995, JD 1996), policy director for the AFL-CIO, says he’s heartened by these grassroots organizing efforts.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Code Breakers
Photo courtesy of Deborah Singer Photo courtesy of Deborah Singer For all of its innovation, the tech sector still lags behind the general economy in gender parity, and the news is only getting worse: Whereas the percentage of women in... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Building Your Own Dream Team
book, his text-messaging bills surely the rival of a government bailout. Ferrazzi’s new book, Who’s Got Your Back: The Breakthrough Program to Build Deep, Trusting Relationships That Create Success — and Won’t Let You Fail (Broadway... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
as Digitas, AKQA, and TWBA—when, in 2013, a shared workspace coffee-bar conversation provoked the career pivot that would launch her new business venture, Prokanga. “I had a bunch of interactions with people who were starting companies,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Japanese Connection
It all started with a Japanese language class. Steven Williams (MBA ’84) was a senior marketing director at San Francisco’s Genentech when he took Saturday classes at Soko Gakuen Japanese language school four years ago “just to keep the... View Details
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Two-Year Action Plan Update: Q+A with Terrill Drake, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Harvard Business School
together quite nicely. When I came on board, Jen Eliason, our associate director of diversity, inclusion and belonging, was the only person in the School with a formal DEI role. Soon after I started, she and I launched a search for a... View Details
- 19 Mar 2019
- Blog Post
Leadership Fellow Ming Min Hui: Figuring Out Her Mission
strategy work, contributing to the institution’s five-year plans and analyzing business cases for new investments. “As Chief of Staff at Boston Ballet, I have a lot of indirect management,” Ming explains. “I don’t have my own team per se,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 06 Mar 2018
- Blog Post
Peek: The People, The Experience, and The Case Method
that we planned a Peek reunion for two weeks later in New York City. Experience We saw the campus through the lenses of current HBS students and alumni to get a first-hand account of how an MBA from HBS has shaped their lives for the... View Details
- Web
Foreword | Baker Library
Foreword Laura Linard Director, Special Collections September 2013 Building the Foundation was originally launched in 2013. The website was migrated to a new platform in 2025 with the guidance of Adam Jacobi and Jennifer Wilson. Baker... View Details
- Web
Riding the WAVE | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
next level. “WAVE was developed and inspired by interactions with HBS peers, faculty, and alumni, as well as the enabling environment and programs run by SEI and the Harvard i-lab,” she continues, noting that WAVE was runner-up in the Social Enterprise Track of the HBS... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Ask the Expert: Auto Pilot
When Mayfield Fund Managing Director Raj Kapoor (MBA 1996), the cofounder and former CEO of Snapfish and fitmob, joined Lyft as chief strategy officer in 2016, he was intent on finding ways to reduce human impact on climate change. The... View Details
- 22 Apr 2002
- Lessons from the Classroom
Entrepreneurship: It Can Be Taught
In 2000, The Entrepreneurial Manager was introduced into the required first-year MBA curriculum. The course—and its presence in the first year—marked an important milestone in the evolution of teaching entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School. View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
dedicated to creating and advancing solutions to the core issues driving climate change Matthew Commons (MBA 2007) FloDesign Wind Turbine Corporation Waltham and Wilbraham, Massachusetts Wind turbine manufacturer Patricia A. Connolly (MBA 1989) View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions
Just before the MBA reunions last spring, a group of women graduates met for a new program that provided a special opportunity to discuss their business and leadership goals in the broader context of their lives. Titled Charting Your... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
New Jersey, I was the project director for the introduction of the Exclusive Bus Lane (XBL) on the New Jersey approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. This was the first contraflow... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Turning Point: Eternal Returns
really learned to write and speak English. That was transformative. Sometimes, it’s not about being in the top 5 percent; it’s about being good enough. After graduation I worked in finance before transitioning to executive search, by chance, eventually serving as... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
William Jones: Builder with a Mission
recalls. Nevertheless, he says, during that period "my daughter and I were very close. She loved the environment. It was one of the best things we could have done." After graduating from HBS, Jones worked at Prudential in San Francisco as an investment manager and... View Details
Keywords: Thomas Frick
- 08 Jun 2023
- News
Three Alumni Clubs Celebrate Leadership, Community, and History over Dinner
Clubs News Clubs News New York Alumni Honor Outstanding Leaders at Annual Dinner The HBS Club of New York held its 54th Annual Leadership Dinner... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- Profile
Wendy Lim
San Francisco: as New Marketing Manager, Head of User Support and Content, and her current assignment, Director of Sales and Advertising Operations. “There are just so many HBS people on the West Coast who... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)
named executive director of the National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations (NABCO), where she had signed on as a volunteer three years earlier. When she joined NABCO, the New York City-based... View Details