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- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
said. Graffiti was also a form of escape. In the 1980s and ’90s, gang violence and drugs were rampant in Los Angeles. For young people seeking a different path, graffiti crews offered an identity that was of the streets but not confined...
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by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Working the Street
enough.” For Mike and other penitents among Los Angeles’s 100,000 gang members, the decision to remove gang-related tattoos, or “tats,” shows a fundamental commitment to change — the necessary laser treatments are lengthy, expensive,...
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- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
people looked extremely nervous. I realized they were terrified that I was one of the undercover writers of the Gang of Nine, who wrote the anonymous gossip column for the Harbus. I assured them I was a lesbian, and I wasn’t there to out...
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- Portrait Project
Sharyar Aziz
When I was eighteen, I was beaten and left unconscious on a San Francisco street, with my jaw shattered. My all-male a cappella singing group from Yale University had been entertaining at a holiday celebration and was accosted by a gang...
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Finding Pride - MBA
“Annette!” I looked around and saw one of my professors, Willis Emmons (MBA 1985). Someone else gasped, and a few people looked extremely nervous. I realized they were terrified that I was one of the undercover writers of the Gang of...
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- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
the speed of the gang is the speed of the boss. No faster. Q: Most of the titans of industry you have studied in the past are deceased. Andy Grove is very much alive. As an historian, what were some of the professional challenges you...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Bridging the Success Gap
education for young adults who are typically not encouraged to aim for college. “They come from tough backgrounds, from abusive homes, from poverty, from gang violence, from migrant families,” says Navarro, who is also an instructor....
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Nikki Skovran
In her varied career to date, Nikki Skovran has applied her talents to processes and product lines at Proctor & Gamble – and to the pursuit of violent gang members in the United States’ toughest inner cities. To account for the...
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Nikki Skovran
In her varied career to date, Nikki Skovran has applied her talents to processes and product lines at Proctor & Gamble — and to the pursuit of violent gang members in the United States’ toughest inner cities. To account for the...
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- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Agent of change
Nikki Skovran (MBA 2014), a former special agent for the FBI, spent three years breaking up gangs in Baltimore, then another five years investigating violent crimes in Chicago. Her expertise as an investigator led to an assignment in...
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Vaibhav Singh
Four wheels move the body. Two wheels move the soul. I have found some of the most genuine people through motorcycling. They were not part of some rowdy gang or the kind who would keep cult motorbikes in well-polished rooms. They always...
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- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
Every 12 years Hindu pilgrims gather at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers in northern India to bathe in the sacred waters. The gathering, known as the Kumbh Mela, is the world's largest religious festival, drawing millions of...
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Valerie Bockstette
them are too busy keeping order in the classroom, making rent, or joining gangs to notice them. To ask: "Do you want to go to college?" - "Have you read a good book lately?" - "Can you even read?" How do we...
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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs
Business & Environment podcast Climate One Podcast Drilled Podcast Greentech media Energy Gang podcast Rankings Global 100 100 Best Corporate Citizens Newsweek American's Most Responsible Companies 2021 Global...
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- 04 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
says, “and parked underneath a tree to meet with gang members. We asked them, ‘What could the city do over the next three, six, and twelve months to improve lives and reduce gun violence?’” The point, Patel understood, was to build trust...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ears to the Ground
and groundwork help police identify patterns and root out the problem: Most repeat shootings in an area actually come from a small number of repeat shooters. Maybe it’s a gang leader. Maybe it’s an illegal gun dealer using a backyard to...
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- 05 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis
level of rescuing. THE GROUCHO CRITERION “Remember when the Marx Brothers were burning the train to keep it going?” says Steinwender, referring to the notorious scene in Go West where Harpo and the gang chop up the train mid-motion so...
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- 21 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing
needs of potential fund recipients "means talking to everyone from thought leaders to gang leaders," he said. "You have to have the same discipline and rigor, but you also have to take the time to understand the ecology and...
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- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
says, “and parked underneath a tree to meet with gang members. We asked them, ‘What could the city do over the next three, six, and twelve months to improve lives and reduce gun violence?’” The point, Patel understood, was to build trust...
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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Ruling from the Bench
notorious criminals. Presiding over complex, multidefendant trials at the height of the 1980s crack cocaine epidemic, Snyder stared down members of the “Wild Cowboys” drug gang like Daniel (“Fat Danny”) Rincon and Stanley (“Trigger”)...
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