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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
A Casual Approach to Success
Hellman takes a casual, often humorous view of his accomplishments. He’d rather talk about his love for bluegrass music than The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., an organization his firm made headlines with when it invested $240 million in it....
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Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Magician Turns HBS Upside Down
showed how an audience is impressed and won over if the magician “goofs” the first time (e.g., guessing the three of clubs rather than the seven of spades) only to recover through humorous and seemingly Herculean mental effort to get it...
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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2015
Alumni Books The Boat House Café: Book One of First Light by Linda Cardillo (MBA 1978) (Bellastoria Press LLP) A novel set on Martha’s Vineyard. Buffoonery on Woodhouse Avenue by Bob Garland (PMD 20, 1970) (Gabbrolandbooks) The fourth in a series of View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Marketing Your Way Through a Recession
times loom, we tend to retreat to our village. Look for cozy hearth-and-home family scenes in advertising to replace images of extreme sports, adventure, and rugged individualism. Zany humor and appeals on the basis of fear are out....
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by John Quelch
- 17 Dec 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
‘Ted Levitt Changed My Life’
early weeks (the man does not let up!), the students come to appreciate the intensity and rapid-fire humor of their teacher. Clearly, he cares. A lot. And by the end of the semester, something transformative has happened: They are better...
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- 13 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
2021 48th Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference Honors Black Women Leaders
diversity officer at Zoom, kicked off the programming with a session titled “The Village.” He offered a straightforward, humorous timeline of his career and its challenges, frankly discussing the lack of representation in tech, the value...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
Howard. By asking me the right questions, with humor and humility, he led me to make good decisions in my life. He mentored me without me realizing it.” — Stephanie Noone, HBS Development Officer “If there’s ever a fallen sparrow writhing...
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- 10 Oct 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote
winner, an environmental activist. Despite the fact that the government thought the humorous name would be more popular, once again, an implicit contract had been broken, and outrage ensued.
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- 18 Mar 2014
- News
The Oz of Data Opens the Curtain
Inc., likes to tell that story, not only for the humor inherent in Wanamaker's statement, but also because it relates directly to his business. "That's a data problem," Howe says. "Business, like life, is full of decisions. Almost every...
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- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What It Takes to Restore Trust in Business
The crisis in American business has spawned tales of colorful characters who will surely live on in folk memory, quipped Harvard Business School professor D. Quinn Mills: the ignorant CEO; the creative accountants; the big-spending dot-com kid. Dark View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
humor in the idea of the man they labeled "a dirty Talmud Jew," lodged a protest with the State Department, and refused to participate in the festivities. The IBM is not merely an organization of men; it is an institution that...
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by Richard S. Tedlow
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Not Your Typical Business Conference
integrate professional and personal goals in making career choices. Christina R. Lane (MBA '82) took listeners on a humorous sojourn, recounting her adventures as an international management consultant to governments, businesses, and...
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- 01 Feb 2017
- What Do You Think?
Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?
have in manufacturing). Joan, while commenting that “the issue is multi-dimensional and complex,” observed that: “Things seem to be changing faster than we as humans can adapt ” Paul injected some humor into an ominous-sounding comment...
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- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
dodgy name is not always a major impediment to success.” Gretchen Kennedy commented, “Boaty McBoatface is the PERFECT name for bringing a little humor to a world that takes itself way too seriously.” Science Advocate added, “You can’t buy...
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- 29 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Super Bowl Ads for Multitaskers
such as GoDaddy, for example, has been very successful using sex appeal and humor to create brand recognition. Now that the brand is well known, says Teixeira, it might benefit from a more direct call to consumers to purchase its...
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- 10 Aug 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation
going to open the floor up to all of you. Right over here. Hi. Hunt Duran, section E, 2002. Just a simple question, how much does humor play into being happy? You seem like you're a pretty funny guy. I haven't met too many people who...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
something went wrong, he'll probably tell ten. Before long, everyone has heard a story about someone's bad experience." Putting Out Fires So what about the bad days? The business of preparing and serving food is a source of some of the most memorable, most View Details
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Hanna, Julia
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Jason A. Kilar
electrical engineer who worked for Westinghouse. His entire side of the family was about technology and science. On the other side, I had this crazy mom who was trying to kill ‘em in the aisles with jokes about our lives. She wrote a View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
runs his own venture capital firm, Bear Ventures LLC. “With his multiple investments in various early- and mid-stage companies, his point of view is invaluable to me,” she notes. But even more importantly, says Erdoes, given the couple's oftenstressful occupations,...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
breakthrough, rather than a break from professional advancement. As she discovered, “soft” skills are actually pretty hard, but they can be mastered. As kids demonstrate, we all learn best when having fun. In this book, dozens of essential executive leadership lessons...
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Margie Kelley