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- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
Waking Up a Sleeping Company
undermined the company's performance. For all its strengths, it was my impression that Medtronic's culture was too Minnesota Nice. I realized that these aspects of Medtronic's culture had to change if we were going to be an effective...
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by Bill George
- 28 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 28
(A) Leaders of the many Fortune 500 firms headquartered in Minneapolis-St. Paul have a long history of engaging collectively, and with educational, political and social leaders, to deal with important community issues. Focusing on the participation of leading CEOs in...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017
species. My Name Is Melvin: The Life of an Extraordinary Ordinary Man by John A. Ehlert (OPM 23, 1996) (Telemachus Press LLC) In this biography of his father, Ehlert tells how Melvin was born in hardscrabble rural Minnesota and spent his...
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- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
partnership in rural northern Minnesota between 14 different organizations, which worked together through an advisory board, governing board, and leadership team in order to deliver coordinated early childhood services to young children...
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Martha Lagace
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Is That Really Your Best Offer?
takes time and patience to discern their meaning. 3. Look For Anomalies Certain people have the knack of picking up on nonverbal cues. Clancy Prevost, a Minnesota flight school instructor, is such a person. Several years ago he had a...
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by Michael Wheeler
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
The first charter school law was passed in Minnesota in 1991; by 2011, there were 5,275 charters nationwide, making up more than 5 percent of all public schools. In June 2009, however, the movement hit a bump. Stanford University's Center...
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- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
The Minnesota Early Learning Foundation (MELF), formed in 2005, invested in two projects designed to test the economists' recommendations. The St. Paul Early Childhood Scholarship Program (SPECSP) provided up to $13,000 a year per child...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Scheindlin of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York and Rosemary Pooler of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Before becoming a professor, she was a litigation associate at Covington & Burling in New York. From 2011 to 2018, she...
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- 18 Aug 2021
- News
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
message to his organization sharing his reaction. “I was personally moved to tears, thinking it could easily have been me, or a member of my family, or one of my Tecomet colleagues. There but for the grace of God go I,” wrote Swint a week after the View Details
- 14 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating Love @ HBS in 2021
Minneapolis to pursue his dream job working for the Minnesota Vikings NFL team. Ready to take on the world together (and probably just a little bit crazy), we got married relatively young when I was 21 and he was 24. Since then, we’ve...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Making Their Way
to live, work, or play in a dingy or glary space?” The oldest family-owned and -operated lighting business in the nation — its doors opened in 1895 — Kirlin proclaims its products are “100% designed, manufactured, and assembled in the USA.” The company moved from View Details
- February 2024
- Case
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (A): A Comparative Analysis of Climate Actions and Change Enablers in 14 U.S. Cities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Throughout the early 2000's, emphasis was placed on initiatives to adapt to and mitigate climate action in cities. This series presents overviews (snapshots) of 14 U.S. metropolitan regions to help identify similarities, differences, and opportunities for developing...
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Climate;
Climate Impact;
Innovation;
Mitigation Policies;
Carbon Footprint;
Investing;
Climate Finance;
Renewable;
Mobility;
City;
Climate Change;
Adaptation;
Renewable Energy;
Weather;
Problems and Challenges;
United States;
Boston;
Detroit;
Miami;
Minneapolis;
St. Paul;
Pittsburgh;
Seattle;
San Jose
- 22 May 2020
- Blog Post
Reflections on Service - Armed Forces Alumni Association Student Profiles
Liber. Nicholas Qiu | 2nd Battalion, 11th Field Artillery US Army ENTERED SERVICE FROM: Woodbury, Minnesota REASON FOR SERVING: Growing up in Hawaii as the son of two Chinese immigrants, I remember two things distinctly. Spam Musubi and...
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- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2016
Scudder and his daughter Roseanne to struggle for the dignity of all people. Doggett Determination: Believing in Yourself to Create Success in Life and Business by Ron E. Doggett (AMP 81, 1979) and Karen Zelden (Zelden Writing Solutions LLC) From Doggett’s modest...
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- March 2022 (Revised June 2023)
- Background Note
Climate Issues on the Ground: Snapshots of Diverse American Cities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin Scibetta and Ryan Barr
This compilation provides brief snapshots of climate action and its geographic and institutional context in 13 U.S. cities that send diverse participants to the Harvard Business School Young American Leaders Program to learn about cross-sector collaboration to address...
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- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement
grace of God go I,” wrote Swint a week after the Minnesota incident. “This tragedy has brought out the best and worst in people all across the country,” he continued, noting the “great divide in our world right now,” he writes: “I believe...
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