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  • 28 Mar 2023

Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

Loujaine AlMoallim Author MBA Students
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Data-driven decision-making is a powerful tool. A first step to successfully deploying such tools is to have clear (measurable) objectives and think through tradeoffs. Ask yourself: what is the metric that I care the most about, and for other metrics, what trade-offs am I willing to make? [...]
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  • 16 Feb 2023

The Rituals of Case Method Teaching

Shona Simkin Author HBS Community
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Pre-performance rituals are the stuff of legend for musicians and athletes—Keith Richards eats Shepherd’s pie before every Rolling Stones concert (and must be the one to break the crust); Beyoncé prays and stretches with her band members; Tiger Woods wears red on the course. And while leading a case discussion in an MBA classroom might not be the same as singing to thousands in an arena or teeing up at the Masters, it is a practice that often inspires anxiety. We talked with four professors at HBS about how they use rituals in their teaching. [...]
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  • 28 Oct 2022

Latina Women in Leadership: Shirley Verónica Cardona (MBA 2012)

Shirley Verónica Cardona Author Alumni
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The Latino Student Organization (LASO) was my home away from home. The annual LASO retreats stand out as some of my favorite HBS memories. Whether going on hikes, salsa dancing, or sharing a meal, our retreats were moments in which we came together to connect and build community. To this day, the friends fostered through LASO comprise my closest HBS friends. We enjoy cheering each other on as we progress professionally and being there to celebrate and support each other as we reach personal milestones. [...]
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  • 26 Jul 2022

Driving Change in Education-to-Employment

Furman Haynes Author MBA Students
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The HBS Summer Fellows Program enables students to apply their classroom training as they explore career opportunities in roles or regions where compensation is generally lower than the traditional MBA level. This summer, we are connecting with some of our 61 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows including Furman Haynes (MBA 2023), who is working at Year Up between his first and second year. [...]
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  • 23 Mar 2022

Learning Curve: The Brother-and-Sister Team Behind a New Edtech Nonprofit

Alexander Gelfand Author HBS Community
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Founded by siblings Azeez Gupta (MBA 2019) and Namya Mahajan (MBA 2022), the edtech nonprofit Rocket Learning targets India’s lower-income students—and the teachers and parents who support them. [...]
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