Impact Insights

01 Jun 2020

Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows

The Leadership Fellows Program at Harvard Business School (HBS) is based on University Professor Michael Porter’s vision of developing a network of HBS graduates with cross-sector experience who are committed to addressing societal issues throughout their careers. The fellowship is a two-way commitment in which graduating students are offered once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to experience high-impact management positions in nonprofit and public sector organizations for one year at a competitive salary. At the same time, the hiring organizations leverage the experience, energy, and strategic and analytical skills of MBAs in roles that produce immediate results and build long-term capacity. [...]

A panel at the recent HBS Business & Environment alumni conference.

06 Apr 2020

HBS Business & Environment Alumni Conference

Lynn Schenk HBS Staff

On March 4, 2020, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and Alumni Relations hosted Risks, Opportunities, and Investment in the Era of Climate Change. We talked to Lynn Schenk, Associate Director of BEI about the alumni conference.

[...]

Life After Rikers: HBS Alumni Volunteers Complete Project Aimed at Reducing Recidivism in NYC

GOSO participants from left: Darrel, Giovany, and Dashawn. Image courtesy of Getting Out and Staying Out.

11 Jul 2019

Life After Rikers: HBS Alumni Volunteers Complete Project Aimed at Reducing Recidivism in NYC

Christine Murnane

HBS alumni partnered with a NYC nonprofit to address problems of mass incarceration and institutionalized racism—and the results are inspiring. Through the Community Partners division of the Harvard Business School Club of New York (HBSCNY), a team of seven alumni volunteers completed a pro bono consulting project with Getting Out and Staying Out (GOSO), a nonprofit providing reentry services to young men, ages 16 to 24, who are currently detained at or were released from Rikers Island and other detention centers. [...]

21 Mar 2019

Boston-based alumni discuss income inequality, the merits of capitalism and the social contract at Business & Society “Jeffersonian” Dinner Series

Amelia Angella Alumni

On the evening of February 28, 2019, 30 HBS alumni gathered at the home of Sarah Perry (MBA 1995) and Tony Kingsley (MBA 1991) for a Business and Society “Jeffersonian” dinner, one of an inaugural series of alumni conversations focused on broader societal issues that HBS alums are uniquely positioned to impact. Modeled after dinners Thomas Jefferson held at Monticello and the White House, these dinners are taking place across the country as a way to build connections and share conversation. For our table, guests were given the following topic primer along with some reading prior to the event: [...]

07 Jun 2018

HBS Hacks: Alumni Solving for the Future of Work in San Francisco

Margaret Busse SEI Team

On Friday, May 18th, from dawn until dusk, 75 HBS alumni gathered in Google’s Community Space overlooking the San Francisco Bay to “hack” an issue causing growing anxiety all around us: the future of work. As we all witness on an almost daily basis, the world of work is constantly changing at an ever-increasing pace. Technological breakthroughs are upending traditional work everywhere—from grocery store self-checkout stands to software automating bookkeeping—and causing both displacement and new opportunities for workers. Many see it as an inevitable brewing storm. [...]

Blog

Impact Insights

Topics

Topics

Topics

Topics

Meet the 2020-2021 Leadership Fellows

HBS Business & Environment Alumni Conference

Life After Rikers: HBS Alumni Volunteers Complete Project Aimed at Reducing Recidivism in NYC

Boston-based alumni discuss income inequality, the merits of capitalism and the social contract at Business & Society “Jeffersonian” Dinner Series

HBS Hacks: Alumni Solving for the Future of Work in San Francisco