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If I Knew Then  

Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 16:03


With the advantage of hindsight, this year's recipients of the Alumni Achievement Award offer some words of wisdom and key takeaways from their HBS experience

Challenge Accepted

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 18:24


Recipients of the 2025 Alumni Achievement Award describe a time when life put them to the test—and what came out of it

The Working Parent Revolution

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 14:00


Bright Horizons CEO Stephen Kramer (MBA 1997) on what modern parents really want from their workplace

What We Can Learn From “The Oracle of Wall Street”

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 22:05


Taylor Becker (MBA 2025) shares personal anecdotes and life lessons from his collaboration with the late finance icon Byron Wien (MBA 1956)

Joy to the World

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 20:07


How Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010), CEO of East Boston Social Centers, is making joy a priority in his community—and what his work can teach every organization

How to Judge Your Next Job

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 24:25


Michael Horn (MBA 2006) and Associate Professor Ethan Bernstein—coauthors of the new book Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career—on how to make sure your next career move is the right one

Tracking Modern Air Travel's Takeoff

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 13:31


Former Continental Airlines CEO Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) recounts the radical ideas and relentless negotiations that transformed the airline industry

The Musts of 2024

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2024 13:32


Alumni recommendations from the year in media

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2024 24:02


More than half of college grads are underemployed. In this excerpt from Managing the Future of Work, Stephen Moret (MBA 2011) discusses the root causes of this trend—and what policymakers and the private sector can do to address it.

Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 17:11


How Wally Eamer (MBA 1979) helped end a bitter, decades-long conflict between loggers, environmentalists, government officials, and First Nations

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 15:44


Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) on what it will really take to adapt to the realities of climate change

My Worst Job

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 9:50


Alumni share life-altering lessons from the labor force

The Making of a Streaming Sensation

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2024 11:03


Author and producer Jeff Norton (MBA 2003) on how his show Geek Girl became a Netflix hit—and what it tells us about success in the streaming era

Basket Chase

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 11:43


Baskits president and CEO Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) on the tactics and the trials of her “acquisition entrepreneurship” journey

Quantum Leap

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2024 22:57


John Levy (MBA 1979) thinks his startup can make quantum computing an accessible superpower for business—and he is racing tech's biggest names to make a long-promised future a reality

Reddit's Rise

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2024 19:07


COO Jen Wong (MBA 2004) on how she grew revenues without compromising community

Surviving the Iditarod

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2024 18:57


Adventurer Sunny Stroeer (MBA 2011) is always hunting for her limit. Would she find it while skiing 1,000 miles through the Alaskan wilderness?

How To Have Effective Conversations

Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 15:44


Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) on the rules of real talk

On the Job

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2024 14:14


Recipients of the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award share takeaways from early experiences in the working world

Origin Stories

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2024 15:17


Recipients of the 2024 Alumni Achievement Award reflect on how their early life shaped them—personally and professionally

Mission Control

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2024 16:02


Space entrepreneur Peter Platzer (MBA 2002) on the process of finding your purpose

In Harmony

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 20:26


Born in Korea, Michael Kim (MBA 1990) spent his formative years in the US. As his novel ‘Offerings' heads for the big screen, Asia's “godfather of private equity” reflects on time, legacy, duty, and the unexpected connections between fiction and finance.

Combat-Tested Cancer Coaching

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2024 16:41


Cancer will impact nearly one in two people in their lifetime. Kathy Giusti (MBA 1985) has battled it twice—and has lessons for anyone in the fight.   

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 15:51


Author Anne Morriss (MBA 2004) on how companies can tackle complex issues with essential speed

The Musts of 2023

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 10:56


Alumni recommendations from the year in media

So You Want to Join a Startup

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2023 13:01


Entrepreneur and author Gus Bessalel (MBA 1988) on how to look before you leap

Love and Money

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2023 15:11


Insights from the dating world with professional matchmaker Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993)

Soldier On

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2023 14:12


Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones, a Marine Corps veteran, on managing through a school shooting crisis—and what it takes to turnaround a city

Skydeck Voices: The Most Important Person I Met at HBS

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 14:01


Alumni reflect on the like-minded cofounders, life-changing professors, and lifelong partners they met on campus. 

Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023 15:55


In this excerpt from the HBS podcast Climate Rising, Sanchali Pal (MBA 2018) discusses the business plan behind her sustainable spending app.

Striving for Imperfection

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 16:39


In a new book, Charles Conn (MBA 1990) offers problem-solving mindsets for uncertain times

Skydeck Live: Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2023 17:14


Chris Marinak (MBA 2008), Chief Operations and Strategy Officer at Major League Baseball, on building and nurturing an organizational culture of innovation—and what his experience at MLB can teach any business leader. (Recorded live at Spring Reunions.)

Balancing Acts

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2023 14:00


Recipients of the 2023 Alumni Achievement Award offer their take on the tricky topic of managing personal and professional responsibilities

Fail Better

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2023 19:08


Recipients of the 2023 Alumni Achievement Award describe when things didn't go according to plan—and how those painful experiences were ultimately a good thing

Step Change

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 26:19


From the Bulletin: When she came back to Egypt five years ago, investor Amal Enan (MBA 2014) embraced the chaos—and found a path to impact her country's future

How Can We Solve the Teacher Shortage Crisis?

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 12:56


In this excerpt from HBS's Managing the Future of Work podcast, Mallory Dwinal-Palisch (MBA 2015) offers a lesson plan for the American education system

Clearing the Air - Episode 3: Carbon's Second Act

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2023 10:02


This is the third and final episode of Clearing the Air, our mini-series on carbon capture. In this episode, we look at some of the potential uses for captured carbon—including a startup employing nature's C02 recycling model—and the necessity of sweeping, speedy scaling.

Clearing the Air - Episode 2: Grand Ambitions in the Great Plains

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2023 9:11


This is the second episode of our Skydeck mini-series on carbon capture. In the first episode, we explored the scope of the problem—and the potential size of the business opportunity at this moment.  In this episode we're headed to the Carbon Capture Inc.'s headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles, where the company's first prototype was built. And to Southwest Wyoming where the company is planning the first large-scale direct-air capture facility in the United States.   

Clearing the Air: Episode 1 - Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 11:04


This is the first episode of "Clearing the Air", a three-part series focused on the business of carbon capture, a technology that could help address the climate change crisis by removing excess carbon dioxide right out of the atmosphere. The promise of this approach has launched a raft of companies that not only capture but also store and even reuse the carbon—creating an industry that has attracted several billion dollars of government and investor capital in just the last few years. But the scope of the problem is massive and growing, which means that all of these promising new ideas need to launch and scale quickly.  This series will take you inside the world of carbon capture, guided by innovators and experts at the forefront of the movement who will help you understand what is possible.

Forged in Fire

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2023 19:53


HBS Executive Fellow Bill George and Chad Foster (PLDA 21, 2016), an author and motivational speaker, on the transformational power of crucibles

Singing to the Corn

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2022 21:08


From the HBS Alumni Bulletin: Taylor Keen's Sacred Seed project shows how a Native American approach to agriculture can protect the planet's soil—one garden at a time. 

If I Were You

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2022 9:29


Alumni offer their advice to current HBS students

Your Family, Your Work, Your Way

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2022 19:09


Daisy Dowling (MBA 2002) helps working parents hit the reset button, post-COVID—and offers practical advice for moving forward on an even keel at home and in the office

Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2022 20:53


Susan Wilner Golden (PMD 59, 1990) on the promise of the new longevity economy

Wired to be Inspired

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2022 15:43


Professor Ranjay Gulati on the messy but transformational pursuit of purpose

Bidding Up

Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2022 22:01


2022 Alumni Achievement Award recipient Bob Wilson (MBA 1961, DBA 1963) on his journey from Depression-era Nebraska to a 2020 Nobel Prize

Leading to Salvation

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2022 22:10


2022 Alumni Achievement Award recipient Bob Ryan (MBA 1970) had just stepped off his last board when he was called on for a different sort of service: revitalizing the oldest African American-owned business in north Minneapolis.

Onboarding

Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2022 19:02


2022 Alumni Achievement Award recipient Tosh Barron (MBA 1972) describes her experience as a pioneering woman in the board room, the elements of effective corporate governance, and what to look for when seeking a board role

Lesson Plans

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2022 15:02


Sal Khan's ambition for Khan Academy: Empower billions of learners and provide a safety net for education systems around the world

Clean Slate

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2022 15:55


In the first of a weekly series of Skydeck episodes honoring recipients of the 2022 Alumni Achievement Award, finance veteran Naina Lal Kidwai (MBA 1982) talks about her second act as chairman and founder of the India Sanitation Coalition, an organization coordinating business, government, and nonprofit efforts to improve India's water quality and health outcomes.

Home Grown

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2022 10:59


Naveen Tewari, founder of InMobi and now Glance, is at the forefront of a growing trend of global consumer technology companies created in Asia—not just powered by it

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