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01 Jun 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Blissful Thinking

Happiness research is all the rage. How understanding the origins of joy can improve the way we lead organizations—and our personal lives

Re: Neil Pasricha (MBA 2007); Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice); Leonard A. Schlesinger (Baker Foundation Professor Chair, Practice Faculty); By: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

26 May 2022
Skydeck

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

Re: Bob Wilson (MBA 1961)

22 Feb 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Re: Hilary Schneider (MBA 1986); Jim Heerwagen (MBA 1986); By: Julia Hanna

22 Feb 2022
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Ink: Bringing Purpose to Life

Re: Ranjay Gulati (Paul R. Lawrence MBA Class of 1942 Professor of Business Administration)

14 Feb 2022
Wall Street Journal

Harvard Wants MBAs to Learn How to Be Happy at Work

To lead a happy team, you have to learn to be happy yourself, according to a Harvard Business School course that’s been popular in the pandemic.

Re: Arthur C. Brooks (Professor of Management Practice)

06 Dec 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Turning Point: Makeover

Re: Vicky Tsai (MBA 2006); Brad Murray (MBA 2007)

07 Sep 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Alumni Perspective: The Morning After 9/11

Off-book lessons from the classroom on the day everything changed

Re: Rick Zednik (MBA 2002); Frances X. Frei (UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management)

07 Sep 2021
Skydeck

Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

HBS alumni offer advice for enjoying—or avoiding—retirement

10 Aug 2021
Making A Difference

Moving Education Within Reach

One alum’s under-the-radar philanthropy elevated opportunities for children in Malaysia

11 Jun 2021
Skydeck

The Power of Resilience

How Parul Somani created the silver lining in a life-changing diagnosis

Re: Parul Somani (MBA 2009)

02 Jun 2021
Skydeck

On the Road Less Traveled

How Ed Hajim overcame a childhood of foster homes and orphanages to find success in finance—and how a family secret changed his life at age 60

Re: Ed Hajim (MBA 1964)

28 May 2021
New York Times

Facing her mortality, a mother travels forward in time through gifts and letters to her children

13 May 2021
HBS Careers Blog

Zhalisa Clarke's Sabbatical Story: Tech Leader Turned Healer

How one alumna's sabbatical catalyzed major changes in her identity and her life.

Re: Zhalisa Clarke (MBA 2008); By: Dennis DiDonna

10 Mar 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Turning Point: Coming to Cambodia

A chance encounter leads to a life-changing question: When can you get here?

Re: Connie Baher (MBA 1980)

10 Mar 2021
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Dream Job: Higher Ed’s New Hire

Investing in a mission with meaning

Re: Kim Lew (MBA 1992); By: Julia Hanna