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13 May 2025
Skydeck

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

Re: Bonnie Cohen (MBA 1967); Vittorio Colao (MBA 1990); Debby Farrington (MBA 1976); Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966); John Rice (MBA 1992)

15 Dec 2024
HBS Magazine

Crucible: Give It Up

What we can—and can't—control

Re: Mark Adams (MBA 1995); By: Mark Adams; Illustration by Caroline Tomlinson

23 Oct 2024
HBS Alumni News

Lessons in resilience from 77-year-old ultramarathoner Eric Spector (MBA 1972)

Re: Eric Spector (MBA 1972); By: Christine Speer Lejeune; photos by Alison Yin

03 Jul 2024
Skydeck

Surviving the Iditarod

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

Re: Suz Stroeer (MBA 2011)

01 Jun 2024
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Again and Again

How rituals help us create order from chaos, affect performance, and ascribe meaning to the mundane details of our personal and professional lives

Re: Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003); Michael I. Norton (Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Negotiation, Organizations & Markets)

16 May 2024
Skydeck

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

Re: John Hess (MBA 1977); Peter Crisp (MBA 1960); Gerry Schwartz (MBA 1970); Gwill York (MBA 1984); Desiree Rogers (MBA 1985)

01 Mar 2024
HBS Alumni Bulletin

3-Minute Briefing: Ilana D. Weinstein (MBA 1995)

Founder & CEO, The IDW Group

Re: Ilana Weinstein (MBA 1995); By: Edited by Julia Hanna; Photo by Chris Sorensen

01 Mar 2024
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Turning Point: Eternal Returns

Re: Louisa Wong (MBA 1981); Leonard A. Schlesinger (Baker Foundation Professor Chair, Practice Faculty)

01 Dec 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Turning Point: Where Credit Is Due

Re: Nagi Otgonshar (MBA 2015)

01 Dec 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

The Imposter Among Us

The uneasy truth about faking it, making it, and sometimes feeling like a phony

Re: Edgar Wallner (PMD 22); Dick Egan (PMD 22); Mika Nishimura (MBA 1989); Clifford Maxwell (MBA 2021); Sumit Ganguli (OPM 52); Ellie Luce (PMD 30); Mike Voevodsky (MBA 1992); Sam Burman (MBA 1993); Francis Nedvidek (TGMP 4); Wendy Perben (MBA 2002); Hugh Taylor (MBA 1992); Greg Brown (MBA 1992); John Dixon (MBA 1982)

01 Sep 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

3-Minute Briefing: Frances Haugen: (MBA 2011)

Founder and CEO, Beyond the Screen; Author, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook

Re: Frances Haugen (MBA 2011); By: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

For one investment banker, a merger with long-term impact

Re: Ted Roosevelt (MBA 1972); By: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

Turning Point: Listen to the Music

Re: Marnie Tattersall (MBA 1972)

01 Sep 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

That Was Then, This Is Now

For more than 20 years, the HBS Portrait Project has captured a moment in time for graduating MBAs. We asked five alumni to revisit their hopes and dreams

Re: Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); Heidi Brooks (MBA 2003); Peggy Yu (MBA 2007); Jon Swan (MBA 2009); Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005); Kareem Reda (MBA 2011); Nitin Nohria (George Fisher Baker Jr. Professor of Business Administration Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor); By: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.

01 Jun 2023
HBS Alumni Bulletin

3-Minute Briefing: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)

Cofounder and chairman, GMO; Founder, Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment

Re: Jeremy Grantham (MBA 1966)