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“These board fees for [health] insurance companies are off the reservation.”
— HBS professor F. Warren McFarlan, arguing that nonprofit board service should be about giving “time, talent, and treasure,” not compensation. (Boston Globe, March 10, 2011)
“There are little facial expressions. ...The chin goes back, like, ‘Really?’”
— former supermodel Tyra Banks describing reaction to her enrollment in the OPM Executive Education program. (CBS Sunday Morning, March 6, 2011)
“People often misunderstand ‘preparation’ to mean just knowing their own idea forwards and backwards.”
— HBS professor emeritus John kotter explaining why anticipating counter-arguments to a new idea increases its chances for success. (Harvard Business Review blog, April 19, 2011)
“Entrepreneurship is not about being smart, analytical, [or] the best in one field. It’s about being persistent.”
— Daniel Kafie (MBA ’07), founder and CEO, Vostu.com. (Financial Times, March 20, 2011)
“Do you think the world is out to get you? Go ahead, be a little paranoid. That’s my management tip for today.”
— HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter, on the power of positive paranoia. (Harvard Business Review blog, March 21, 2011)
“One day, a year of global immersion before college will become the norm rather than the exception.”
— ABIGAIL FALIK (MBA ’08), founder and CEO, Global Citizen Year. (Christian Science Monitor online, April 11, 2011)
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