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Feb 4, 2025 • 24min

How to Judge Your Next Job

Michael Horn, co-founder of the Clayton Christensen Institute, and Ethan Bernstein, Harvard Business School associate professor, share insights from their book, Job Moves: 9 Steps for Making Progress in Your Career. They discuss navigating career transitions and the significance of motivational clarity in job searches. The duo emphasizes the value of informational interviews for understanding market dynamics and the unexpected power of weak ties in uncovering opportunities. They also highlight the difference between movement and genuine career progress, urging reflective decision-making.
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Jan 14, 2025 • 14min

Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

Former Continental Airlines CEO Frank Lorenzo (MBA 1963) recounts the radical ideas and relentless negotiations that transformed the airline industry
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Dec 18, 2024 • 14min

The Musts of 2024

Explore media recommendations that spark connections and active listening. Discover transformative reads that shape perspectives on life and success. Delve into personal reflections on grief and urgent climate solutions. Celebrate music milestones like Jackson Browne's iconic album and dive into podcasts that mix humor with science. Gain insights from the latest in venture capital and personal finance literature, with an eye on upcoming must-reads. This engaging discussion is a perfect mix of inspiration and entertainment.
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Dec 10, 2024 • 24min

Solving the Underemployment Crisis

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.
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Nov 27, 2024 • 17min

Negotiating Peace in Canada's Largest Rainforest

How Wally Eamer (MBA 1979) helped end a bitter, decades-long conflict between loggers, environmentalists, government officials, and First Nations
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Nov 12, 2024 • 16min

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) on what it will really take to adapt to the realities of climate change
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Oct 21, 2024 • 10min

My Worst Job

Alumni share life-altering lessons from the labor force
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Sep 24, 2024 • 11min

The Making of a Streaming Sensation

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
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Sep 4, 2024 • 12min

Basket Chase

Baskits president and CEO Robin Kovitz (MBA 2007) on the tactics and the trials of her “acquisition entrepreneurship” journey
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Aug 13, 2024 • 23min

Quantum Leap

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

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