Skydeck

Alumni share stories of lifelong friendships, supportive roommates, and finding love through chance encounters at HBS. The influence of Professor Hank Riling and the impact of Professor Francis Fry and Professor Ryan Buell on academic journeys. Discussion on impactful mentors and startup co-founders. Reflecting on meeting a spouse at HBS and starting a family together.

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

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

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.)

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

Join Ray McGuire, a veteran Wall Street banker, as he shares humbling stories of early career blunders, emphasizing authenticity. Former Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras reflects on political integrity amidst setbacks during a financial crisis. Depelsha Thomas-McGruder, a leader at the Ford Foundation, discusses challenges launching MTV Tr3s and its cultural impact. Reshma Kewalramani, CEO of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, highlights the critical importance of hiring exceptional talent to shape a thriving company culture.

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

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

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.

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.