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The Wall Street Journal Women in the Economy Task Force

I’ve been eagerly awaiting yesterday’s Wall Street Journal ever since our Task Force meeting ended last week.  The sessions were stellar and I’m grateful to the WSJ for convening and facilitating a very high level of discussion focused on actionable steps. This blog isn’t a “but” – it’s a pondering.  I’m obviously a supporter of…

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The Jazz Festival For Entrepreneurship

The New Orleans Entrepreneurship Week really was the jazz festival for entrepreneurship.  I spent several days last week at the “festival” and was able to participate in a number of ways, including offering a mini demonstration of a 10,000 Small Businesses module, facilitating a round table discussion on the entrepreneurial ecosystem of greater New Orleans,…

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Where Will You Be in Five Years?

Professor Joseph Weintraub writes in Harvard Business Review about responding to the familiar interview question: “Where Will You Be in Five Years?” Principles to Remember Do: First, do the contemplative work to develop a personal answer to the question Understand what the interviewer is trying to gather from your response Shorten the timeframe of the…

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Leadership and Influence: Babson Professor Allan Cohen

Professor Cohen holds the Edward A. Madden Distinguished Professorship in Global Leadership. He recently served two years as the interim dean of the graduate program. Dr. Cohen completed seven years as vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty. A consultant on organizational change for companies such as GE, he helped found the Indian…

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Leadership And Ethics Lecture Series: Carolyn Hotchkiss

Babson College, Olin College, and Wellesley College teamed up to sponsor a public lecture series on leadership and ethics. The speakers offer perspectives based on their research and experience exercising leadership, often in difficult situations fraught with challenging ethical dilemmas. This week’s lecture features Carolyn Hotchkiss, J.D., Dean of Faculty and Professor of Law, Babson…

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State Department Presentation On Global Entrepreneurship

Last week I had the opportunity to visit the US State Department in Washington, D. C. with two of my entrepreneurship colleagues, Prof. Donna Kelley and Prof. Abdul Ali. Donna made a presentation about the findings of the 2010 Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Research Project. GEM is a 59 country study of more than 175,000…

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25 Years After Challenger, Has NASA’s Judgment Improved?

Professor Tom Davenport writes in his Harvard Business Review Blog: Has NASA changed anything about its decision-making in the aftermath of these stunning failures? To find out, we included it in the set of organizations we are studying in connection with our book on judgment.  Read more here.