Business and Society
Leading in a Data-Driven World: Being Fearless and Fierce With Data
In a new class, MBA students learn how data can help them make business decisions and that leaders do not need to be number crunchers.
Business and Society, Data/Big Data, Analytics, Future of Work
The Future of Work: Frameworks for Leading Through Change
A new MBA course aims to provide students with the essential tools they need to manage and lead in 21st century organizations.
Business and Society, Social Enterprise
At Healthcare Employer Event, Tamer Center’s ReEntry Acceleration Program (REAP) Embraces Growing Mainstream Acceptance
Reentry organizations come together to consider the challenges and opportunities when hiring individuals with past criminal records for career-track positions in healthcare.
Battery, Business and Society, Climate and Consumer Behavior, Climate and Solutions, Climate and Technology, Energy Storage Systems, Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise, Startups
Greening Buildings, Blocks, and Cities: BlocPower and Decarbonization at Scale With Donnel Baird ’13
Donnel Baird ’13 is the founder and CEO of BlocPower, a clean tech startup based in New York City that develops portfolios of clean energy retrofit opportunities in underserved communities and connects those opportunities to investors seeking social, environmental, and financial returns.
Business and Society, Economics and Policy, Social Enterprise
Public Private Partnerships and the Future of New York City With Kathryn Wylde
Kathryn Wylde is one of New York and the country’s preeminent leaders when it comes to robust, cross-sector partnerships. As president and CEO of the Partnership for New York City, New York’s leading business organization, Wylde has been a key liaison between the city’s public and private sectors in the COVID-19 pandemic and recovery.
Business and Society, Carbon, Climate and Finance, Climate and Solutions, Social Enterprise
Walking the Walk on Climate Change and Mission Aligned Investing With Valerie Rockefeller
Valerie Rockefeller is one of the country’s most innovative leaders in the fight against climate change and in our transition to a low carbon economy. As chair of Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and BankFWD, she is helping to pioneer ways to channel philanthropy and the capital markets towards a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Business and Society, Business Economics and Public Policy, Entrepreneurship, Social Enterprise
A Stake in Each Other’s Dreams and Struggles With Governor Deval Patrick
Governor Deval Patrick is one of the country’s most talented and inspiring leaders who has blazed many trails across and between the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. We explore some of the through lines in a career that has included successful chapters in civil rights law and activism, policy and politics, and entrepreneurship and investing.
Business and Society, Economics and Policy, Social Enterprise
The Care Economy: Expanding Our Imagination for What Is Possible With Ai-jen Poo
Ai-jen Poo is one of the country’s most innovative and celebrated leaders of the labor and women’s movements. The executive director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, she is an award-winning organizer, author, and leading voice on economic inclusion and shared prosperity.
Business and Society, Diversity, ESG, Ethics and Leadership, Social Impact
Leadership and Ethics News
Going Beyond the Win-Win
The 2021 Klion Forum examined humanistic leadership through the lens of today’s societal challenges.
Business and Society, Business Economics and Public Policy, Economics and Policy, Social Enterprise
Policy, the Private Sector, and the Promise of a More Inclusive Economy With Heather Higginbottom
Heather Higginbottom is the president of the JPMorgan Chase PolicyCenter, which develops and advances sustainable, evidence-based policy solutions to drive inclusive economic growth in the United States and around the world.