Harvard Business School

6 statements across 6 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 6 people on the record · first statement Dec 14, 2017 by Warren Berger · said 31 times in 15 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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Dec 14, 2017 neutral
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Berger: Clayton Christensen said business leaders view questioning as inefficient
“Clayton Christensen at the Harvard Business School used when he was, you know, I talked to him about questioning and he said the attitude among business leaders is that questioning is inefficient.”
Warren Berger Dec 14, 2017 ▶ 37:38 #26 Warren Berger: Improving The Questions You Ask
Oct 2, 2018 positive
Assertion Supported
Gawande: Core operational management practices directly improve hospital patient outcomes
“We now see that there is direct correlation between the more of that you do, the better off patients are, substantially better off patients are, and better off in terms of quality.”
Dr. Atul Gawande Oct 2, 2018 ▶ 23:04 #42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress
Nov 12, 2019
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Schwarzman: Integrated systems fail unless every component is properly coordinated
“Every course they were taking was teaching the same thing. They said it had different names, you know, strategy, production, human relations, marketing, but it was all the same thing, which is that every piece of any integrated system has to be coordinated or …”
Stephen Schwarzman Nov 12, 2019 ▶ 15:04 #69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes
Apr 28, 2020 negative
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Ackman: Top business school students lack experience dealing with failure
“The single most important thing you need to understand is how to deal with failure, and the vast majority of people who got to, you know, Harvard Business School, or pick your favorite you know, top business or law school has not had to deal with failure, and …”
Bill Ackman Apr 28, 2020 ▶ 8:36 #82 Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up
Nov 24, 2020 negative
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Roger Martin: Harvard Business School cases artificially illustrate single narrow tools
“When you do a case study the case has been written to illustrate a tool. Right? The answer comes from applying a given tool, like, and you, and we're made to think, oh, these are just general business situations. No, they're not. The writing of Harvard Busines…”
Roger Martin Nov 24, 2020 ▶ 24:45 #97 Roger Martin: Forward Thinking
Jul 29, 2025 neutral
Assertion Supported
Parrish: Harvard Business School began admitting women in 1963
“Harvard Business School had just started accepting women that very year.”
Shane Parrish Jul 29, 2025 ▶ 23:10 Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers]
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