Haas School of Business

Please join us at noon today for a lively conversation with Professors Jennifer Chatman and Cameron Anderson, led by Prof. Don Moore, about their recent research on jerks, narcissists, and the damage they inflict on organizations. How should managers identify and approach these personality types? Live stream at 12pm PST on Thurs, 1/21: http://haas.org/NewThink11

"Being paperless doesn’t make us powerless. We have purpose and an eagerness to give back, by creating communities, by finding the power in helping people." Luis Alejandro Liang, BS 12, EWMBA 23, "Dreamer" and "double Bear." http://haas.org/36i2ClQ

Congrats to Hussein Ahmed, EMBA 18, on raising a $17M Series A funding round for his digital banking startup Oxygen. Since launching in January 2020, Oxygen has opened more than 125,000 consumer and small business accounts. http://haas.org/35Z7VXd

Congratulations to Prof. Janet Yellen on her confirmation today as President Biden's Treasury Secretary! Another glass ceiling shattered. http://haas.org/3qOPSuQ

Dean Ann Harrison weighs in on why climate change will be among the biggest challenges of 2021. http://haas.org/3rK7BER

Congrats to Olaseni Bello, MBA 21, who was recently awarded the $20,000 Sallie Mae Bridging the Dream Scholarship for Graduate Students. Bello, a lawyer and a former US Army Captain who served in Afghanistan, is the founder of healthcare startup CarpeMed. http://haas.org/2XdzxmD

Great leadership inspires hope. And hope starts with your essential support for the bright students and big ideas at Berkeley Haas. Make your tax-deductible gift today. http://haas.org/Dec20123686

Stockton Rush, MBA 89, and president of Everett, Wash.-based OceanGate Expeditions, has booked three dozen people for Titanic diving expeditions next year on his five-person submarine. They'll be the first guests to visit the wreck in 15 years. @questionthestatusquo https://haas.org/3l0HvtO

With the United Nations estimating that two-thirds of the global population will live in urban areas by 2050, cities like New York, Rio de Janeiro, and Dubai have sought alum Victor Santiago Pineda’s input on how to redesign their physical and digital landscapes. #accessibilityforall https://haas.org/2HFr3QT

After founding a successful nonprofit, Yannell Selman, MBA 21, came to Haas to learn how to build a sustainable business that would grow and scale to have a global impact. Though she’s still passionate about entrepreneurship, her internship at Amazon impacted her in a way she never expected. https://haas.org/3kDW5qO

It turns out that the triple bottom line is the same as the bottom line. Former Dean and Prof. Laura D. Tyson interviews Prof. Ross Levine about his latest research on why #CSR pays off. Tomorrow at noon PDT: haas.org/NewThinking9

How confident should you be in election polls? Not nearly as confident as the pollsters claim, according to a new Berkeley Haas study. An analysis of 1,400 polls from 11 election cycles found that the outcome lands within the poll’s result just 60% of the time. And that’s for polls conducted one week before an election. If you’re confident, based on polling, about how the 2020 election will come out, think again, said Prof. Don Moore, who conducted the analysis with former student Aditya Kotak, BA 20. There are a lot of reasons why the actual outcome could be different from the poll, and the way pollsters compute confidence intervals does not take those issues into account. https://haas.org/3otgmS6

Get an inside look at the pristine indoor vertical farm where perfect Japanese strawberries grow year-round. Watch the Eater interview with Oishii Berry founder Hiroki Koga, #MBA 17. #questionthestatusquo https://haas.org/37ySoPx

Salesforce is one of the leading tech companies that consider Berkeley Haas grads prime employment candidates. MBA recruiter Layne Austin shares what Salesforce looks for when hiring. https://haas.org/37AmMca

As the world contends with extraordinary disruption from a worldwide pandemic to ongoing social unrest across the globe to the devastating effects of climate change Haas Dean Ann Harrison joined education leaders from the U.S. and China to share how their schools are responding to these crises. https://haas.org/2TftPOZ