Other Speakers
Networking Is More Than Lots of Names, Says Heidi Roizen
Networking is more than having a hefty collection of business cards and attending A-list parties. Heidi Roizen has been a Silicon Valley CEO, a venture capitalist, and a corporate board member but “the homework never ends,” she told Stanford Graduate School of Business students.
Nobel Laureate Sharpe: There Are No Shortcuts in Investing
Although Nobel Laureate William F. Sharpe didn't give listeners any new advice about how to weather the current financial crisis and fill the holes in their portfolios, he did explain during a speech on the Stanford University campus how futile it is to read sure-thing investing books or watch the latest financial guru to find easy answers.
Steve Ballmer Paints Optimistic Picture for 2009 Grads
There is plenty of room for technological innovation in the fields of health and science and venture money to fund young entrepreneurs Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, MBA Class '81, told a Stanford audience.
Just Translating It into Spanish Isn’t Enough
to Reach Hispanic Audiences
Four Hollywood media experts agree successful niche marketing requires starting from scratch to reach each distinct audience segment. “Whatever market you’re targeting, you must approach that market freshly and sell to it,” one speaker, writer and producer Roberto Orci Jr., told a Stanford Business School audience.
Women are Still Scarce in Top-Level Business Positions
Their numbers have grown in business schools and throughout the corporate world. But women still have a long way to go before they become a significant presence in top-level business jobs, Deborah Zoullas, MBA ’78 told the 2008 Women in Management banquet audience.
Why I Came to Business School
"Change lives, change organizations, change the world," was just a slogan to John Russ, MBA ’08, until a GSB alum showed him one way it becomes concrete.
Global Firms Must Understand Local Practices
Establishing Eli Lilly’s operations in China in the mid 1990s was complicated because the firm didn’t understand local dynamics, including how top employees would react to peers being promoted, the firm’s Chief Marketing Officer Robert Brown told a Business School audience.
Newsom: Politics Needs More Risk-Taking
San Francisco’s Charismatic mayor Gavin Newsom, who four years ago ordered San Francisco to provide marriage licenses to same-sex couples, talked to a Business School audience about the need for politicians to take risks and described the personal and professional price he has paid for taking bold positions on controversial issues.
Criticism May Produce Innovation, Wal-Mart CEO Scott Says
Wal-Mart’s innovative approach to environmental sustainability and its addition of health care services to stores were partly triggered by critics of the company in other areas.
Pondering the Ethics of Global Business
Ethical dilemmas such as selling other nations scanners that can tell the sex of an unborn child or kerosene heaters without safety features available in the United States were debated during a discussion on “Academic vs. Real World Ethics” led by Professor David Brady.
Corporate Boards Seek More Women Directors
Just 15 percent of board seats for Fortune 500 companies are women, but women who have managed profit-and-loss units are more likely to be recruited for positions. A sold-out event in New York for Business School alumnae discussed “How and Why to Join a Board.”
Who Should Tell the Global Warming Story?
Global warming and environmental deterioration has not played a major role in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Campaign. Journalists and environmentalists at a Business School panel discussion debated just why this issue isn’t higher on the national agenda.
Balancing Career and Family Isn't Getting Easier
Women have to be very strategic in balancing family and career goals. Hard work and fairness won’t guarantee you a path to the top and a satisfied family life, Myra Hart advised an audience of Stanford women MBAs.
Wozniak Reflects on Founding Apple Computer
"You are not going to be too successful unless it’s in your heart and is your passion," Apple Computer cofounder Steve Wozniak told a Stanford Graduate School of Business.
First Generation Entrepreneurs Build the Chinese Market
Says Baidu's Wang
China today is poised to become a global powerhouse but its entrepreneurs face major challenges as they chart their roadmaps to success without the network that exists in the United States, said Shawn Wang, CFO of the Chinese internet giant Baidu.
Autodesk CFO Offers Road Map for Aspiring Financial Officers
It isn't enough to be a financial whiz, Autodesk CFO Al Castino told students and faculty at the annual Arjay Miller lecture. Adept CFOs must be able to convince other people that their ideas are the right ones. (May 2007)
Don’t Sell Yourself Short Advise Women in Management Banquet Speakers
Michelle Clayman created an asset management firm that invests $6 billion. Christiana Shi became a partner at McKinsey & Co. Their experiences were spotlighted at the 2007 Women in Management banquet. (May 2007)
Stanford Business School Honors Steven Denning with 2007 Excellence in Leadership Award
Each year, the Business School marks the importance of leadership in business by highlighting the achievements of a Stanford Graduate School of Business alumnus/a who has made significant contributions to the corporate world and the community. (April 2007)
Steve Denning video, (41 minutes)
BP's John Browne Lists Priorities for Combating Global Warming
Ten years after he broke ranks with much of the oil industry and delivered a landmark Stanford address that acknowledged the link between fossil fuels and global warming, BP Group Chief Executive John Browne returned to Stanford on April 26 to discuss the most urgent steps needed to minimize carbon dioxide emissions. (April 2007)
Black Business Students Association Conference: Robert Dale, MBA '73, Keynote Speaker
Robert Dale described challenges he faced as an advertising executive. He was the keynote of the 2007 Black Business Student Association conference. (March 2007) Video File, (47 minutes)
Women in Management: Carly Fiorina Didn't Want To Be Just a Female Boss
Carly Fiorina shared highlights of her career, including stories of human nature—and hairstyles—in the boardroom, during a speech sponsored by the Women in Management club. (October 2006)
Video File, (56:31 minutes, RealPlayer® format)
2006 Alumni Weekend: Run as Fast as You Can: The Red Queen of Competition Improves Organizational Performance
Organizations that don't keep changing eventually become punished for being really good at what used to be rewarded, according to Professor William Barnett. Like the Red Queen of Alice in Wonderland, businesses have to move fast to keep even with the competition. (October 2006)
Arjay Miller Lecture: Moody's CFO Linda Huber Has Instituted Changes
Moody's Chief Financial Officer Linda Huber, MBA '86, says she has honed her finance and human resource goals down to four: drive growth and profitability, support the line business, create an excellent control environment, and make Moody's a great place to work. (June 2006)
Business Principles Don't Always Work in the Classroom
The current success of the charter school movement owes some credit to successfully applying business standards, says Professor Debra Meyerson. In other cases, however, such standards may backfire and actually hurt student learning. (March 2006)
Capital One Chief Shares Entrepreneurial Advice at Award Dinner
Spot a trend, work backward from where you think the market is going, and hire only the best, Richard Fairbank, the CEO of Capital One, advises would-be entrepreneurs. (April 2006)
Katrina Produces Questions, Not Answers
A discussion of the issues of race and class that emerged in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina argued the disaster brought Americans out of a sense of complacency and forced them to address some long simmering issues in society. (November 2005)
No More Mr. Tough Guy
Peter Georgescu, MBA '63, the advertising superstar who brought us the “softer side of Sears,” is now advocating that we see the softer side of the CEO. (October 2005)
Herbert Allison Jr.: A Leader from War Room to Board Room
The soft skills he learned at the Stanford Graduate School of Business were far more important than the concrete disciplines of finance and accounting in terms of business success, said Herb Allison, the 2005 Excellence in Leadership Award recipient. "To understand why, you need look no further than the scandals that have engulfed one company after another in recent years. Virtually all of them can be traced to breakdowns in the organization's culture." (April 2005)
Alumni Weekend, October 2004
Each fall and spring, classes are invited back to campus to catch up with classmates, participate in learning opportunities, and reconnect with the GSB.
- A Little Uncertainty In Monetary Policy Can Be a Good Thing
- Creating Value in the Employment Relationships
- How Are the Red Sox Like a Shoe Company?
Dean Robert Joss Speaks to Australian Executives
In a wide-ranging conversation with Lincoln Parker of Invest Australia, Stanford Graduate School of Business Dean Robert Joss speaks before members of Advance, a network of Australian executives working in the United States. Joss and Parker talk about management education, what it takes to be a good manager, Australian management, and Westpac, one of Australia's largest banking groups. Before joining the Business School in 1999, Joss oversaw a turnaround at Westpac as its CEO. (September 2004)
Keep Your Values Public Management Program Founder Tells 2004 Grads
Public Management Program founder and emeritus GSB Dean Arjay Miller congratulated 134 PMP certificate recipients and urged the largest cohort in the program's 33-year history to stay true to their core values and continue to work toward solving pressing social problems. (June 2004)
Separate Leadership from Narcissism, Fisher Warns
Good management is about contributing to society, not about personal interest, Richard Fisher told an MBA Admit Weekend audience. Wealthy people without courage and integrity exhibit narcissism, not management skills. (May 2004)
'93 Graduate Held in Chinese Prison Is Topic of Alumni Weekend Panel
Jude Shao, MBA '93, has spent five years in Shanghai prisons and is asking China's Supreme Court to order a new trial on charges his company failed to pay taxes. His Business School classmates have mounted a campaign to bring attention to his case. From August 2003 issue of Stanford Business.
The Business of Food
It took venture capitalists over a year to figure out why Maurice Werdegar, MBA '92,, would want to become a restaurant entrepreneur. He and Ed Levine, MBA '81, discussed the fun and trials of being restaurateurs. (April 2003)
U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, MBA '67, Describes Life in Congress
Jim Kolbe, MBA '67, one two current members of Congress who are Business School graduates, says the MBA was not a sure ticket to winning election. (October 2002)
Humanitarian Action Must Remain Independent in Conflict Zones, Says Doctors Without Borders Exec
The pioneering humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders cannot join the U.S.-led anti-terrorism initiative pushed by Colin Powell and other world leaders because it would violate one of the group' s core philosophies, Nicolas de Torrent, executive director of the U.S. office of Doctors Without Borders, told a Business School audience. (February 2002)
Faculty Experts Discuss the U.S. Response to Terrorism
Six Stanford scholars discuss the Sept. 11th terrorist attack and what the aftermath may entail for the U.S. and for the world. (October 2001)
Intel's Andrew Grove: The Real Growth in E-Commerce is Yet to Come
Dot-coms aren't dead and the real growth in e-commerce is only beginning, Intel Corp. chairman and founder
Andy Grove told an audience at the Graduate School of Business. (May 2001)
Bill Joy Contemplates the Impact of Technology on the Future of Humanity
Bill Joy, the chief scientist of Sun Microsystems, sounded a clear and urgent warning against the unrestricted consequences of the rapid advancement and convergence of genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics (GNR). (April 2001)
High Tech CEOs McNealy, Andreessen Discuss Interest Rates, Dot.com Shakeout
Sun Microsystems chief Scott McNealy voiced unease about the economy, calling for a lowering of interest rates to give a fillip to investments in technology. (January 2001)
Managing Humanitarian Efforts Can Be More Challenging
than Launching an IPO
Managing humanitarian efforts can be more challenging than launching a startup Joelle Tanguy, U.S. executive director of Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), told a Stanford Business School audience.