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This case explores how John Janick, CEO of Interscope Records, used strategic communication to align a rapidly growing creative organization and clarify its value to multiple audiences in a highly disrupted industry. As artists gained unprecedented…
Chris Anderson, best known for scaling TED and mobilizing billions for philanthropy, and Stan Miranda, a career investor who helped build Partners Capital into a $65B outsourced CIO, believe they can unlock one of climate investing’s most persistent…
As the CEO and Managing Partner of investment firm Impact Engine, Jessica Droste Yagan had grown accustomed to pushing the boundaries of impact. For over a decade, she had overseen multiple efforts to redefine what it meant to be an impact investor, where…
This case presents Ingram Micro’s effort to reimagine the IT distribution model through Xvantage, an AI-enabled digital platform launched as the company prepared to return to public markets. In the case, CEO Paul Bay, Chief Digital Officer Sanjib Sahoo…
Alex Tiller, Captain of Lunar Labs, faces a defining moment for his organization’s experimental model of innovation. During a Quarterly Learning Review, the team behind CarbonCatcher—a direct air capture project designed to remove carbon from the…
In 2022, two first-time entrepreneurs, Hannah Greenberg and Alex Lopez, acquired Eleven Software, a Portland-based provider of cloud platforms that managed guest Wi-Fi for major hospitality brands such as Hilton and Marriott. The pair had met during their…
For nearly a year, Ted Maa and Chris Steinbaugh, members of the Private Equity Impact Investing team at Nuveen, had been following a potential investment opportunity for a company raising $30 million that had only recently fallen out of exclusivity. The…
For ten weeks, the Spring 2024 cohort of students in ALP-303: Analysis and Measurement of Impact at the Stanford Graduate School of Business tackled an initial attempt at improving the Builders Fund (“Builders”) Impact Prioritization Rating (IPR). As part…
In 2025, serial entrepreneur and angel investor Simon de Montfort stepped into an unassuming warehouse in Alameda, California, to meet Ricky Jennings, the inventor behind SeaGlider—an ambitious effort to build autonomous, wind- and solar-powered ocean…
Deutsche Telekom (DT) reached an unprecedented peak of success in 2025, becoming the world’s most valuable telco brand and the leading European telco by market capitalization. This standing was symbolized by the “Dancing Elephant” sculpture at its Bonn…
In 2025, Virta Health CEO and cofounder Sami Inkinen faces a series of strategic and leadership choices as the company nears profitability and contemplates an initial public offering (IPO). Founded in 2014 to reverse Type 2 diabetes and obesity through…
MECCA had by 2025 become Australasia’s leading prestige beauty retailer, with a 30 percent market share, annual revenues exceeding A$1.2 billion, and a passionate following of four million customers. The company was founded in 1997 by Jo Horgan with a…
Electronic health records (EHR) offer clear efficiency, productivity, and safety benefits to health care organizations, medical personnel, and patients. Implementing an EHR modernization program throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health…
Bonnier News in 2025 had solidified its position as Sweden’s leading news provider and the Nordic region’s largest news media group, largely through a successful strategic and operating model transformation. Under CEO Anders Eriksson, the company…
In mid-2025, eight years into his tenure as CEO, Andrew Anagnost is navigating Autodesk through its most rapid period of change, driven by three strategic vectors: optimizing its go-to-market function, growing new “design and make” businesses, and…
WeWork, once one of the most valuable start-ups in history, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November 2023. An innovator in the commercial real estate space, WeWork developed a “space-as-a-service” model, offering an increasingly mobile…
In 2025, Cummins Inc., a global transportation systems leader, was navigating a complex energy transition guided by its Destination Zero strategy, which aimed for net-zero emissions by 2050. The company faced a dual imperative: driving profitability in…
JetBlue Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of JetBlue Airways. The case describes the evolution and growth path of JetBlue Ventures as it used its investment team and operations team to successfully invest in 53 start-ups over 8 years. It…
In late 2017, the sexual abuse scandal involving USA Gymnastics team physician Larry Nassar appeared to be winding down. Nassar had pleaded guilty to federal and state charges, and key figures, including USA Gymnastics CEO Steve Penny, had resigned. A new…
