Michael Wong is an emeritus board member of the Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA).
How Should BioPharma C-Suites Guide and Support Remaining Employees After Workforce Reductions?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Stephanie J. Creary, Assistant Professor of Management at The Wharton School of The University of Pennsylvania.
Does One Need a Tour of Duty in Consulting to Leapfrog to a Biopharma CEO Role?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Dr. Henry A. McKinnell, former Chairman and CEO of Pfizer.
Preparing for the Pharma C-Suite
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Aileen Fernandes, Chief Business Officer of Arcellx.
Preparing for the C-Suite
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Elaina Shekhter, EPAM’s Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer.
Preparing for the CEO Journey
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Spencer Stuart’s Claudius A. Hildebrand.
Why Frontline Sales Have and Will Continue to be a Foundation for Long-term Career Success
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Paul Ollinger, one of Facebook’s first 250 employees.
As Healthcare and Technology Intersect, Why Are Strong Communication Skills Crucial for Today and Tomorrow?
A Q&A with Harvard’s Laura Wegner, serial entrepreneur and Rhodes Scholar-elect.
What Does the ‘Third Age’ Look Like for BioPharma Employees as They Plan for Longer Life Spans?
A Q&A with Dr. Ken Dychtwald, Recipient of the McKinsey Award for his Harvard Business Review article, “It’s Time to Retire Retirement.”
What is the Secret Sauce for Top School Graduates to Convert Start-Up Ideas into Sustainable Firms?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Martin Gonzalez, Principal of Org and Leadership Development at Google.
Making the Leap from Pharmaceuticals to Private Equity, Venture Capital
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Jeremy Goldberg of Arsenal Capital Partners.
What is the Transformation Playbook for Moving From Digital Pilot to a Truly Scaled Production Solution?
A C-suite Q&A with Cristina Ortega Duran, President of Evinova.
Has Machine Learning Finally Provided Practical Value for the Healthcare Ecosystem?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Dr. Hersh Sagreiya at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
Why BioPharma C-Suites Can’t Delegate Accountable AI to Their Chief Legal Officers
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Kevin Werbach, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at the Wharton School.
Reducing Anxiety for Frontline Consultants: Q&A with Morra Aarons-Mele
The author discusses how to calm the nerves of workers during periods of uncertainty.
What is the Secret Sauce to Convert Academic Ideas to Valued Offerings That Prospective Buyers Crave?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Penn Center for Innovation’s Michael D. Moisel, MS, MBA.
With CEO Turnover Rising to Record Levels, How Can Incoming, Existing Executives Build a Sustainable Role?
A Q&A with Russell Reynolds’ Global Lead of CEO & Executive Transition Practice, Ty Wiggins, PhD.
How Should Top Business School Deans Change to Lead the Training Grounds of Fortune 500 Future Leaders?
A Q&A with Korn Ferry’s co-managing director of the Global Education Practice, Kenneth L. Kring.
What Crucial Skill Sets are Global Biopharmas Asking Premier Executive Recruitment Firms to Search for in Top Talent?
A Q&A with Egon Zehnder’s Sergio Della Zassa about what biopharma executives and search firms are looking for in terms of table stakes skill sets and “unicorn” experiences from top talent in the field.
With Layoffs Continuing in 2024 and Employees Paralyzed by Fear for Their Jobs, How Can Leaders Address Crucial Real Problems?
A Q&A with Professor Frances Frei of the Harvard Business School, who discusses how leaders create the conditions for organizations and individuals to thrive by designing for excellence in operations, strategy, and culture.
Future Proofing a Consulting Career for 2024 and Beyond
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Dorie Clark, Instructor of Executive Education at the Columbia Business School.
Creating a Growth Mindset Culture to Jumpstart Successful Biopharma Partnerships
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Matt Wolf, president of Biopharma Services at Cencora.
What’s the Secret Sauce to Creating an Incubator Space That Helps Convert Academic Ideas into Valued Offerings?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Louis Kassa, CEO of the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center.
In the Wake of the Great Resignation, Can Employees Realistically Expect Any Good Jobs for 2024?
A Q&A with Dr. Zeynep Ton, professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management.
If One in Five MBAs Were Unemployed Months After Graduating From a Premier Business School in 2023, What New Skill Sets Should People Pursue in 2024? A Q&A with Stanford’s Matt Abrahams
Matt Abrahams, a Lecturer in Organizational Behavior at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, discusses the importance for job seekers of investing time on qualitative skills, such as communications.
With Generative AI, Layoffs Increasing Complexity for C-Suites in 2024, What Playbook Should Executives Deploy for the Next Three Quarters?
A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association (HBSHAA) Q&A with Professor Deborah Ancona, founder of the MIT Leadership Center.
With Most Fortune 500 Companies Unprepared for New SEC Cyber Regulations, What Should Their Board of Directors Do? A Q&A with Dr. Herb Lin, Senior Research Scholar for Cybersecurity at Stanford University
As the use of emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence continues to grow to support the innovation goals of Fortune 500 companies, so too does the risk of cybersecurity breaches.
White Collar Jobs, Blue Collar Jobs, & New-Collar Jobs: Which Offers the Best Chance for Career Longevity in Biopharma? Q&A with Kerry McKittrick, Co-Director of the Harvard Project on Workforce
Practical recommendations for a path forward for both biopharma C-Suites and their employees.
Q&A: How Does a ‘Never Enough’ Achievement Culture Impact Your Workforce’s Morale? Planning for 2024 With Journalist and Author Jennifer Breheny Wallace
Jennifer Breheny Wallace, award-winning journalist and author, notes that C-Suite leaders should understand the financial risks of not taking action to address workplace burnout in 2024.
Should Biopharma C-Suites Still Engage With China? A Harvard Business School Healthcare Alumni Association Q&A with Professor F. Warren McFarlan
An overview of what biopharma C-Suites and their boards should consider when engaging with government and business leaders from China, the world’s second largest economy.
As Biopharma Firms Finalize C-Suite Goals for 2024, Are Their Workforces Prepared to Execute? A Q&A With MIT’s Stephanie L. Woerner, PhD
C-Suites and their boards should remember that digital transformation is a key part of the larger focus of a profound business transformation.