8 December 2022

Remembering Susan Chaplinsky

Our friend and colleague, Susan Chaplinsky, passed away on November 28.  So many of us have been saddened by this loss.  She was a great talent and a wonderful citizen…

6 December 2022

Good Books: A List of Recommended Readings, 2022

These days, so much of our information arrives in small bites: posts on social media, text messages, alerts from news sources, and so on. All this may be necessary and…

20 April 2021

Why Attend a Reunion?

  As Darden’s Dean for ten years, I hosted dozens of class reunions.  These events reinforced my sense that the Darden MBA experience fosters an inimitable bond among classmates.  The…

20 December 2020

Why Study Business History?

“The past is never dead.  The past is not even past.” –William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun   Faulkner’s words have come to me repeatedly over the past year.  Journalists,…

18 December 2020

Recommended Books of 2020: Reading and Rudder

“Never confuse movement with action.” – Ernest Hemingway “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there.” -- Lewis Carroll There is a difference between…