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November 22, 2024
 
 
 
 
Stories of Impact
 
Heidi Patel, MBA ’04, at a GSB Impact Fund Investment Committee meeting in spring of 2024. | Saul Bromberger
 
 
 
CSI has empowered MBA students to launch impactful ventures for over 25 years. Projects like warming sleeping bags for infants in Tanzania and cooperative housing in Kansas City exemplify the GSB’s tagline, “Change lives. Change organizations. Change the world.”
 
 
 
From left: Roelof F. Botha, Stacy S. Brown-Philpot, and Peter Salovey. | Courtesies of Botha and Brown-Philpot; Salovey: Yale University
 
 
 
Roelof F. Botha, MBA ’00, the current chair of the GSB Advisory Council, will begin his five-year term on Dec. 1. Stacy S. Brown-Philpot, MBA ’02, a former member of the GSB Advisory Council and president of the GSB Alumni Association, will begin her five-year term on Feb. 1.
 
 
 
Illustrations by Alex Eben Meyer
 
 
 
GSB experts share that the best negotiators balance assertiveness and collaboration, focusing on creativity and understanding others’ priorities. Tips include asking the right questions, avoiding a “split-the-difference” mindset, and leveraging cultural intelligence.
 
 
 
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“If you take the worst-case scenario seriously, you are always better prepared.”

— Olena Vovk, SEP ’23
 
 
 
 
 
 
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INSIGHT INTO DIVERSITY
 
 
A team of Stanford University students, including Matt Champion, MSx ’24, has developed an AI tool to streamline the disability benefits application process for veterans. The tool aims to simplify complex systems and empower vulnerable populations.
 
 
 
 
10.10.25 Save the Date! Stanford GSB is turning 100!
 
 
 
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