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    Using the Harvard MBA to Make a Difference in Politics & Policy

    Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 4:00 PM until 5:00 PMEastern Daylight Time UTC -04:00

    Many believe that government is too big. Government is too slow. Government is too bureaucratic. Harvard Business School (HBS) alumni are challenging that narrative head on. HBS attracts individuals who are passionate about tackling large problems, which is why so many alumni go on to pursue roles in all levels of government (from local to federal).

    HBS MBA Admissions invites you to a conversation with Professor Mitch Weiss (MBA 2004), Margaret Woolley Busse (MBA 2001), and Mina Hsiang (MBA 2010). Professor Mitch Weiss, in his book We the Possibility, argues the key to solving big problems at all levels is a shift from a mindset of "Probability Government" – overly focused on safe solutions and mimicking "best" practices – to "Possibility Government." This means public leadership and management that’s willing to boldly imagine new possibilities and to experiment. Hear directly from Professor Mitch Weiss, Margaret Woolley Busse, and Mina Hsiang on how they are doing just that.

    Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the world. Prior to joining HBS in 2014, Mitch was Chief of Staff and a partner to Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino. Mitch helped shape New Urban Mechanics, Boston’s municipal innovation strategy, and make it a model for peer-produced government and change. He is the author of We the Possibility from Harvard Business Review Press (2021). Mitch has been named one of the 100 most influential academics in government.


    Mina Hsiang was named the third Administrator of the United States Digital Service (USDS) in August 2021, becoming the first woman and first Asian-American to lead the organization since it started in 2014. Hsiang has worked across the private and public sectors to help solve complex problems that require important actions both from the government and the private sector. Hsiang has held various roles within federal government, many of which focused on digital service delivery across healthcare. During the Obama Administration, she was a key member of the HealthCare.gov rescue. She went on to serve at USDS as the lead for healthcare projects across the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and eventually started and led the Digital Service at the Department of Health and Human Services as its founding Executive Director.

    Margaret Woolley Busse was appointed the Executive Director of Utah’s Department of Commerce in January 2021 by Governor Spencer Cox. Prior to her appointment to Commerce, Ms. Busse was an adjunct faculty member for BYU’s Political Science Department. Ms. Busse also served for several years as the Associate Director of the Social Enterprise Initiative at Harvard Business School, where she developed an alumni impact investing program and worked on issues such as the future of work, opportunity and prosperity for all, and educational improvement. In addition, Ms. Busse worked as a strategy consultant at the Bridgespan Group and spent several years at the U.S. Treasury Department as a Presidential Management Fellow. Ms. Busse developed her passion for public service by serving for many years in leadership roles in local government.

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