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Call it prescience, or fortuitous timing. Just hours after President Obama proposed corporate tax reform in exchange for congressional support of a $302 billion transportation bill to pay for badly needed repairs to the nation’s decaying highways, roads, and bridges, power brokers from business, academia, and the federal government gathered at Harvard Business School (HBS) Wednesday evening to begin a private, two-day summit, “America on the Move: Transportation and Infrastructure for the 21st Century.” The conference was convened to apply strategic thinking to key challenges facing the United States in the global marketplace in fundamental areas that drive and support the economy, such as energy, information technology, and the transportation of goods and people. ....
What prompted you to begin this inquiry? Michael Porter: There was a clear feeling at HBS that something different was happening in the U.S. economy this was not just a deep recession caused by the housing mortgage crisis and so forth. The recession is very real, but something more was going on. This project was born from that feeling, and the belief that the school could convene and analyze and understand in ways we had not taken full advantage of. As Jan and I started looking at the data, a whole set of indicators validated disturbing trends that began well before the Great Recession. ....
Over the past three months, ambition has turned into action. While the majority of Task Force members have finished their initial assignments, Chandler, Hammond, and Rivkin continue to move the work forward, joined by Dobbin Bookman, Jean Cunningham, Jen Eliason, Brian Kenny, and Kathleen McGinn to comprise a steering committee that will coordinate and impel efforts until a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer (CDIO) is hired (see below). Additionally, Jill Fadule has been brought on as an interim project manager, ensuring coordination across the many areas of activity and working with others to advance progress on strategic priorities. Below are some highlights of the work that has been unfolding in selected areas. (See here for a comprehensive account of the progress that HBS has made on its Racial Equity Plan) ....