Before we get started, here are some things you will enjoy this Sunday.
How Mukesh Bansal built a portfolio of unicorns
A tool that will reduce the time you spend on emails by 50%
The De-platformed Harvard Business School Professor and the Guilty Pleasure of Taking Down Others
Prof. Francisca Gino is a famous Harvard professor who co-authored more than 100 academic journals, delivered numerous TED talks, and published two best-selling books since joining HBS in 2010. According to Fortune magazine, Harvard paid Gino more than $1 million per year, and her books, talks, and consulting engagements made even more.
She has been put on administrative leave for allegedly fudging data in some research papers published 6 years ago. Her official title – the Tandon Family Professor of Business Administration – was removed from her HBS page, and she has been banned from the school’s publishing platforms. That’s as serious as it gets in the academic world.
Gino has filed a defamation suit of $25 Million against Harvard and the co-authors of the blog. In this newsletter, we will explore whether it is a question of ethics or is it schadenfreude (deriving pleasure from the misfortune of others)
