13 Alumni Quotes from 2023

Andrew Husband

Dec 12, 2023

From explaining the role happiness plays in achieving success to speculating about the possible applications of artificial intelligence, the members of the MIT Sloan alumni community had many poignant and insightful things to say this year.

Here are 13 notable quotes from the MIT Sloan alumni we spoke to in 2023:

“The sky’s the limit if you are grounded … If you are grounded and willing to work honestly and work hard, how can you go wrong?” - Asha Seth Kapadia, SM ’65, Professor Emerita of Biostatistics at University of Texas School of Public Health

“Help [your team] find a way to promote whatever it is that they have built to production so that they can share this with others and bring mission success to whatever it is that you're doing.” - Brian Erickson, SFMBA ’21, Chief Data & Artificial Intelligence Officer at U.S. Coast Guard

“Resources are limited, and at this stage of my life, I’ve realized the most limited resource is our time on this planet. We cannot treasure our most limited resource enough.” - Jean Su, SF ’03, Co-Founder and Producer at Broadvision Pictures

“As leaders in our respective fields, we have a responsibility to ensure that everyone has access to high-quality health care, regardless of their background or socioeconomic status.” - Guadalupe Hayes-Mota, SB ’08, LGO ’16, Founder and CEO of Healr Solutions

“I learned the importance of showing up as a human. As a leader, it's okay to be emotional. It's okay to show that things are not exactly how they were supposed to be and letting your team understand that.” - Shawna Young, EMBA ’15, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Ada Developers Academy

“You have to consciously work to reframe your sense of both who you are and what is possible, as well as what you have ruled out as a possibility because others have already framed you in a different box.” - Ron Williams, SF ’84, former CEO and Board Chairperson of Aetna

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