Since we last spoke, life, and business schools, have continued along more or less as normal until all of a sudden, the world has been turned upside down…
One hundred and 25 days ago I had this idea to start another 100 days of ideas. It took me 25 days to start (because I was home…
There is no such thing as business as usual. Humans are very good at forgetting things. But when the world tries to communicate with us, to teach us…
We can play around with the MBA all we like, or any other degree programme for that matter, but if we don’t spend some serious time thinking about…
You are (or should be) proud of your campus and all of your sustainability related projects. Unfortunately, many of your students aren’t on campus to engage in these….
I have written many a rant on academic publishing (but never published them). As a non-academic, I can write journal articles (and have), I review a lot of…
This is a perfect time to collaborate. Pair up with faculty teaching the same class as you at another business school and co-teach the class together. I can…
There are millions of very small business owners, for example street stalls, that have built up their businesses from pretty much nothing. They hold a vast amount of…
Have programmes where non academics can spend a short amount of time on campus as an “academic”. This 6 month programme would involve guest lectures, a research project,…
A campus is considered the grounds and buildings of primarily a university, but can be of many other institutions including other schools, companies or organisations. Many face similar challenges…
Why is business, as a discipline, treated (or treats itself) as if it was on a pedestal? Culture, pricing, business education does much to separate itself and what…
I remember speaking to the HR director of a major company who said she didn’t hire graduates from certain leading MBAs. She mentioned that they were usually overconfident…
Business schools will quickly create a tiny 1-2 week long version of their MBA aimed at individuals who want to start equally tiny businesses in local communities to…
Here is another one aimed at PhD students. After many years of thinking, researching and writing, you are indeed experts in thinking, researching and writing. But what about…
If we want better managers, we need better training. If we want better training, we need better teachers. If we want better teachers, we need better PhDs. But…
You may not be able to get to Broadway to catch a musical, but what if Broadway could come to you, or rather, you could become Broadway? What…
I once sat in an intercultural communication class at the University of California Berkeley before I did an MBA, and just assumed that all business degrees had a…
Discussing the purpose of business is a popular side event at conferences, and the topic of many a discussion paper. But it is mostly words. Have a required course…
Pretty much every MBA programme now sells itself as a Global MBA. This is important, but it is also important that graduates be able to think not just…
Not everyone wants or needs to do a globally focussed MBA. Many people’s whole world is their immediate community. Business schools, in partnership with local councils/government could launch…
Big pharma are putting a lot of money into COVID-19. There are big rewards for whoever finds a vaccine first. However, there are also significant ethical discussions to…