The 3rd 100 series (2020) explored what the future of business schools could look like in the current SDG/COVID reality. Scroll through the ideas on the right for more.
The 2nd (examples) 100 series (2017) highlighted 100 examples of innovations from business schools around the world focused on sustainability, many inspired by these ideas. Click here to read them all.
The first 100 series (2014) was 100 ideas of what the future business degree might look like. The ideas were published as a book (Greenleaf 2016) Click here for more information.
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Who am I?
I spend my time looking for ways to engage all sorts of different groups in sustainability regardless of who they are, or what they do. A lot of those I engage, as you can see here, are in management education because I believe that if we change the way that future managers and leaders are taught about these issues, that will inevitably lead to wider, positive changes.
When I did my MBA everything was about quantity. It was about big business. Most discussions about small businesses were focused on how small business could become big….
An academic career would be made up of 3-year stints. Every 3 years the focus would be different: a three-year stint working with government or a business, a…
On paper, most business schools look very similar. It’s the feeling that you get when you walk onto campus that is unique and that enhances your degree in…
A 20 year old commits a crime and may find themselves in prison. What then? Most prison systems don’t really lend themselves to help individuals rehabilitate, to fix…
There was once a time where new generations were taught by multiple generations. The lessons weren’t just focused on multiplication and textbooks. These were packaged with life lessons,…
An elective course that is about identifying and eliminating waste in business in different forms including in supply chains and production but not limited to that. This includes…
When I look around me, I can see that there are a lot of initiatives that, if available, would be really beneficial right now. These are projects that…
Business school takes place in nice flashy buildings, in shiny new classrooms. While this is, of course, quite nice sometimes, and is all nice and flashy, does it…
A network is a group of individuals or schools that come together around a common theme. They pay for the privilege of being a member and then receive…
One thing that has come out of this pandemic is a greater awareness of how challenging this situation has been on the elderly, families, small business owners and…
Every business school tries to do a bit of everything. You all have a centre for this, a centre for that, every specialty imaginable. I understand why, you…
Moving forwards, make room in every course for a number of outside students to attend. They apply and pay a small fee, and would attend either because they…
The focus of my 100 days has really been to explore what the future of business education could look like. One future could very easily not include business…
Today I’m feeling annoyed at my city for not taking pedestrians seriously. Cars get seem to have priority above everything. A community misses out on so much by…
There is little we can do to push sustainability forwards if Human resources isn’t fully engaged. Amongst the many responsibilities of HR, is hiring and training those individuals…