About this time three years ago, the two of us were interviewing deans and business leaders, trying to make sense of the future. Covid-19 was breaking our normal, magnifying long-standing injustices, and pulling the future forward. We wanted to see the world beyond what was happening at the time. What we discovered, however, was that… Read more >
The 2023 version of the World Economic Forumâs Future of Jobs Report was released this week. Iâve been especially anxious for this (fourth) edition, because it is the first since we started moving beyond the Covid-19 pandemic. Iâve been concerned about the worldâs most vulnerable populations and interested in the impact of technology and other… Read more >
Lately Iâve been starting my presentations by asking participants, âIn what ways do the interests of business and business schools intersect?â The most common initial reaction has been silence, accompanied by a familiar facial expression, the one that says, âIsnât it obvious?â. Still, I press them on the question until someone speaks up. The first… Read more >
Twitter has a lot of uses. It helps people connect with others who have similar interests by sharing research and resources. Users can track and contribute in areas of interest, increase the visibility of their companies, and build their personal brand. All these things are important, of course, but I was looking for more when… Read more >
âLook at this lead pencil. There is not a single person in the world who can make this pencil.â That was Milton Friedman 16 minutes into the first installment of âFree to Choose,â the 1980 television show by the Nobel Laureate and his wife, Rose Friedman. For the next two minutes he told the remarkable… Read more >
Wishing everyone in the diverse GBSN community the very best for the holidays, and always. Thank you for everything you do to make the world a better place. Â
At GBSN Beyond, our annual conference, I bumped into a young, energetic woman during the networking break. She was hustling to deliver something to the tech team. Clearly, she was working as part of the GBSN staff team. The only problem is that I did not know who she was. She looked familiar, but her… Read more >
According to a 2018 World Bank report, âglobally, the loss in human capital wealth due to gender inequality is estimated at $160 trillion.â Presented differently and more positively, âhuman capital wealth could increase 21.7 percent globally, and total wealth by 14.0 percent with gender equality in earnings.â Three years earlier, the McKinsey Global Institute estimated… Read more >
In his latest blog, Dan LeClair explains why achieving GBSN’s vision means going well beyond improving access to business and management education.
In an HBS Podcast, Carter Roberts, President & CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) encouraged corporate leaders “to not just think about their own company, to not just think about their own footprint, but to embrace both the promise and expectation that they be a force for good in the world that goes way beyond… Read more >
