Lisa Leander, Membership Senior Advisor, sits down with GBSN’s recently appointed CEO, Dan LeClair to reflect on his first few months leading the network.
Thought Leadership
Chairman’s Corner: Digital Innovation in Learning Should Become a Priority
It is time now for business school leaders to start investing significantly in digital innovations. Like any organization, going through the journey of digital transformation requires a focus on integrating digital DNA into the organization. Based on my own research and personal experience, here are some suggestions for business school leaders:
The Future of Management Education is Experiential
For me this brief interaction pointed to three interesting developments in management education. First, it provided an example of the blurring boundaries between what companies and business schools do. Second, it revealed some of the key advantages of âlearning by doingâ to develop managers and leaders. Third, it demonstrated the importance of context in creating meaningful and effective learning experiences.
Media Rankings and the Challenge of Change in Management Education
If you could change anythingâââanything at allâââabout your business school, what would it be? In one form or another, that basic question is placed before every business school leader. Whereas ânothingââânothing at allâ might once have sufficed for the sake of continuity and tradition, itâs no longer viewed as an acceptable response. Business school leaders, like the rest of us, live and lead in an economy described by terms and phrases such as disruptive, exponential growth, Fourth Industrial Revolution, automated, and VUCA. The time to think that business schools can continue teaching what they have, the same way, to the same people, in the same places, and with the same faculty is over. This article is about how business schools are stepping up to the challenge of change and what rankings can and canât do to support them.
Top 10 Business Schools in Africa
The business sector in Africa has improved significantly over the course of time and universities throughout the continent have continued to expand and have more opportunities to students. The African Exponent, a reliable online outlet for African news and in depth analysis of developments in business, finance, markets, politics, culture, science and technology, recently ranked… Read more >