Yesterday I was honored to have an old classmate of mine swing into town for a brief visit. Robert Arthur Lundin (or, as many of you will remember him: “Blah blah blah blah blah, me me me me me, Robert Lundin”) was the president of Wiess back when I was president of Lovett and weContinue reading “Presidential Visit”
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Beach Volleyball Is BACK
Last night I skipped what was sure to be a great party to stay in and get some work done. There were three reasons for this painful decision: 1. My scholastic and extracurricular work has piled up; I really needed a productive weekend to catch up. 2. Tomorrow I will have an old friend inContinue reading “Beach Volleyball Is BACK”
Financial Aid
An anonymous reader posted a comment recently asking how IMD’s full-time MBAs afford the program, which isn’t cheap. Tuition and fees come to ~$75,000 (increasing to $80,000 for next year’s class). Living expenses are estimated at ~$30,000 on the year (Switzerland isn’t cheap either.) and then, of course, is the fact that most of usContinue reading “Financial Aid”
Good and Bad
Good: The weather here has been beautiful the past couple of days. Yesterday after class I went for a run along the lake. Instead of running a specific distance for speed, sometimes I run a specific duration and try to cover the most ground possible while keeping my heart rate below a certain threshold. YesterdayContinue reading “Good and Bad”
Career Services
A major part of this program is career services. We spend significant time not just focusing on the “how” aspect of finding our next career but, more importantly, the who/what/where/why. What fields really motivate us and which of our skills are most valuable? How can we merge those and other factors, such as culture, toContinue reading “Career Services”
IPD and IPE
We have begun two new classes this Mod that start with “IP.” The first, Innovation and Product Design (which I first covered in March), is taught by American professor David Robertson. David comes from the software world so I’m naturally very interested in his class. His most compelling feature, though, is his utter lack ofContinue reading “IPD and IPE”
Living the Startup Dream
A major component of our IMD entrepreneurship education is the Startup Project. 18 startup companies have come to IMD asking for “help.” “Help” means anything from business strategy to market research to marketing to manufacturing and production optimization to HR to . . . any other aspect of business. Frequently they need help with severalContinue reading “Living the Startup Dream”
Jurassic IMD
Yesterday our afternoon class was interrupted by numerous loud booms that sounded (and felt!) progressively closer and closer. Theories about the source of such tremors ranged from the boring (construction of the building next door) to the outlandish (fiesty Evian launching an offensive from the other side of Lake Geneva). As I sat watching theContinue reading “Jurassic IMD”
1987
The mid-80s have been pretty disappointing (It’s basically Madonna‘s Immaculate Collection.) with occasional flashes of brilliance in the form of 80s classics and nostalgic movie themes. I’m in 1987 now and I was delighted to discover the following: The #18 song of 1987 was “I Think We’re Alone Now” by Tiffany.The #19 song of 1987Continue reading “1987”
Burning Platforms of Change
Today was our second Strategy class with Canadian professor James Henderson. He’s a bit goofy, using accents and emphatic gestures in class, but he is already impressing me with how little I apparently know about strategy–which is ostensibly one of my strong suits! Jim led the case discussion of my IMD application interview (Part ofContinue reading “Burning Platforms of Change”