For my readers who are considering an MBA in their futures, I am pleased to announce that IMD will be holding information sessions around the world over the next two months. If you would like to learn more about the school, the participants, the program, the application process, Lausanne, or anything else, I strongly encourageContinue reading “IMD Information Sessions”
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The Rite of Spring
As I mentioned last weekend, spring is in the air here in Lausanne. Or at least it was. Today, the first full day of spring, is cold and foggy with wet snow and high winds. That’s no problem for me, though, as I’m planning to spend most of the day indoors anyway. We have todayContinue reading “The Rite of Spring”
Missed Opportunities
In Friday’s POM class, Corey focused on knowledge brokering–how to find solutions to problems instead of solving them. As part of the lecture, he walked us through his own knowledge brokering experience at HP, which led to the invention of several products. One of these products was the HP Universal Notebook Expansion Base, which IContinue reading “Missed Opportunities”
Another One Bites the Dust
Not only was it the #65 song of 1981, but Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust is appropriate for today as well. No, not because of its driving bass line or its well timed injections of Brian May “Red Special” guitar riffs; rather because today we sadly bade adieu to our Leading People in OrganizationsContinue reading “Another One Bites the Dust”
Finance meets Motown
Canadian professor Jim Ellert is our other Finance professor. Apparently he has a penchant for Motown music. We’re on break right now between sessions on dividend policy and he is showing us old videos from the Apollo Theater in Harlem to pick up our energy levels. Awesome.
Hassin 2 – Virus 0
For the second time this year I felt the beginning of a cold coming on. Unfortunately this time it was on Tuesday, just before our Integrated Exercise was to begin on Thursday. Given that the coming days would be intense and sleepless, I knew I needed to beat this thing or the IE would goContinue reading “Hassin 2 – Virus 0”
It’s Snowing!!!!
As it has been so sunny and warm the past few weeks, you can imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to . . . SNOW! As is my usual routine, I opened my curtains to see how the mountains looked as the sun began peeking up over the horizon. However, there wasContinue reading “It’s Snowing!!!!”
I Am a Tug of Warrior!
As predicted, the mighty Rice Owls have retaken the national #4 ranking on their path to an inevitable #1 seed and College World Series championship. In honor of this ascent, I hereby devote my second consecutive post to sports. This time, instead of focusing on NCAA sports, I am focusing on the annual MBA Tournament,Continue reading “I Am a Tug of Warrior!”
Everything’s Bigger in Texas!
Today was a day of mixed emotions. It was our last day of ICA/E and the last day of the month. It’s hard to believe that we’ve come far enough to have completed one of our courses already! That is one of the side effects of such an intense program; just blink and time hasContinue reading “Everything’s Bigger in Texas!”
Sustainability
I’m not sure if it is intentional or not (I suspect it is, as every part of this program has been planned out in excruciating detail.) but over the past two weeks our courses have taken on a sustainability theme. In Entrepreneurship we have been studying cases of social entrepreneurs, startups that help people and/orContinue reading “Sustainability”