What Brexit and Trumpquake mean for MBAs
I have been meaning to write this blog post ever since the US election results were announced but decided to wait several weeks to collect my thoughts. The elections were hugely divisive and regardless...
View ArticleThanksgiving playlist
It’s Thanksgiving weekend in the US but the pace of the Cambridge MBA means that there is little holiday respite for our American students. Students are balancing their course work with their careers...
View ArticleThis year’s Business Week MBA ranking
Bloomberg Businessweek has released their annual ranking of business schools for 2016. Curiously, they chose to release their ranking of US MBA programmes before Thanksgiving and made non-US schools...
View ArticlePlaylist for those end of term exam blues
All the Cambridge MBAs breathed a huge sigh of relief this week as they finished their Cambridge Venture Project (CVP) presentations to clients as varied as ARM, Jaguar Land Rover, one of the first...
View ArticleDemonetisation but not as we know it
Much has been written about the impact on daily life arising from the Indian government’s decision to withdraw certain denominations of cash from legal tender in a bid to curb corruption. I personally...
View ArticleThe artefacts of change
The business school is closed for the end of year holidays and while many students have taken the opportunity to recharge by spending time with families or travelling with friends, I have spent most of...
View ArticleMy 2016 Top 10 albums
Over the last three years, I have been posting my top 10 albums of the year on my twitter and private Facebook account. As I while away the last few days of 2016, I have posted my 10 albums of the year...
View ArticleThe FT 2017 rankings
So I am writing this at 6:30am while listening to Coverville podcast episode featuring 90 minutes of Warron Zevon covers. I work best in the quiet morning although I draw a line at joining the 4am...
View ArticleAverage is now the default
As my colleagues know, I am a podcast nut. I subscribe to more than 20 podcasts and listen to them every opportunity I can. One of the podcasts I listen to is On Brand, a podcast hosted by Nick...
View ArticleA new road
After more than five years and 127 posts, I have decided that we will close this blog because of a combination of reasons. Firstly, I have recently taken on a new role as the Executive Director of the...
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