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Standard bank retail executive programme: a journey of discovery, innovation & growth
Standard Bank Retail Executive Programme: A Journey of Discovery, Innovation & Growth
Standard Bank’s Retail Executive Programme, developed with GIBS, prepares junior to mid-level retail banking executives to lead in a rapidly...
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Rewiring a telco workforce from within: the zain–ie university master in digital transformation
Rewiring a Telco Workforce from Within: The Zain–IE University Master in Digital Transformation
Zain Group, in partnership with IE University, launched a groundbreaking digital transformation Master's programme to upskill over 8,000 employees in...
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Enhancing entrepreneurial skills and increasing business competitiveness in the ai era with higher education projects
Enhancing Entrepreneurial Skills and Increasing Business Competitiveness in the AI Era with Higher Education Projects
Europe faces challenges to its competitiveness due to delays in digitalisation, high energy costs, and low levels of entrepreneurship. Small...
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Skillset, toolkit, mindset for working journalists: the digital news academy
Skillset, Toolkit, Mindset for Working Journalists: The Digital News Academy
News Corp Australia, Google, and Melbourne Business School collaborated to address the skill gap in journalism through the Digital News...
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Embracing transformation: a call to action for business schools around the world
Embracing Transformation: A Call to Action for Business Schools Around the World
The combined environmental, technological and societal transformations taking place globally require business schools to equip students with the skills to...
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The business school meets the metaverse: expanding the upskilling experience
The business school meets the metaverse: Expanding the upskilling experience
How the metaverse can help business schools stay competitive by Daphne Halkias, Jordi Diaz and Mark Esposito. The metaverse can...
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Examining, teaching, and learning in the age of generative ai
Examining, teaching, and learning in the age of generative AI
How will GAI will change or add to the competencies our graduates will need in the future world of work,...
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Getting unstuck: how to put your university’s transformation back on track
Getting unstuck: How to put your university’s transformation back on track
If your institution is stuck between past certainties and the unrealised opportunities of the future, getting unstuck is easier than...
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The emc contract as a smart coordination mechanism
The EMC Contract as a smart coordination mechanism
Ecosystem Micro-communities (EMCs) can be seen as temporal alliances of micro-enterprises and external partners that must work closely together to...
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Digitalising management education: exploring the possible
Digitalising management education: Exploring the possible
Read three perspectives, from Arnoud De Meyer, Thomas Bieger and Robina Xavier, that describe the opportunities and challenges of the...
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Digital as a catalyst: now is the time for business schools to transform
Digital as a catalyst: Now is the time for business schools to transform
Business schools must continue to develop their digital ecosystems, to help prepare learners for a fast-changing and digitally-charged business environment,...
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Will traditional hierarchical relationships change in the digital age?
Will traditional hierarchical relationships change in the digital age?
Katherine Xin investigates the rise of platform organisations and their impact on workplaces.
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The future of lifelong and executive education
The future of lifelong and executive education
Andrew Crisp looks at how the learning landscape is evolving and its implications for business schools.
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Synchronous or asynchronous online teaching
Synchronous or asynchronous online teaching
Previous discussions on synchronous or asynchronous teaching focused on technical and didactical aspects. But the decision on online teaching formats...
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What does the future hold for europe’s universities?
What does the future hold for Europe’s universities?
A lasting lesson from this pandemic is that collaboration can lead to a more sustainable future for higher education –...
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Fighting covid-19 with technology
Fighting COVID-19 with technology
New entrepreneurial technologies can enable safe face-to-face teaching at our universities, says Gunther Friedl.
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The qtem global business analytics challenge (gbac) and why it matters
The QTEM Global Business Analytics Challenge (GBAC) and why it matters
Online learning has taken on an entirely new dimension during the COVID-19 crisis. The enormity of the situation has forced...
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We call it transpersonal!
We call it transpersonal!
What if we could replace this serendipitous journey of learning through experience with one of planned education and learning such...
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A digital learning platform for enhancing salesforce capabilities at coromandel
A digital learning platform for enhancing salesforce capabilities at Coromandel
Coromandel International Limited partnered with Murugappa Group’s MDC (Management Development Center) since MDC’s consistent emphasis has been to capture, compile,...
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Digital mindset: transforming the way russia is governed
Digital mindset: transforming the way Russia is governed
Agency for Strategic Initiatives and the University 2035 were tasked with transferring the knowledge on data-driven decision-making to 30,000 leaders...
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Corporate learning as an accelerator of digital transformation
Corporate learning as an accelerator of digital transformation
The COVID-19 experience will accelerate digital transformation even further, and corporate learning has a dual role to play, says Martin...
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What digitalisation means for universities
What digitalisation means for universities
Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger explains how one of Europe’s leading universities is surfing the rising tide of digitalisation.
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Achieving success in digital transformation
Achieving success in digital transformation
Real digital business transformation has to touch the organisation’s entire structure. It requires a new business model, and this is...
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Techno-humanism: if algorithms make all the decisions, who is the leader?
Techno-humanism: If algorithms make all the decisions, who is the leader?
At the EFMD Special Interest Group (SIG) “Innovation in Leadership” kick-off in March 2018, I called for our group to...
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Discovery journey: innovation in leadership development
Discovery journey: Innovation in leadership development
A core part of Nokia’s innovation in leadership development is to enable what are called “Discovery Journeys” for its high-potential...
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The siemens global learning campus
The Siemens Global Learning Campus
Siemens is setting a course for long-term value creation through accelerated growth and stronger profitability with a simplified and leaner...
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Through the labyrinth
Through the labyrinth
Just as firms continue to grapple with how to embrace digital transformation, so now business schools puzzle how to teach...
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Steps on the way to omni-learning
Steps on the way to omni-learning
Corporate learning’s transformation is being announced across all channels, and with increasing vociferousness. Practitioners and experts alike warn that the...
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What if you had satellite navigation – for everything?
What if you had satellite navigation – for everything?
There’s a popular saying, “What got you here won’t get you there”. Today this is nowhere as true as it...
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What is digital age learning?
What is digital age learning?
We live in the information age (aka the digital age), which is a period in human history characterised by a...
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