MBA fair season is in full swing, and it's great to be back on the road! Since COVID shut down the planet, these MBA recruitment events that have taken place for years in major cities and business hubs around the world were forced into virtual formats which got the job done, but were just not the same as when MBA hopefuls and business school representatives get to meet face to face, shake hands with a smile, and sit to talk about the details of master's and MBA admissions, ap

Why authenticity & accountability trump cancel culture Throughout 2020 and 2021, waves of American Woke culture began crashing on European shores, much to the frustration of many people in Europe (often of older generations, but not only) who don’t identify these narratives as part of their own nations’ histories. Several analyses surfaced, including this article from the New York Times by Norimitsu Onshi, first published in March then updated in October 2021, describing the

Spoler Alert: the Key is Networking like in the Real World The pressure of the pandemic felt planetwide has not only been a tragic loss of life, but also a great accelerator of trends already in motion. The foundation of technology had already been laid down and the idea of doing things remotely already tested, but when the world was forced into isolation to save our physical health in the spring of 2020, the world’s economic health suffered devestating loss. Solutions needed

...a few pearls of wisdom from talking with MBA grads from around the world. In the many years I’ve worked with MBAs, I have been in the unique position to listen to their stories evolve from the period they are out there looking for the right MBA for their career, to their year or two as a student again during their program, to becoming a successful and gainfully employed alum. Regardless of where in the world they attended their MBA program, or the industry in which they wo