by Linden Selby, Senior Admissions Manager, Sloan & EMBA-Global As we near the end of the admissions year, I’ve been thinking about our classes, and linking back to their applications and interviews. The people who stood out in the selection process are almost always the ones who combine a passion and take action. What does this mean […]
by Nalika De Silva, Student Recruitment Manager, Leadership Programmes LBS Sloan 2019 Fellow, Laurent Auzzino, shares his story. 1) Why did you decide to pursue the LBS Sloan Masters? I have worked 20 years in digital advertising marketing and programmatic sector in France. In 1999, I started my career path as a Websites Sales Representative, but quickly […]
by Domitille Bret, MiM2019, & Sebastian Sackmann, MiM2019 What do you associate with Nepal? Mount Everest? Sherpas? Earthquakes? Gender inequality? These are what came to our minds before having spent a week working closely with a local business, meeting some of the country’s most influential leaders and exploring mysterious and astonishing places. Looking back, we […]
by Dr Faheem Ahmed, MBA2020 Candidate and SARI Scholar Is the World Economic Forum (WEF) still relevant? This question seems to arise every year and was posed to me by BBC’s diplomatic editor on board our flight to Switzerland’s snowy white peaks. As a Global Shaper, I have a special affinity to the WEF yet […]
by Alvaro Escudero, Executive MBA 2020 It’s just another foggy Monday. You’ve got off to a good start in the week but don’t feel like going to the gym. You have some time to spare now and the MBA idea randomly pops up. You have thought about an Executive MBA in the past but never […]
by Amy Dobbin, MBA 2019, President of the Business and Government Club, 1997 Mark Le Goy Scholar The Global Business Experience (GBE) is often talked up as one of the highlights of the MBA Programme. After an amazing trip to Johannesburg, South Africa last month with 80 classmates, faculty and staff – I now understand […]
by Dr Faheem Ahmed, MBA2020 Candidate and SARI Scholar The term ‘reading week’ can be misleading. Loosely defined in the context of business school, it can range from reading cases to travel guides. For most of my MBA colleagues, we found ourselves doing both during our first break of the academic year. Although I did […]
by Alexandru Ciocan, MiM 2019 My name is Alexandru Ciocan, currently a MiM2019 at London Business School, and I’d like to share more about my enriching experience in the United Arab Emirates as part of the LBS Middle East Career Trek. I first considered Dubai as a potential destination to start my career during a talk […]
by Dr Ian Robertson, MBA2020 and LBS Healthcare Scholar This weekend LBS MBA 2020 student Ian Robertson took home the best pitch award at the ‘Never Events’ Healthcare Hackathon in association with The Boston Consulting Group, The British Association of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgeons and The Royal Society of Medicine. The dangers of medical air […]
by Dr Faheem Ahmed, MBA 2020 and SARI Scholar On the last day of July, half awake after my final hospital night shift, I found myself lumbering through Heathrow airport with an overweight suitcase. Packing my laptop was wishful thinking. I convinced myself that I could complete my pre-courses on the plane but the on-board […]