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From Good Teachers to Good Teaching
Business education Digital ArticleEditor’s note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Close to quarter of a billion children go to school in India. Many leave without mastering concepts, gaining confidence or communicative skill. Oftentimes, our 6 million practicing teachers are […] -
Why Even New Grads Need to Reskill for the Future
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AI Is Changing Work - and Leaders Need to Adapt
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21st Century Education Requires Lifewide Learning
Business education Digital ArticleEditor’s note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. I have decided to spend the remainder of my career helping to replace industrial era schooling with educational structures better suited to our 21st century, global, innovation-based economy. This […] -
Community Colleges Need to Evolve as Students’ Needs Do
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How the Value of Educational Credentials Is and Isn't Changing
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The Dangers of the Minimal Viable Product
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Learning from Success and Failure
Business education Digital ArticleOne of the mottoes that Diego Rodriguez and I use at the Stanford d.school is “failure sucks, but instructs.” We encourage students to learn from the constant stream of small setbacks and successes that are produced by doing things (rather than just talking about what to do). To paraphrase our d.school founder and inspiration David […] -
Higher Ed Needs a Long-Term Plan for Virtual Learning
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What Happens When AI is Used to Set Grades?
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Expanding the Entrepreneur Class
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The Rise of Social Entrepreneurship in B-Schools in Three Charts
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Remembering Russ Ackoff
Business education Digital ArticleLast Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal brought the news that Russell Ackoff had passed away at the age of 90, after a long life of influencing management thinking and practice. At the time he was having the most profound impact on my life — when I entered The Wharton School’s PhD. program, and the Center named […] -
Countries with Better English Have Better Economies
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Why Skills Training Can’t Replace Higher Education
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Business Wisdom from the Commencement Speakers of 2014
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A Tax Plan that Hurts Education Will Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
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Business School Professors Should Be Like Movie Directors
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Pushing Back on an Assignment
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The Simple Joy of Learning on the Job
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MBA Programs Need an Update for the Digital Era
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What the edX Acquisition Means for the Future of Higher Education
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Leaders Who Make a Difference: Joel Klein Brings Accountability to NYC DOE: Day 2
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Cisco and Cloud-based Education in China
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Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (B)
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Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan
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UBits (A): Feed Your Skills
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Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana
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Taking a Therapeutic Approach to Juvenile Offenders: The "Missouri Model"
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From Good Teachers to Good Teaching
Business education Digital ArticleEditor’s note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. Close to quarter of a billion children go to school in India. Many leave without mastering concepts, gaining confidence or communicative skill. Oftentimes, our 6 million practicing teachers are […] -
Why Even New Grads Need to Reskill for the Future
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A Peer Coaching Demonstration, Teaching Note
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Leaders Who Make a Difference: Joel Klein Brings Accountability to NYC DOE: Day 2
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Joel Klein took over the NYC Department of Education in 2002 and radically transformed the strategy and organization remarkably with improvements in performance.... -
How Many Colleges Should You Apply to?
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Cisco and Cloud-based Education in China
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Cisco Systems, Inc., the dominant global supplier of the routers and switches that formed the backbone of the Internet, was considering entry into the... -
AI Is Changing Work - and Leaders Need to Adapt
Global Business Digital ArticleThree strategies to unlock productivity. -
21st Century Education Requires Lifewide Learning
Business education Digital ArticleEditor’s note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. I have decided to spend the remainder of my career helping to replace industrial era schooling with educational structures better suited to our 21st century, global, innovation-based economy. This […] -
Community Colleges Need to Evolve as Students’ Needs Do
Business education Digital ArticleMillions rely on them — but they’ll need to change to stay relevant. -
Assistant Professor Jo Worthington (B)
Sales & Marketing Case Study5.00View Details A professor teaching a case discussion based on numeric analysis is pleased that a student finally "cracks" the case-but the numbers differ from her own....
