The first term seemed to just happen, in the flashes of flashes. It has been a period of both getting settled into a new home and experiencing a unique curriculum that has given me invaluable insights into the makings of great leaders and managers. Yet it has not been until well into the winter break […]
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Pursuing the praxis of leadership
‘What is leadership?’, ‘What are the criteria for successful leadership?’, ‘How does an individual develop into the best possible leader?’ …although there are thousands of papers and articles published with a multitude of concepts and definitions, they can hardly shed light on all our questions. Since the start of our MBA programme, we have been […]
From structural engineer to MBA
Even now, almost two months into the programme, it is only just starting to hit home quite where I am and what I’m doing. The life I left behind in Canada just a few months ago seems years in the past, with working-life happily paused for the time being. As an engineer, and self-professed geek, […]
One month in- matriculated and project ready!
I am now one month into my Cambridge MBA experience but it feels like so much longer (in a good way!). Every day is so full of information, networking, practical sessions and fun that I’m already starting to feel like a member of this society, like I truly belong here. There’s been a lot happening […]
My MBA year-in-review: part 3
In the final part of her year-in-review Jacqui gives us the lowdown on the summer phase of the Cambridge MBA year and her plans for the post-MBA future. Term 3: Summer May Ball – A quintessential Cambridge experience, we donned ball-gowns and tuxes and entered into a world of decadence and true glamour. […]
4 Crazy Things You Won’t Believe About Organising the TEDxOxbridge Conference
Obnoxious title aside, one can learn a lot more from organizing a big conference than event planning and project management. As Co-Director of Content for TEDxOxbridge 2014, I can say that an incredible amount of work went on behind the scenes leading up to the event. Here are some of the less obvious lessons […]
So you want to launch an app? Lessons from a wisened MBA…
Padel Tennis Pro was intended to be a cheap, three-month endeavor to build a new mobile game. With gameplay mechanics not totally dissimilar to the early 2000s classic ‘Curveball’ – how hard could it be? Nineteen months, five fired developers, one rushed Kickstarter campaign, one AppStore rejection, many sleepless nights and an international political […]
A masterclass in “Googleyness”
One of the first case studies I read on the MBA programme was “Keeping Google “Googley”” and I thought to myself, this is the corporate equivalent of Alice in Wonderland! How could an organisation function so far removed from reality? But that was my reality-the world of banking and bureaucracy-in a time when the world was […]