When we began planning the 2026 EFMD Executive Development Conference at UCD Smurfit Executive Development, our ambition was to move beyond the rhetoric surrounding AI and explore what is happening in practice. For executive educators, two questions matter: how is AI changing the organisations we serve and the capabilities their leaders need? And how might…

Every generation begins with potential. But potential does not automatically become capability, and capability does not automatically become leadership. For India, with one of the world’s largest youth populations, the question is therefore not simply how many young people enter education, but whether education prepares them to participate, contribute and eventually lead. Looking beyond the…

EFMD and BITSoM invite business school leaders to take part in the Global Perspectives Survey. EFMD and the BITS School of Management (BITSoM) are bringing together business school leaders for the All India Deans Conference to be held in Mumbai on 8-9 October 2026. The conference will explore key questions shaping business education today, and…

NEWTON University is building a Centre of Excellence for Competitiveness Management to support leaders in identifying, creating, and sustaining their company’s strategic advantage. Competitiveness management includes analysing global and local trends and their impact on specific business models, turning ideas into profitable products, and building organisational resilience against external shocks. According to research by McKinsey &…

Prof. Himanshu Rai, Director of the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, tells us about the benefits of taking our time in today’s fast-paced world. Here are his words:  We live in an age of high velocity, of total speed. It is defined by the relentless immediacy: instant communication, hyper-short news cycles, the endless scroll of…

INCAE Business School(opens in new tab) has announced the opening of its Corporate Governance and Senior Management Center in Miami, scheduled to begin operations in March 2027. Located at the Citigroup Center on Biscayne Boulevard, across from Bayfront Park, the new permanent hub formalises INCAE’s decades-long presence in Miami and expands its capacity to serve…