Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
Developing skills after the COVID-19 crisis
By Gaël Fouillard, Director of Executive Education at Grenoble Ecole de Management While energy, biotech and digital tech are still promising areas of expertise at Grenoble Ecole de Management, other sectors have suffered greatly from the Covid crisis. How can these sectors adapt and innovate to overcome this situation? What training options are available to…
Read MoreInternships & Employment during Covid-19: How have Grenoble Ecole de Management supported their students?
By Mara Saviotti, International Communications Coordinator at Grenoble Ecole de Management Faced with a disrupted employment and internship market, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM) has deployed an array of services and initiatives for its students to support them in their job and internship searches. These include continuous surveys to monitor student employment, online recruitment events…
Read MoreWar vs. economic peace in times of crisis
“We are at war.” It’s a phrase the French President, Emmanuel Macron, repeated 8 times during a primetime speech at the beginning of the Covid-19 crisis. Along the same lines, the French Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, explained that the country would face a terrible economic war in the aftermath of this crisis.…
Read MoreCovid-19, Society, Innovation & Sustainable Business Review from Grenoble Ecole de Management
A WORD FROM OUR DIRECTOR ON THE TASK AT HAND Covid-19: “The task today is to set society back on track” In light of this unprecedented crisis, Grenoble Ecole de Management focuses on its primary leitmotif: to be a responsible, solidary institution that ensures the safety of its students and staff. As of December 2019,…
Read MoreForty days into lockdown: Adam Smith Business School resource gives forty insights into the realities of working during Covid-19
New ways of working have arrived without warning, and they have arrived with no preparation. There is no time to adapt, there is just time to start. Here is a chance for us all to pause, listen and connect with others who are similarly navigating work and non-work lives: a reminder that while we might…
Read MoreWhy Business Schools should develop a large modelling & simulation community before the next pandemic
By Kathy Kotiadis, Kent Business School, University of Kent; Antuela A. Tako, School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University; Christine S.M. Currie and Bhakti Stephan Onggo, CORMSIS, University of Southampton Business schools could play a crucial role in helping governments prepare for the next pandemic by developing the next generation of the modelling and simulation community. Simulation…
Read MoreThe COVID-19 Challenge: An Update from Singapore
Richard R. Smith, Ph.D. is a Professor at Singapore Management University where he also serves as Deputy Dean for the Lee Kong Chian School of Business. While Singapore was the location of the film Crazy Rich Asians, a more current view of the city-state might be better described as Crazy Vigilant Singaporeans! The COVID-19 pandemic…
Read More5 ways the COVID-19 pandemic is a game changer for the business education ecosystem
Ahmed Abdel-Meguid is the associate dean for undergraduate studies and administration, and an associate professor of accounting at the American University in Cairo (AUC) School of Business. He discusses five main effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on business schools, companies and accreditation and ranking bodies in his article published in the Business Forward, the AUC School…
Read MoreCOVID-19, 5G and Educators
Over the past weeks, I have been reflecting on my next theme for this blog. The last one, months ago, suddenly became obsolete since it was written in the pre-COVID era, and the world is no longer the same! Like so many, I have been dedicating a great deal of time to taking in the…
Read MoreIntellectuals of the World, Please Unite
Johan S. Roos, Chief Academic Officer of HULT & co-inventor of LEGO Serious Play, makes a call on academia and intellectuals to engage in public debate, and help policymakers & company leaders make informed decisions rather than imposing singular quick fixes. The Covid-19 pandemic is testing every thread in the fabric of humanity – our…
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