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HOW TOREFORM
BUSINESS SCHOOL
This presentation consists of highlights from the interview with Moe Abdou,
founder & host of 33voices®.
Ashish Jaiswal is the author of How to Reform a Business School: The Ivy League Way. He is an associate fellow at the Oxford Centre
for Higher Education Policy Studies and the founder of The School of Business Schools. Ashish holds a DPhil (PhD) in Business Education from New College, University of Oxford having researched curricular and pedagogical innovation in business schools. He lives in Oxford, UK with his wife Pooja and two daughters Navyasara and Nayantara.
Ashish Jaiswal@Ashjaiswal
Founder of The School of Business Schools
In an increasingly connected world, the business schools who distinguish
themselves will eliminate the traditional silos and compartmentalization approach to learning in favor of a more integrated, holistic approach
that mirrors the real world.
Insight #1
Insight #2
Those who gain the most from their MBAs leave with a greater capacity to think critically, and to approach difficult
problems with confidence.
Insight #3
“We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate
the change that will occur in the next 10. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.”
- Bill Gates on discipline
Insight #4
The study of philosophy goes beyond just learning to live a ‘good life.’ It’s the combination of logic and reasoning that
will give you ‘a technologist’s precision in solving non-technological problems.’
Insight #5
“The most contrarian thing of all is not to op-pose the crowd but to think for yourself.”
- Peter Thiel on conventional wisdom
Insight #6
If you’re considering an MBA or are currently enrolled in a program, evaluate how likely it is
to prepare you for a future that will be:
Insight #6
If you’re considering an MBA or are currently enrolled in a program, evaluate how likely it is
to prepare you for a future that will be:More entrepreneurial
Insight #6
If you’re considering an MBA or are currently enrolled in a program, evaluate how likely it is
to prepare you for a future that will be:More rewarding to independent thinkers
Insight #6
If you’re considering an MBA or are currently enrolled in a program, evaluate how likely it is
to prepare you for a future that will be:More focused on a grander purpose
Insight #6
If you’re considering an MBA or are currently enrolled in a program, evaluate how likely it is
to prepare you for a future that will be:More imaginative
Insight #6
If you’re considering an MBA or are currently enrolled in a program, evaluate how likely it is
to prepare you for a future that will be:One that values a more evolved individual
Insight #7
Leaders who hire MBA’s look for those who have the capacity to think beyond the company’s interest and
see a much broader worldview.
Insight #8
“It often takes the smallest weapon to kill the largest animal, in the same way, it takes the tiniest stroke of time,
not years, to change one’s life.” - Ashish Jaiswal
Insight #9
Like a great Pixar movie, the smartest MBA programs never end; they just evolve to keep up with the times.
Insight #10
An excerpt of a conversation between former Google VP, Jonathan Rosenberg
and Larry Page on why the MBA approach to building things is ‘stupid’:
Larry: Well these are very pretty, pretty pictures that you’ve made. They’re very impressive.
Jonathan: And he goes to the 3rd and 4th page and he says, “Nooooo.” Larry: When have you ever produced a plan like this where the engineers stuck features in that weren’t in your plan Jonathan: Well, never Larry: When did the engineers ever finish a project faster than what’s in your - what do you call it - a Gantt chart?” Jonathan: Well, never. Larry: Then your plans are stupid. Please stop doing them. Jonathan: What am I doing here?!” Larry: Go sit with the engineers
Reflect: How much has your MBA taught you about yourself?
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