Posted by: Joao Vitor Antonini on August 21, 2019
During startups era, talk about tradition is seen as prehistorical behavior, since disruption and tradition apparently do not go along. Nevertheless, this week in Oxford showed me that long term values and rituals lay a powerful cornerstone for business activities, that are deeper than a business canvas, something called ethics and governance. 9th module of […]
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Posted by: Sean Lloyd on August 21, 2019
If there’s one place that has been in the news a lot lately, it’s Iran. As it happens, that’s where I’m currently based – as what’s known in diplomatic parlance as ‘the trailing spouse’. I haven’t commented much on Iran in my blogs, but I figure given the torrent of bad news lately, understanding a […]
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Posted by: Mustafa Abbas on August 15, 2019
We learnt about Governance and Ethics. Not only was the module insightful and interactive with group presentations, but it also served to enrich our critical faculties and moral compass. The Board of a corporation is the most important element of the ‘corporate mind’ because it sets the corporation’s objectives. We might further add – as […]
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Posted by: Ajintha Pathmanathan on August 8, 2019
As I write this blog, I reflect on how things came to be and what could be… as the Dean of the Australian College of Intensive Care told me after my primary Anaesthesia exam in 2006… “the world is your oyster.” I don’t think I quite believed him at the time as I embarked on […]
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Posted by: Damiano Pietroni on August 1, 2019
Executive MBA programmes come in many shapes and sizes, as such for an aspiring student it is helpful to understand the options available. The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of some of those options, based on experience of the Oxford EMBA, and on reading up on the topic in general. The […]
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Posted by: Shaheryar Mian on July 29, 2019
So it all started in January 2019 with excitement, uncertainty, apprehension, doubt, and…expectations. When I started the Oxford EMBA J-19, life was going through a transition as my firm divested its assets in the USA and I was concluding affairs in New York and moving home to Canada (#GoRaptors). Looking back I would like to […]
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Posted by: Rufat Azizov on July 25, 2019
I usually ponder over the question of why some countries are doing well, and some are failing… Why some countries are interesting for global businesses and some are not at all. What are the intentions, rules, and institutionalized practices that shape the long-term success of a nation? During the last decade with several questions in […]
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Posted by: Dmytro Kuziak on July 18, 2019
Everything is a process, and each process has variation. (Process Theory) In God We Trust… Everyone else must bring data. (E.Deming) It is so true. If you look at anything which surrounds you, if you start to dissect everything which you do in your daily life, you will recognize – it is so true. The […]
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Posted by: Mustafa Abbas on July 18, 2019
A sudden Farewell Fragility and Power Japan, Forever.
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Posted by: Elena and Pamela Scholarship Winners on July 5, 2019
The Oxford Executive MBA has come to an end for our 2017-2019 scholarship winners, Dr Pamela Walker-Geddes and Elena Mariotti. Here they reflect on Legacy: Pamela: ‘A legacy for my children.’ Returning to Oxford in 2017 for the EMBA was a brave step for me, both intellectually and emotionally. I had a baby and a […]
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