Harvard Names 2024 Executive Fellows

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HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOLS NAMES EXECUTIVE FELLOWS

Harvard Business School announced its newest cohort of 57 Executive Fellows for the 2023-2024 academic year. The program leverages expertise of outstanding practitioners to enhance teaching and learning.

Fellows, who partner with HBS faculty, co-teach course sessions in the elective curriculum, offer career counseling and development coaching, co-lead Short Intensive Programs (SIPs), and deliver workshop sessions in the MBA Program while bringing their expertise to HBS Online and Executive Education programs.
Appointments range from a few months to one year and may be extended.

“Since its launch in 2020, the Executive Fellows program has enabled HBS to engage with a remarkable collection of talented practitioners,” says Professor Len Schlesinger, chair of the program. “The breadth and depth of experience that these individuals bring to our community is beyond impressive, and their real-world perspectives and practical observations provide a rich complement to the learning and teaching that takes place on our campus. We are incredibly fortunate to benefit from their time and expertise.”

See the full list of fellows here.

ESCP BUSINESS SCHOOL WINS SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP

The ESCP Business School Berlin Campus recently won the Best Program in Entrepreneurship Education award from La French Tech Berlin, an organization aiming to help boost French startups.

“I experience the entrepreneurial spirit of ESCP students and alumni every day. This is a great achievement for the ESCP Entrepreneurship Community and we are very proud to have contributed to this spectacular development!” says Matthias Mrożewski, professor at the Jean-Baptiste Say Institute for Entrepreneurship at ESCP.

ESCP is home to its European startup center Blue Factory which supports aspiring entrepreneurs all the way to launch stage. Over 60 professors, scientists and practitioners research and teach entrepreneurial mindset, business methods and innovation. With campuses in six major European cities, including Paris and Berlin, the business school’s diverse teaching approach enables it to build bridges between local and French startup ecosystems. This was particularly praised by La French Tech Berlin.

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EDHEC’s campus in Lille, France. Courtesy photo

POLIMI PARTNERS WITH EDHEC ON NEW DOUBLE DEGREE IN MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY

POLIMI Graduate School of Management in Italy and EDHEC Business School in France are now offering students the chance to earn a double degree from both schools.

Students that are already attending the International Master in Business Analytics and Big Data at POLIMI or the Grand Ecole Master in Management at EDHEC can earn an addition degree: the Master of Science in Management and Leadership academic degree of EDHEC and the International Master in Environmental Sustainability & Circular Economy awarded by Politecnico di Milano.

This double degree program will be offered to students or alumni graduated in the past two years from POLIMI GSoM and to current graduate students from EDHEC.

Through the exchange of material, projects, research programs, and shared visits, this double degree highlights both schools’ commitment to sharing knowledge to benefit future leaders within the sustainability and management sectors.

Learn more.

Interior of the McCombs School of Business

MCCOMBS SCHOOL CREATES SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP FOR EXECS

McCombs Schools of Business at University of Texas at Austin is offering a 9- to 12-month Sustainability Leadership Program for executives with a minimum of 10 years work experience. The online program costs $15,500 and starts in late February.

“It’s an exciting time for business, but it’s also a challenging time because it’s requiring a number of new skills from the CEO down to the individual contributors,” says Meeta Kothare, faculty director. “We envision a regenerative global economy and society. That means that we have to figure out how businesses can innovate and support solutions to these big systemic and global problems.”

The program is best suited for executives wanting to incorporate sustainability into their businesses, executives aspiring to become chief sustainability officers and nonprofit professionals aiming to improve their executive skills.

While the program is self-paced, participants can also enroll their teams to learn alongside them. The program culminates in a capstone project where participants apply their learnings to their organization.

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DUKE CORPORATE EDUCATION LAUNCHES NEW SUSTAINABILITY EDUCATION PLATFORM

Duke Corporate Education has launched a new sustainability education platform geared to global business leaders. The platform is a partnership with Sustainability Unlocked, a leading educational technology business.

Execs can gain unparalleled access to an extensive library of on-demand ESG learning and development content, featuring hand-picked instructors with prestigious credentials. These include Kevin Trenberth, Nobel Prize winner and former coordinating Lead Author of three IPCC reports; Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of Canada and then of the Bank of England, and currently the UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance, and other distinguished experts at the intersection of sustainability and business.

The new on-demand education platform will be available through the Duke CE ESG Leadership Academy. It is also adding a new 3-hour ESG For All ready-to-learn module on its current MyDukeCE platform. As part of the ESG leadership development roadmap, Duke CE will also introduce new ESG certificates, including the ESG for HR Certificate and the ESG Board Certificate, providing clients with specialized education options.

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