2020 ENTRY POSTPONED TO OCTOBER
Due to the pandemic and the continued restrictions on international travel, the 2020 entry for the McGill MBA Japan program has been postponed until October 17, 2020. McGill MBA Japan and McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management are monitoring the situation daily and are committed to the health and safety of our students, instructors and […]
Leading During Crisis: Perspectives from the White House
With Shaun Donovan, former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management & Budget, and Sebastien Betermier, Professor of Finance Shaun Donovan, former United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and Director of the Office of Management and Budget under the Obama Administration, is all too familiar with […]
Delve: Adapting our Global Supply Chains During a Historic Pandemic
For the last several decades we have been conditioned to assume that necessities like food items and cleaning supplies will be readily available whenever we require them. But the COVID-19 pandemic has upended those supply chains, as well as those for other necessities, such as medical devices (e.g. respirators) and personal protective equipment (e.g. masks, […]
McGill moves up in both QS and CWUR world university rankings
McGill has been named the world’s 31st best university, according to the seventeenth edition of the QS World University Rankings, released today by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The University jumped four spots from last year’s rankings. QS use six indicators to compile the ranking. On top of its overall rank, the University moved […]
EXTROVERTS & INTROVERTS: Leading in Today’s World
Online Sunday, May 31, 20:30 JST Professor Karl Moore from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University is a thought leader in CEO’s and Leadership. Join Prof. Moore, and Tokyo based entrepreneur and McGill MBA grad Robert Heldt, for an hour as these two extroverts talk about personality and leadership styles. When: May 31, […]
Delve: COVID-19 as an Organizational Learning Opportunity
Organizations learn constantly. They would not survive in the face of competition if they didn’t. Yet this learning is often gruesomely slow. Organizational practices and routines tend to stick and organizational structures tend to persist. But all this seems to change when there is a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic—and herein lies a possibility for […]
A Call for Social Reinvention (While Keeping our Distance)
Social distancing is on everyone’s lips and is well on its way to becoming the phrase of the year. The practices recommended under the social distancing banner offer our best chance to slow the progress of the COVID-19 virus and reduce the impact of this pandemic. However, the term itself, “social distancing,” is the wrong […]
Breathing exercises to reduce stress and anxiety
During times of high stress, it is important to become familiar with simple techniques that centre and refocus the mind. In this blog post, I will walk you through a technique commonly found in yoga and meditation practice. Students often find success using this technique to calm the mind when facing stressful tasks like presenting […]
