Adapting to Disruption: Insights from the London Business School Strategy Summit
Each year, the London Business School hosts the Strategy Summit, a one-day event that brings together the leading thinkers and practitioners in business strategy. During the event, these leaders foster debate and generate actionable insights for the attendees. This year, the topic of discussion was “How the World’s Leading Companies are Adapting to Disruption,” and welcomed speakers such as:
- Costas Markides, a professor of strategy at LBS,
- Jean-Claude Biver, President of Watches at LVMH (a leader in luxury products)
When speaking about disruption in business, the summit focused on two strategies: defending the threat of disruption and attacking the disruptive opportunity. Continue reading…
Sloan Telemedicine Startup Expands Access to Healthcare
MIT Sloan recently highlighted breaking medical startup Remedy. The new startup, co-founded by Michael Ng, MBA ‘16, that hopes to capitalize on the potentially post-Affordable Care Act future of telemedicine, which is projected to surge by 700 percent in the next three years.
Columbia Professor Explains How to Use Failure to Build Success
Columbia Business School Faculty Director and Associate Professor of Management Rita McGrath recently discussed the provincial ways failure can work to an organization’s advantage.
Landing A Job At Accenture
In the consulting industry, few names loom as large as Accenture, which operates at the intersection between information technology and business with specialties in security and systems migrations.
Cambridge Judge Professor Talks Competition in Business
In business, it’s always about being the best. You have to look out for number one. That’s your only priority. As long as you’re beating your competition, you’re set. Well, that’s not exactly true according to Professor Shahzad Ansari, a Professor of Strategy & Innovation at University of Cambridge’s Judge Business School. In a recent news article, he presented a different idea. “You don’t need to blow out someone else’s light to make yours shine,” said Ansari. “Going in too aggressively harms your own reputation and can wreck your business.” Continue reading…
