It was a cold, windy and rainy afternoon in Chicago, the kind of day that Chicagoans dread and that makes West coast dwellers swell with pride about their choice of residence. I was sipping on my coffee, occasionally looking through the window to see if the rain had relented. My colleagues were hard at work […]
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The MBA and motherhood
Choosing to play the dual role of an ambitious MBA student and an attentive mum at the same time is probably not everyone’s cup of a tea. But as choice, I believe it is doable. Here’s why I think so. A typical MBA candidate is full of ambition and bursting with talent: a stellar professional […]
A powerful bonding experience — Team Addenbrooke’s GCP week 3
“I’ve worked with a lot of MBA students over the past few years. And this group is by far the friendliest group and has worked exceptionally well together as a team.” – Lawrence Ashelford, introducing the Addenbrooke’s GCP team at the final presentation. The team was a bit nervous at the outset of the final […]
Delivering the presentation — GCP Team WHO week 3
Three weeks of research, brainstorming and client interviews, led us to this day. We are finally on board our flight to Geneva, Switzerland, to meet our client and present our final deliverables! This will be our first time meeting our client face to face, but we had no qualms about it as we kept in constant […]
In full swing — GCP Team WHO week 2
As our project with the World Health Organisation (WHO) goes into full swing, we found ourselves having to split into sub-teams to conduct interviews with various departments within the client’s organisation. We went through the school’s well-equipped databases, scrutinised reports and publicly available information, and presented our individual findings to one another. Hours were spent […]
A super cappuchino team — GCP Team WHO week 1
Our team is made up of 5 students: Allegra from Germany, Ciro from Italy, Nid from Thailand, and Ling and Lynn from Malaysia. Our team members have not gotten a chance to properly know one another since the start of the MBA programme in September last year, so our first week, apart from kicking off […]
Trading the stethoscope for a clipboard — GCP Team Addenbrooke’s update
The Addenbrooke’s GCP team has had a busy week in board rooms, hospital wards and operating theatres. Coordinated by Aditya Nigudkar, the team connected with approximately a dozen different health care providers and managers across different specialties as part of their qualitative research. Kit Hobbs organized a site visit to South West London Elective Orthopaedic […]
Introducing the Addenbrooke’s Hospital Global Consulting Project 2016 Team
Aditya Nigudkar, Kit Hobbs, Dante Palazzo and Neil Dubey are the four group members of the Addenbrooke’s Hospital Global Consulting Project (GCP). We’re very excited to utilise our diverse backgrounds and resources at Cambridge Judge Business School (CJBS) to improve our local healthcare systems. Although the specifics of our project are confidential, we are performing […]
Kaizen spirit — the Sony Europe company trek
On 29 January 2016, 30 MBA students participated in the Sony Europe company trek—an activity organized by the Cambridge Asia Business Association (CABA). This was a great opportunity for us to go out of the classroom and see the theories we’ve learned in class applied in real life. Sony Europe (based in Weybridge, UK) is […]
My Journey with the Women’s Leadership Initiative
I consider myself extremely privileged to have been elected to help lead the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) for Cambridge Judge Business School. One of the aims of the WLI is to undertake actions that help build a more collaborative and liberating society for both genders of future generations. Our focus is on collaboration and growth, encouraging […]
An illuminated city
I recently came back to Cambridge from a weekend away and in that short time, Cambridge had been transformed into an illuminated city. For the following week, Cambridge hosted the e-Luminate Festival where every major building became an art installation. The e-Luminate Festival sums up the contrasted personality of Cambridge—the mix of modern technology and […]
Learning to Prioritise during the MBA
One of the most striking aspects of the Cambridge MBA is the flurry of classes, events and opportunities we are given during the first term. I learned the hard way that I needed to get all of my house-keeping sorted out before the start of term because there was little time and an over-abundance of […]
Leaving your comfort zone: reflections on my Cambridge Venture Project experience
It is hard to believe that, in the blink of an eye, three months of the MBA has already passed. Reflecting back on the first term, we’ve completed seven core classes, attended career workshops and guest speaker events, not to mention participated in ongoing extracurricular activities and numerous social events as well. One of my […]
Project lift off & blue sky thinking
It’s lift off for the first MBA team project of the year, as Christina and her team join an aerospace start-up. She explains why the Cambridge Venture project is ideal for individuals looking for management consulting experience and how the project has helped the MBAs understand more – not just about their client – but […]
Lessons from a retail magnate
It was a pleasure to meet and interview Marty Wikstrom as she visited us at Cambridge Judge Business School for the MBA Leadership in Action series. Marty’s is retail royalty with a career spanning roles including: CEO in Fashion at Compagnie Financiere Richemont and Managing Director at Harrods, London. As I listened to her speak, […]
Management Praxis: learning through play
In her second video blog, the MBA is in full swing – with one test down and the first consulting project underway. Induja talks about learning through play in Management Praxis classes, and how the course is directly applicable to working in a collaborative project team.
“Be present…and look up”
In his second video blog, Sean talks about the phenomenon of time at Cambridge. There’s simply not enough time in the day to do everything, so the key is to “Be present” in the moment, at a time when every MBA is shooting off for something different.
On the hunt… a Cambridge MBA’s job search story and advice
Received job offers 3 months out: 95% Switched location, function or industry: 86% Average salary package: £ 85,248 – Cambridge MBA Employment Report It’s quite an amazing list of statistics. But then again, statistics are not going to get you a job. Ultimately, it’s down to you, your ability and your effort. This is a brief […]
From Anthropology to Z-Statistics: Or, Adding to My Swiss Army Knife of Awesome.
It’s no secret that math and I have never been the best of friends. Don’t get me wrong: I love its clarity, and am awed by the elegant and powerful insight it can provide. But I’m the person who is more comfortable facilitating a community development workshop with sixty herders in Mongolia, or designing a […]
One month MBA-nniversary
Esther blogs the first month of the Cambridge MBA – from tacking Excel to learning to love the weather…