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🌍 Throughout November, EFMD Global engaged with academic leaders across continents, supporting dialogue and collaboration in management education. 🇲🇦 Morocco: Piet Naudé, Associate Director of EFMD Programme Accreditation and EDAF participated in the Association of African Business Schools Deans and Directors Forum. Hosted by ESSEC Business School, the forum fostered collaboration between African and global business schools, focusing on innovation and new ventures within the African academic ecosystem. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan: At SEM Narxoz University, Martin Moehrle, PhD, EFMD Director of Corporate Services, shared his expertise as a guest lecturer in a session titled, "Future-Proof: How to Prepare Your Business (and Yourself) in an Era of Endless Surprises." Drawing from his vast experience, he highlighted leadership and talent strategies to navigate uncertainty in today's business environment. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: EFMD Director of Operations Matthew Wood and EOCCS Director Keith Pond attended the 2024 Chartered Association of Business Schools Annual Conference in London, engaging with UK business school leaders. Discussions explored internationalisation, staff development, and the role of AI in shaping sustainable growth and future-proofing academic institutions. These events continue to enhance our global network, advancing meaningful initiatives in business education. Helke Carvalho Hernandes #businesseducation #businessschools #EFMDEOCCS #EFMDcorporateservices #EFMDaccredited #networking

🧩 The Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP) is a quality assessment scheme for corporate learning organisations that is based on a guided self-assessment and in-depth peer feedback. It is the leading international system of quality improvement and accreditation for corporate learning functions. The benefits of CLIP include: 🌟 Internal and External Recognition 🌟 Strategic Development 🌟 Learning Community Membership Alongside its institutional recognitions, CLIP acknowledges the individual commitment and contributions to the corporate learning function. A badge (bit.ly/CLIP-Badge) is awarded to learning leaders for their outstanding commitment and competence in managing a corporate learning function on its path to excellence in completing CLIP Accreditation. 🎥 Visit us on YouTube for more information and the complete video: ╰┈➤bit.ly/YouTube-CLIP 📗 Learn more about CLIP: ╰┈➤bit.ly/EFMD-CLIP Martin Moehrle, PhD, Shanshan Ge 葛姗姗, Florence Grégoire, Steven Smith, Natálie Altınçizme #EFMDCLIP #EFMDcorporateservices

🌐 The CLO Roundtable, hosted by Esade on 30 September in Barcelona, explored sustainability in corporate learning. The widespread adoption of ESG strategies across companies was explored, focusing on diversity, learning, and human rights. While general sustainability awareness programs are common, targeted ESG innovation initiatives remain rare. Case studies showcased successful sustainability initiatives, including Naturgy’s upskilling for renewable energy, ERG’s efficiency training for truck drivers, and Specialisterne Danmark's neurodiversity employment programs. 🗞️ EFMD's Director of Corporate Services, Martin Moehrle, PhD, shares insights and reflections from the event. Josep Franch, Cristina Gimenez-Thomsen, Carmen Fernández Alvarez, Valentina Satarova, Francesc Sistach, Lisa Hehenberger, Valentina De Marchi, Marc Vilanova., Florence Grégoire, Shanshan Ge 葛姗姗, Steven Smith, Natálie Altınçizme, #EFMDevents #EFMDcorporateservices

🇪🇺 Geopolitical Challenges: European business schools are facing increasing obstacles as stricter immigration policies across the continent threaten their global appeal. Institutions are adapting by expanding international partnerships and opening campuses abroad. According to EFMD Global president Eric Cornuel, schools are also investing in digital learning platforms in addition to establishing campuses abroad to navigate the shifting political environment. andrew crisp notes that government agendas are impacting business education, "For some institutions, the answer will be to go to where the students are.” 📰 Learn more from Seb Murray in the Financial Times. #businesseducation #migration #businessschools #internationalisation

🤝 Bridging the Gap Between Academic Research and Practice: Management research often struggles to impact practice effectively. Andrew Pettigrew, former Dean of the University of Bath School of Management and current Professor of Strategy and Organisation at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, suggests several ways to address this, including meeting the "double hurdle" of combining academic rigour with practical relevance, cultivating meaningful relationships with stakeholders, and focusing on the co-production of research with practitioners. Co-production, though challenging, fosters collaboration and creates opportunities for real-world influence. ⭑ How can academics and practitioners work together to ensure that management research drives meaningful change? Learn more from the Global Focus Magazine vault.⤵ Matthew Wood #EFMDGlobalFocus #businesseducation #research

💬 Dr Rosalind Rae, a leader in Higher Education Management and Leadership at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University, stresses the need for innovation in business education to address stakeholder priorities and financial constraints. With a decade of industry experience and 20 years in academia, she champions experiential and applied learning. Rae leads the new MSc in Higher Education Management and Leadership, developed in collaboration with AHEP, to tackle challenges such as sustainability, efficiency, and agility. 👉 In a recent interview with Stephanie Mullins-Wiles at BlueSky Education, Rae explained how the programme equips learners with critical skills to enhance organisational performance and encourages lifelong learning, preparing them for impactful leadership in a competitive sector. #highereducation #businesseducation #leadership #softskills #hardskills

🔎 What makes a great business case study a valuable learning tool? Business case studies bridge academic theory and real-world business dilemmas, offering MBA students a practical understanding of management challenges. Cases such as Zara’s agile fashion strategy and Starbucks’ digital reinvention illustrate diverse themes like operational efficiency, technological transformation, and interpersonal management. As Javier Espinoza reports in the Financial Times, case studies also enable students to grapple with dynamic challenges, like market adaptation, ethical leadership, and financial forecasting, equipping them to navigate complex business ecosystems effectively. Kamran Kashani, Kasra Ferdows, Jose A. D. Machuca, Michael Lewis, Hadiya Faheem, Sanjib Dutta, Elizabeth Elizabeth Grasby, Ian Dunn, Chloé Renault, Frédéric Dalsace, Wolfgang Ulaga, John Deighton, Bidhan Parmar, Jenny Mead, Alberta Di Giuli, Inditex, Loblaws Inc, NutriFusion, LLC, President's Choice, Antin Infrastructure Partners, Michelin, Prada Group, IMD, Harvard Business School, #casemethod #caseteaching #businesseducation #mba

🦾 Generative AI is rapidly becoming an essential tool for businesses, with its usage among senior leaders surging from 37% in 2023 to 72% in 2024, according to a new report by The Wharton School and GBK Collective. Once met with scepticism, AI is now embraced across various functions, especially for document editing, data analysis, and customer service. Concerns such as accuracy, bias, and ethics remain, yet confidence grows as users learn its capabilities and limitations. Wharton’s Stefano Puntoni emphasises that AI’s greatest value lies in fostering innovation rather than improving efficiency. 📂 Explore the report "Growing Up: Navigating Gen AI’s Early Years," a comprehensive survey of more than 800 senior business leaders from large organisations that demonstrates a significant shift in attitudes and applications of AI within a remarkably short timeframe. #generativeai #AI #businesseducation #leadership #management

🎊 We are pleased to announce that the Bank Indonesia Institute (BINS) has completed the EFMD Corporate Learning Improvement Process (CLIP) and received CLIP re-accreditation for five years. “Congratulations to the Bank Indonesia Institute on achieving CLIP re-accreditation. This recognition reflects Bank Indonesia’s exceptional commitment to learning, its integration of learning with talent management, and the fostering of a future-ready workforce to enable organisational success,” said Martin Moehrle, PhD, Director of Corporate Services and CLIP at EFMD Global. “The dedication of its leadership, innovative learning approaches, and robust research integration set a benchmark for excellence in corporate learning. BINS continues to exemplify how strategic investment in people and knowledge can drive both organisational and societal impact.” 📗 Learn more: ╰┈➤bit.ly/CLIP-BINS CLIP is a premier quality management tool for corporate learning. It benchmarks a learning function against international standards of strategic positioning, target market, learning offer, operational model and impact with a focus on digital, agile and international aspects. Yoga Affandi, Rio Adrianto, guruh suryani, Geoffrey Benawar, Perry Warjiyo, Juda Agung, PhD, clarita iskandar, Florence Grégoire, Shanshan Ge 葛姗姗, Steven Smith, Natálie Altınçizme #EFMDCLIP #corporatelearning #EFMDcorporateservices #societalimpact #learninganddevelopment

🙌 That's a wrap for the EFMD Bachelor Programmes Conference in a wintery Birmingham, UK, where we explored the shifting demands of undergraduate education. Over three days, attendees tackled pressing issues, from preparing students for the gig economy and automation to redefining assessment in the age of AI. Highlights included employer insights, discussions on sustainable business teaching, and strategies for building global citizenship amid geopolitical tensions. Workshops and plenaries provided actionable ideas to navigate student expectations, workplace readiness, and societal impact. With a wealth of diverse perspectives shared, we hope all participants leave more equipped to shape the future of undergraduate management education. 🇬🇧 A special thank you to our fantastic host, Birmingham Business School at the University of Birmingham and all of our speakers, participants and facilitators, including Abby Osborne, Adam Nix, Edgar Meyer, Edward G., Emmanuella Plakoyiannaki, Friedemann Schulze-Fielitz, Harriet N., Jennifer TyreeHageman, Jo Matthews, Kaj Thomsson, Linda Rademaker, Martín Serrano, Martin Ward, Nick Eaton, Robert Eaton, Ronan Gruenbaum, Stephanie Decker FAcSS, Stephen Hickman, Sue Kinsey, Tripp Martin, Diana Grote, Eliska Vinsova and Anna Jírová. #EFMDevents #EFMDbachelors #highereducation #businesseducation