Business Education: Meeting the Talent Challenge
In New York City on September 26-27, 2013, the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program will host a dialogue focused on exemplary teaching at the business and society interface. This conversation will have a special emphasis on the changing market for the MBA itself and what these changes mean for the kinds of teaching that we at the Aspen Institute have celebrated across the years in Beyond Grey Pinstripes: teaching that ensures students learn to work in ways that align business activities with the long-term health of society.
Thursday, September 26 – Public EventThe symposium will open with a live teaching case, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Aspen Institute President & CEO Walter Isaacson, and recognition of this year’s Aspen Faculty Pioneer Award Winners. We anticipate an audience of about 100 guests — faculty, administrators and invited guests.
4:00 – 5:30 pm Teaching Session: Trust and Financial Services
Clayton Rose, Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School, will teach and lead discussion on “Barclays and the LIBOR Scandal,” a case he recently authored with Aldo Sesia.
6:00 – 7:30 pm Panel Discussion:
Today’s Talent Challenge – Seeking Brave, Path-Bending Leaders
Richard Lyons, Dean, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley
As the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program celebrates its 15th anniversary, we imagine the next 15 years. What are the over-the-horizon issues shaping the trajectory of capitalism? What are the leadership implications? Are we meeting today’s talent challenge?
Recognition of Aspen Faculty Pioneer Award Winners & Finalists
7:30 – 8:30 pm Cocktails and Conversation
*Society of Fellows members are invited to attend the Teaching Session and Panel Discussion on September 26th.
Friday, September 27
- What are some current examples of exemplary teaching at the business and society interface? What does today’s exemplary teaching say about how the MBA is evolving?
- How are new technologies and new pedagogies being used to bring “real world” challenges into the classroom? What do these new approaches suggest about the future of the MBA?
- How can we, individually or perhaps collectively, continue working toward an MBA that more fully matches our ambitions for it?
Select faculty will offer “teaching samples” or provocations to ground symposium sessions, but conversations will be highly participatory.
9:00 am – 3:00 pm
In New York City on September 26-27, 2013, the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program will host a dialogue focused on exemplary teaching at the business and society interface. This conversation will have a special emphasis on the changing market for the MBA itself and what these changes mean for the kinds of teaching that we at the Aspen Institute have celebrated across the years in Beyond Grey Pinstripes: teaching that ensures students learn to work in ways that align business activities with the long-term health of society.