Posted by: Ryan Glasgo on September 10, 2015
As I reflect on the past year as an MBA student at Oxford University, I am reminded of the following haiku: The world of dew, is the world of dew. And yet, and yet – – Kobayashi Isa Isa recognized the fact that, although he knew and fully understood that life and experiences are ephemeral, […]
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Posted by: Andres Baehr on August 25, 2015
I was seven weeks away from Oxford and already stressing out. My flight out of Brisbane was due in four days and I had not packed one box or folded a single shirt. Without even knowing my post-MBA destination, I had to pack up my life and send it somewhere. My scratched up desk, my […]
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Posted by: Joyeeta Das on May 27, 2015
We sit in an air-conditioned cubicle on a plush retractable chair in the middle of the sky enjoying choice entertainment on TV- yet all we think about is the “inadequate” leg space. We speak into our palms and a person on the other side of the pacific hears and smiles and yet all that matters […]
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Posted by: Thea Sokolowski on May 19, 2015
Sunday dinner got a bit of an upgrade last weekend, when I found myself facing a table filled with Bob Goodson, Co-founder of Quid, Christian Lanng of Tradeshift, the DiNucci family of Silicon Valley fame, a myriad of SBS alumni and successful entrepreneurs, and of course, Dean Tufano and the Vice Chancellor of the University. […]
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Posted by: Thea Sokolowski on May 14, 2015
Scratch that. Reverse it. About two thirds of the MBA class took a serious break from real life this past weekend to engage in what was for many the most enjoyable weekend of the year. We took to the campus of fellow b-school HEC Paris, where we met MBAs from schools across Europe to compete […]
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Posted by: Alan Keeso on May 5, 2015
Over a recent pub dinner, Oxford MBA classmate and good pal, Joel Usher, went cerebral over his favourite topic, Artificial Intelligence (AI). Joel discussed how rapidly AI could usurp humans as the dominant player on Earth. He highlighted that some of the world’s most influential people, such as Stephen Hawking (Oxford alum) and Elon Musk, […]
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Posted by: Sam Peter on April 21, 2015
Two thirds through my MBA and things are dovetailing into a final term filled with opportunities and answers. This past term had many moving parts, with coursework, competitions and extensive private equity (PE) interviews. The coursework was split between core and non-core subjects covering investment, strategic and economic competencies. It also addressed global issues and […]
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Posted by: Alan Keeso on April 14, 2015
Continuing from, “Through Term One: The Transformation Report”. Term Two featured many interviews for Oxford MBA students. For those who explored management consulting careers, it was a time for case-based interviews. Case interviews vary in structure depending on the firm, but they generally go as follows: The interviewer introduces a business problem that a client […]
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Posted by: Thea Sokolowski on March 24, 2015
It’s sort of like that old toy, where you try to get a little silver ball through the complex maze enclosed in a plastic circle and out the other end safely. Often at first, you lack the perspective to be able to look at the path as a whole, to trace your moves before you […]
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Posted by: Joyeeta Das on March 11, 2015
“Faced with the choice between changing one’s mind and proving that there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy on the proof.” John Kenneth Galbraith One of the things that I focussed on, in this MBA, was myself. I did after all spend time, money and a significant investment of life to do it for me – […]
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