Sauder Africa Initiative Fundraising & Design: “How not to cold call”
Have you ever volunteered and felt that cold sweat and fear of approaching strangers when you were asked to fundraise for a good cause? Well, I am certainly one of those people. However, I love the Sauder Africa Initiative and fundraising is a very important part to achieve our ultimate goal: help Kenyan youth to […]
ARC…uniting knowledge, fueling entrepreneurship
Jeff Kroeker is one of those faculty members at Sauder that makes the place truly great. He is an accounting guy (we won’t hold that against him) who is a star teacher and innovator (along with Paul Cubbon) in the COMM 101 course which sensibly and energetically introduces “business” to first year Commerce students. But […]
Creative Enterprise Design at CBS…
Copenhagen Business School (CBS) is full of gems — people that is who glitter with energy and enthusiasm for their work. I have met a few over the past few weeks here, but today I want to highlight Daved Barry, Professor of Creative Organization Studies and Stefan Meisiek, Associate Professor of Leadership at CBS. Stefan and […]
Green Global Challenges at CBS
How do we integrate sustainability into business? Welcome to the world where business as usual is no longer possible. Last night was a Career Night at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS) focusing on the question: Around 400 students (mainly) and assorted faculty/staff listened to a series of speakers on the Green Global Challenges topic. The […]
Copenhagen Business School…not business as usual
Four days in Copenhagen and in love with the City. Haven’t seen so many bicycles and pedestrians in a long time. We are living close to the water on the eastern side of the City. It takes 35 minutes from “home” to CBS. We walk to the closest train station (11 min), take the train […]
Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators
Riverdale Country School in New York cooperated with IDEO and developed The Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators. It provides guidance through the five phases of the design process. It outlines a sequence of steps that leads from defining a challenge to building a solution. The toolkit offers a variety of instructional methods to choose from, including concise […]