EDITOR’S LETTER
EDITORIAL
Content editor Tim Banerjee Dhoul t.dhoul@amba-bga.com Head of editorial Colette Doyle c.doyle@amba-bga.com
EVOLUTION BY DESIGN
Art editor Sam Price
Sub-editor Heather Ford
Business Impact is back with a fresh look and a flurry of features aimed at informing and inspiring an industry that continues to evolve at pace
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S ince its launch at the start of 2019, Business Impact has strived to shed new light on the most pressing topics facing business schools, while promoting the principles of positive impact, responsible management and lifelong learning. The last of these is particularly pertinent as we present the magazine’s first full redesign. Our revamp is a bid to take on board all the lessons learned from these past four years to deliver a magazine that is accessible, engaging and better able to tell stories of experience and best practice from the world of management education. Similarly, the magazine’s motto of “Leaders never stop learning” is reflected strongly in this issue’s features. In our cover story ( page 16 ), Hult International Business School’s Uma Gunasilan and Nikhil Soi discuss how the age of AI will impact on the skills needed to succeed in today’s world of work. They also detail how business schools can “support students to leverage the endless possibilities” by embracing the technology. Changing skillsets also take centre- stage in our two interviews. In the first ( page 10 ), the president of Kyiv-based MIM Business School, Iryna Tykhomyrova,
“OUR MOTTO OF ‘LEADERS NEVER STOP LEARNING’ IS REFLECTED STRONGLY IN THIS ISSUE’S FEATURES” o ers insight into the determination of its students to overcome the realities of war and prepare for a brighter future. “They want to build it and they want to do it by applying the appropriate knowledge, skills and competencies,” she says. In the second ( page 20 ), Iéseg School of Management’s Maria Castillo reveals the progress of e orts to upskill faculty and sta on sustainability as the school seeks to ensure that the topic permeates throughout its o erings. Returning to the pursuit of positive impact, meanwhile, we hear how IU International University has embedded equal opportunities as a core institutional value, from vice-rector Regina Cordes ( page 28 ). We also learn how business schools are incorporating community projects into their programmes as a means of o ering socially minded experiential learning ( page 24 ). We hope you enjoy our new look.
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Tim Banerjee Dhoul Editor, Business Impact
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Business Impact ISSUE 3 2023
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