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Ismail also touches on the benefits of the school’s location: “There’s a special energy and a sense of warmth in the city and I think that’s really important.” From the school’s perspective, there is a deliberate strategy not only to leverage its precise location, but also to consolidate the strengths of Switzerland as a whole across its offerings, as Frankenberger concludes. “Switzerland has always stood for innovation and is still number one in worldwide rankings on this topic, so we train students in innovation and to be entrepreneurial and combine that with the heritage of Switzerland.”
to them versus what kind of details they consider unimportant.”
From there, we became colleagues and then friends. Networks are about friendships – they’re about collaboration and understanding our differences and they’re also about growing.” EMBA X alumna Gaëlle Andreatta recalls a key takeaway from classroom interactions with participants representing a diversity of professional and personal backgrounds: “What really changed for me is how I learned to adapt to the perspective of the person I’m talking to. So, for example, I will get insights into how somebody who has 20 years’ experience in marketing is thinking – what matters
LEVERAGING AN ENVIABLE LOCATION MBA alumna Prarena Malav, meanwhile, delves into the advantages of the school’s learning environment and campus at the centre of eastern Switzerland, with its beautiful alpine scenery: “I was really relaxed and happy at St Gallen because the environment is so good. Your mind works at full speed because you have fresh air and greenery around you. It’s a one-time experience and I would say a privilege to be here and have that experience.”
Clockwise from top left: The alpine setting creates an ideal environment for learning; a popular annual start-up event reflects the
school’s entrepreneurial ethos; dean Karolin Frankenberger is proud of initiatives formed from the ground up at St Gallen
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