INTERVIEW WITH THE DEAN
Having campuses on three continents, including ESSEC Africa in Rabat (pictured), the school is sensitive to global geopolitical situations and facilitates tolerance among community members
under which AI can have a positive impact on both organisations and society at large.” You are unveiling a new strategy this October; can you please elaborate on what this will involve and how you believe it will enhance the MBA programme experience at ESSEC? “Our new strategic plan, Transcend, builds on the success of our former strategy. Transcend stands for transcending borders, creating trans-disciplinarity and going above and beyond. Our goal is to move towards a future-fit
and faculty recruitment, as the majority of today’s business schools are international. But world events can also create tensions among members of the same community. At ESSEC we have campuses on three continents, which means being sensitive to the different geopolitical situations occurring around the globe and facilitating understanding and tolerance amongst our community members, built through dialogue and based on mutual respect.” The impact of AI and other generative algorithms such as ChatGPT on business school education has
been well documented – what’s your position on it at ESSEC? “At ESSEC we recognise the transformative power of generative AI while maintaining a vigilant stance to address the potential risks associated with its implementation. For example, we use AI
business education that fosters progress. Across our four campuses and with all our partners we aim to make ESSEC a centre of collective, transdisciplinary and connected intelligence to address the greatest challenges of both today and tomorrow.
“MBA graduates must become T-shaped leaders: capable of mixing a deep expertise in one domain with a broad understanding of the company’s functioning and ecosystem”
“Parts of our strategy involve providing a holistic, transformative and learning-centric experience of the highest calibre, cultivating inclusive, influential and multicultural leadership and developing our global footprint and international network of partners. These goals will contribute to providing an optimised MBA programme experience for our participants and help make them inspiring leaders who drive positive change for a prosperous and resilient world.”
to create adaptive educational content that caters to individual learning styles and speeds. We also experiment with it to develop interactive simulations and collaborative learning environments. “Just like companies, business schools must be aware of the risks and ethical concerns of AI, but learn to create added value from it. Through our Metalab for data, technology and society we explore these themes and invest in the production of research that examines the conditions
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