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How to apply lessons learned in online education to other aspects of the Business School experience, for example, and the types of skills Business Schools should now consider accentuating in their offerings. It’s also encouraging to learn that pre-Covid plans to increase attention to sustainability and responsible management do not appear to have been compromised. In a separate feature (page 28), Antwerp Management School’s Dean, Steven De Haes, addresses this point directly when talking about his School’s focus on ‘developing the best leaders, not “of” the world but “for” the world’, arguing that the changing circumstances of Covid-19 has served only to ‘strengthen our determination to continue to pursue these goals‘. Working for the betterment of society is also the central premise of our feature from the Arthur Lok Jack Global School of Business in Trinidad and Tobago (page 24), which provides a step-by-step account of how the institution has established a system for measuring its impact on society across six specified areas of interest. For me, this edition all adds up to a renewed sense of purpose and enthusiasm for new approaches, and reminds me of the adage attributed to German philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and commonly translated as: ‘That which does not kill us, makes us stronger.’ Tim Banerjee Dhoul,
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In the previous edition of Business Impact , this column asked whether Covid-19 presented an opportunity for reflection and the reinvention of management education in a way that will better serve stakeholders, and society. It’s a question that refuses to be dislodged in the current climate, so we took full advantage of BGA’s network to find out what’s been happening at Business Schools in different parts of the world, and where they see their future heading in the new academic year, and beyond. This edition’s cover feature (page 14) presents the perspectives of representatives
from five Business Schools across seven interconnected topics that include strategic change, application demand, and more. In it, we hear about the danger of ‘turning inwards’ in the face of travel restrictions and economic downturn. We also hear about the difficulties of planning for a ‘new normal’ that we are yet to know. Yet, positivity pushes its way to the surface throughout these collated experiences. There’s talk of the opportunity to implement new ideas and technology faster than ever before, and the enthusiasm with which faculty have embraced change. Crucially, much focus falls on looking beyond short-term responses to the pandemic.
Content Editor, Business Impact .
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