NEWS & INSIGHT
NEW PARTNERSHIP LEADS
ONE-YEAR PROGRAMME TO LEAD EXECUTIVE EDUCATION
THE WAY TO NET ZERO COUNTRY: UK SCHOOL: Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
OFFERINGS COUNTRY: France SCHOOL: INSEAD
With the aim of driving creative solutions for the transition to net zero pollution, Imperial College London has partnered with Hitachi and Hitachi Europe to create the Hitachi and Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions. ‘The aim of the new Centre… is to be a connection point, not only across Imperial, but also together with Hitachi to find those leverage points where we can really make a difference to this challenge,’ said Dean of Imperial College Business School, Francisco Veloso. The joint venture aims to enable scientists and innovators to come together to create solutions for the climate emergency. This will be done through collaboration on research projects, reports and white papers on technologies. The first projects of the centre are to focus on carbon management, the decarbonisation of energy and transport, the removal of carbon dioxide, and the creation of greater biodiversity. ‘This Centre will bring together different disciplines, from engineering and systems thinking to economics, new business models and policymaking. More than ever, it is clear that we cannot solve climate change in isolation,’ said Mirabelle Muûls, Assistant Professor in Economics at Imperial College Business School and Co-Director of the Centre. ‘We need to think about the implications of energy security and dealing with climate change, in allocation, mitigation and leading to a zero-carbon society. This will have implications for democracy and the wellbeing of the generations after us. It is not a small task,’ Muûls added. The partnership comes as part of Imperial’s Transition to Zero Pollution initiative, which was created to connect research, industry and government. / EB
INSEAD will enrol its first intake on a new 12-month executive education programme at the end of November 2022. ‘The impactful and rigorous 12-month learning journey helps executives to see the world through multiple lenses and drive meaningful impact and relevant results,’ said Charles Galunic, Programme Director and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the launch of the programme, called INSEAD LEAD (LEAD). While the School’s executive education portfolio has focused on shorter-term and more specialised offerings to date, a key stated aim of LEAD is to help participants look beyond short-term gains, understand the larger context, and create sustainable value and impact. ‘I think that the way that people want to learn has changed over time. More and more, we want to learn in short snippets, over the course of a week say – and from the comfort of our own homes,’ Galunic told BusinessToday , adding that the ‘programme is around 90% asynchronous in the sense that participants learn at their own pace.’ Described as a ‘hybrid blended learning journey’, online and asynchronous delivery is supplemented with synchronous touchpoints, live virtual presentations, and an in-person capstone at INSEAD’s campus in Fontainebleau, France. There are four core modules – including ‘Fostering Innovation in an age of Disruption’ and ‘Mastering Financial Analysis’ – and three electives. Synchronous components for presentations and a decision-making workshop take place in-between the core and electives. The certificate programme is then rounded off with the aforementioned capstone project. The cost, as advertised at the time of writing, is €19,950 EUR. ‘This programme design reflects the two years that we spent closely looking at the changing needs of executives, not only from the point of view of what they learn, but how they learn. The unique learning design is an excellent fit for busy executives,’ said Severine Guilloux, INSEAD’s Chief Marketing Officer at LEAD’s launch. / TBD
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