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Babson Executive Education Faculty: PJ Guinan

Dr. Guinan is an associate professor in the Information Technology Management Division and teaches in the Management Division. She teaches multi-disciplinary courses in information technology, cross-functional teamwork, organization design, organization change, and management strategy. She is the author of an international award-winning book entitled Patterns of Excellence for IS Professionals: An Analysis of Communication Behavior.Dr.…

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Public Service Entrepreneurship

In a few moments the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Bangladesh will close its first international conference;  Imagining Another Future for Asia: Ideas and Pathways for Change.  Imagine a conference where every speaker and panelist is informed, articulate, interesting, and thought provoking.  Picture where the topics support the conference theme by connecting across sessions…

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Babson Executive Education Faculty: Chris Hennesey

Professor Chris Hennessey has led and taught in numerous custom executive education programs for such companies as Siemens, American Express, Telenor, Pitney Bowes, Novell, Infineon, Sony, Allied Domecq, Hartford Financial Services, Smith’s Group, and others. He has taught in many areas around the world including the United States, England, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, Hungary,…

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Energy And Enthusiasm For Social Entrepreneurship

Yesterday I was a keynote speaker at the 13th Summit on Research and Education in Social Entrepreneurship at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, Norway.   http://www.ntnu.edu/ The event was attended by roughly 100 people and I had the opportunity to learn about what efforts are being made in social entrepreneurship in…

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Nordlands County Entrepreneurs

I am in Bodoe, Norway at Nordlands University- above the Arctic Circle, giving talks to students on entrepreneurship. Why Bodoe you may ask? Nordlands County is one of the most entrepreneurial counties in all of Norway. In fact, according to our 2010 GEM study, Norway has a nascent entrepreneurship rate of 4.4% which compares favorably…

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Faculty Roundtable On Managing In Uncertain Times

In this roundtable discussion, Elaine Eisenman, Dean of Babson Executive Education, and Babson Professors Les Charm, Michael Roberto, Jay Rao, and Paul Mulligan discuss how companies can manage risk while infusing the latest in innovative thinking into their organizations. Business leaders cannot predict the future in this increasingly uncertain world. So we must begin to…

Making A Difference With Customer Service

New Zealand is the country of small businesses and the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well.  This past week I traveled from Auckland, to Wellington, to Dunedin and up through the lake country of the South Island. Of the 50 million sheep in this country, I think I have seen about 250,000 (give or take…