New Sujata Madan Award recognizes community-minded students
Eleven Desautels alumni have banded together to establish a new student award in honor of Professor of Practice Sujata Madan. Rather than being based on academic merit, the scholarship will be awarded to students who demonstrate outstanding collaboration, empathy, kindness, and respect toward their peers and wider communities.
Management Undergraduate Society Equity Survey
The McGill Management Undergraduate Society Council has commissioned the MUS Equity Survey to gauge the sentiments of MUS members related to diversity, inclusion, and discrimination so that the Society may engage in action to make itself more inclusive for all its members. Voice your opinions!
Financial Literacy Month
Did you know November is Financial Literacy Month? Sharpen your personal finance skills with McGill鈥檚 Personal Finance Essentials course in collaboration with RBC Future Launch and The Globe and Mail. From budgeting to borrowing, real estate and beyond, invest a few hours in this free, online course and you'll gain the knowledge and confidence to make a lifetime of smart financial decisions.
The gift of service
Soon after the earthquake that devastated Haiti in 2010, Laura Parny Germain (BEng鈥�15, MBA鈥�21) moved from Port-au-Prince to Montreal with a deep resolve to use her education for the benefit of others. With engineering and MBA degrees from McGill under her belt, she looks forward to working toward socially and environmentally sustainable solutions to the challenges her hometown faces.
Transforming Eastside LA
Guy Vidal (BA鈥�87, MBA鈥�92) is the co-founder of Vidal Design Collaborative, an interior and landscape design company dedicated to bringing style and hospitality to Eastside Los Angeles. He credits his time at Desautels with teaching him the language of business and preparing him to take risks as an entrepreneur.
Learn morePortrait of a leader
In a recent conversation with Professor Karl Moore, Adam Bryant reflects on more than 30 years of research into the traits of a successful leader. As author of The CEO Test and a current managing director of ExCo, a coaching and mentoring platform for leaders around the globe, Bryant emphasizes that the world鈥檚 most successful leaders find a way to demonstrate authenticity and honesty.
Delve podcast: Navigating Digital Ecosystems & Transforming Strategy with Yolande Chan
Digital technologies today are highly generic and highly specific at the same time 鈥� even a mobile phone is also a translator, a map and an entertainment system 鈥� complicating the design of organizational strategy.
Retailers can ease customer anxiety after the pandemic changed grocery shopping
COVID-19 caused massive shifts in the way we do even the most mundane of things. Take grocery shopping, for example. This past October, Dr. Yu Ma, Associate Professor of Marketing and Academic Director of the Master of Management in Retailing (MMR), spoke at Grocery Innovations Canada.
Industry insight on MMA experiential learning
One of the things we pride ourselves on at the McGill Desautels Faculty of Management is offering a well-rounded learning experience, emphasizing not only what is taught in the classroom but also what can be gained through real-world experience.
Through partnerships with corporate enterprises and public entities, our Master of Management in Analytics students have the opportunity to get hands on and solve real and pressing issues using data analytics.
Delve: A Digital Currency for the Public by the Public
Could a Central Bank Digital Currency ensure privacy and transparency for every transaction? A new model of digital currency by Desautels Professor Katrin Tinn proposes a secure yet anonymous 鈥渁symmetric privacy鈥� alternative to cash, traditional bank transactions, and cryptocurrency. 鈥淎 public institution is in a better position to design a digital currency that has the correct incentives,鈥� says Tinn.聽
Dynamic diplomacy
In a conversation with Professor Karl Moore, Pham Cao Phong, the Vietnamese Ambassador to Canada, highlights how international diplomacy has shifted throughout the pandemic. Despite travel limitations and the stress that comes with crisis, Phong says his highest priority is to recognize the humanity in fellow leaders and work to build relationships that pave the way to effective collaboration.
Finding solutions for fair, online pricing
With e-commerce here to stay, dynamic pricing algorithms are adjusting what individual consumers pay for their items online using a complex system of price comparisons and purchase histories.
Cleaner energy for a cleaner world
Professor Karl Moore sits down with 脡ric Lachance to discuss how companies around the world can improve environmental sustainability. As the CEO of 脡nergir, a top natural gas distributor in Quebec, Lachance says it is imperative for companies to draw from multiple renewable energy sources rather than monopolizing fossil fuels.
Redefining success in top leadership roles
According to Professor Henry Mintzberg, only 10% of organizational changes are successfully implemented in the workplace.
Delve podcast: New Normal: The Pivot to Climate Sustainability for SMEs with Dror Etzion
Small and medium-sized enterprises account for as much environmental impact as the entire Canadian transportation industry鈥攜et solving their climate impact requires a unique approach. In the "New Normal" Delve podcast series, Desautels Professor Dror Etzion discusses the role of SMEs in the global fight for climate sustainability.
