Reducing the racial divide through economic emancipation
In 2013, EMBA alumnus Frantz Saintellemy (EMBA’20) co-founded startup incubator Groupe 3737 to help facilitate the economic emancipation of diverse communities.
Now facing economic uncertainty, Saintellemy would like to see concrete actions from government agencies and large corporations in supporting businesses like Groupe 3737 that aim to bridge the racial divide.
Retail Innovation Challenge helps retailers through economic recovery
Charles de Brabant, Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management, joins Retail Insider to share how the Retail Innovation Challenge is empowering students to help local and national companies on their road to economic recovery.
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How business school deans are handling the COVID-19 crisis
Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou speaks to Bloomberg Businessweek about the steps that the Desautels Faculty of Management has taken to adapt student learning in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Empowering the future of work with AI
Professor Matissa Hollister, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Fellow with the World Economic Forum, recently co-presented at the Virtual CogX conference on AI policies that enable the future of HR work.
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Navigating a new reality with document imaging solutions
Yasunari Shimizu, president and CEO of Fujitsu Computer Products of America, talks to Professor Karl Moore about finding new ways to connect communities with document imaging solutions.
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Professor Henry Mintzberg on lessons learned during the pandemic
Professor Henry Mintzberg sits down with Le Devoir to discuss lessons learnt during the pandemic, from the surprising intimacy of remote work to the three pillars of a prosperous democracy.
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New Montreal company joins race to produce reusable masks
In the race to produce masks amid the current health crisis, Montreal brothers Mark and Jordan Owen (BCom’16) and friend Sean Tasse founded Bien Aller, a mask manufacturer with a sustainable edge.
Professor Karl Moore speaks to the founders of Bien Aller about forming a business during a pandemic and how their business model aims to give back to the community.
Business schools help revive industries hard hit by COVID
In an environment of uncertainty, business schools have a unique opportunity to fill in the gaps and help businesses evolve to meet the demands of a post-pandemic world. As North America starts to slowly reopen the economy, Dean Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou shares how business schools can support the industries most impacted.
Delve: Six Ways Introverts and Extroverts Can Make the Most of Working in Isolation
The COVID-19 pandemic has upset both introvert and extrovert habits, but these six tips from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Professor Karl Moore may be useful as we continue to practice physical distancing.
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Desautels alumna honoured by the Association des femmes en finance du Québec
Desautels alumna and vice president of RBC RH&N Kathy Fazel (BCom’91) has received the Inspiration-Andrée-Corriveau Award from the Association des femmes en finance du Québec.
Fazel, whose finance career spans 25 years, credits her early career mentors with ensuring she never felt disadvantaged as a woman in a field still dominated by men. She is now inspired to give back through causes close to her heart.
Business schools must adapt to empower future-ready students
COVID-19 has permanently altered the way the world does business. Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou, Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at Ï㽶ÊÓƵ, believes that business schools have a responsibility to empower students to thrive in this altered world.
Turning protest into policy
The recent police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis has sparked an uprising across the world with people from all walks of life coming together to fight against systemic racism and violence.
The value of a flexible MBA
Starting in Fall 2020, Ï㽶ÊÓƵ’s Desautels Faculty of Management will offer 12-, 16-, and 20-month MBA options to meet changing student needs.
Protecting consumers from supply chain disruptions during global crises
COVID-19 has resulted in significant disruptions to the supply chain, particularly for necessities such as medical devices and personal protective equipment (PPE). Such large-scale disruptions haveÌýbecome a matter of life or death for some, with manufacturing and transportation systems almost coming to a global standstill.
Desautels students named in Poets and Quants’ MBAs to Watch
Three graduating McGill students, Anastasia Budaeva, Ysa Cao and George Oriokot, have been named in Poets and Quants’Ìý 2020 MBAs To Watch list.