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Studytime Self-Nudges

December 12, 2009

It’s crunch time for me and my classmates. Time to master finance, economics, marketing, strategy, decision science (aka statistics) and financial reporting in a week before exams start to hit one after the other. It makes for days of full, focused study, one after the other.
I know through this that I need to make progress [...]

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Dealing with Group Work

November 25, 2009

MBA programs are chock full of group work. I suppose this is to simulate the real world. That’s not surprising. What is surprising is the number of people that can’t seem to work in a group.
Oxford being 95 per cent international, I fittingly have a Ukranian/American, Peruvian and South African in my current group, which [...]

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Shot of the Day: Oxford Examination Regulations

November 21, 2009

I received this book awhile ago: University of Oxford Examination Regulations 2009. Rivetting reading. But the gut reaction was this: what a waste of paper. Not because the information isn’t important, but because they are automatically given to each student and relevant faculty, examiner and various official. Must be over 15,000 books, each at 2″ [...]

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Shot of the Day: As I Leave

November 13, 2009

As I leave SBS at night.
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Like New Approaches to Old Problems? Two Ways to Engage.

November 11, 2009

Morning/Afternoon/Evening folks,
Here are two great ways to get engaged with communities of changemakers, change angents, social entrepreneurs, unreasonable people (pick any term that works for you), particularly if you’re in the UK.
First, Emerge, a student social entrepreneurship conference happening at Oxford on November 29th:
Over 300 students will gather for the main event - a day [...]

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And the First Wave Hits

October 26, 2009

Oxford is a pleasant place. beautiful buildings, nice weather (at least this year), style with substance. It’s easy to enjoy it. Too much even. Distraction comes easily.
These MBAs are interesting people. Forty-eight countries are represented in my class, and about 95 per cent of the class is international. There are few of the jerks (or, [...]

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Shot of the Day: Park Flow

October 24, 2009

A park bench near my new home.
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Welcome to the World of Harry Potter

October 18, 2009

It has been nearly 18 months since I first decided to head to Oxford to do an MBA. Since then, I’ve graduated from one Harry Potterish institution, and worked hard to get to another for different reasons. I’ve tried to fund it by asking 30,000 people (and eventually given the money to two fantastic nonprofits) [...]

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Oxford MBA: Ready? GO!

September 30, 2009

The Oxford MBA has kicked off. I’m here. My new bike is working well, I’ve reconnected with a couple old friends also taking the course, and met a few new ones who seem promising. I’ve found my new home (along a cool street in Oxford with, yes, a hint of Vancouver’s Commercial Drive) and reliable [...]

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Shot of the Day: The Road Ahead

September 29, 2009

Another year, another transition. When this post goes up, I’ll either be above the Atlantic, fighting my way to Oxford, of sleeping off the jet lag. I have lots to say about this, just not the time today. But this shot, from the Ethiopian Highlands in March, seems somewhat fitting.
Cheers,
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