One interface, One user experience, One platform. Seems like a dream? The meteoric rise of Superapps points to the rapid appification of urban life in Asia, where almost every aspect of living can now unfold exclusively in the digital realm. …

“Just imagine how my research hypothesis on considering spirituality as being a valid and realistic alternative to suffering in the workplace went over!” The Research: Spirituality within the UK workplace

“Popular media has published plenty on this avocado-eating cohort of snowflakes, who suffer from narcissism, feel entitled to things they don’t deserve and retreat to their safe spaces because everything appears to offend them… [So] I set out to explore this perplexing generation…and discovered that my business was not alone.” The Research: The Millennial generation — capitulation or capitalization?!

I have realized that Africa desperately needs to encourage more research on leadership and organizations, and educate the next generation of politicians, public official, academia, entrepreneurs to achieve growth and prosperity. The research: the impact of transformational leadership on organizational change for African organizations

The research: studying the internationalization of US business school programs in emerging markets My first paper, a case study on the internationalization of a US business school program, was quick to be conceived, polished and approved! Hence, my supervisor and I thought that we would submit it to a journal for publication. The peer review and publication process were new to me and…

The research: Measuring ROI on Public Cancer Investment In simple terms, part of my doctoral research centered on how to measure, basically, return-on-investment (ROI) for public investments in cancer research. That is, if a government (like the United States) uses public funds (from taxes) to invest in cancer research, can we establish some reasonable measurement for the return…

A few years ago at École des Ponts Business School we started a new genre of Executive DBA program that starts with an introspective Learning Lab that we developed with Architects of Group Genius led by the inimitable Maurizio Travaglini. Unlike most doctoral programs, we ask that our participants come…

The present is NOT a clue to the future As we try to attempt the very humbling task of thinking about what the future might hold for technology (and innovation) in education, it is important to remember that the future can rarely be extrapolated from the past. Tim Urban has a great post on artificial intelligence where he introduces…

Innovation, networks, the seventh sense, and (poor) storytelling The summer is an interesting time to read the books you don’t usually get to during the year. So it was that I packed The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo with me in my suitcase as it blipped on my radar…