Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
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‘If you are not identifying the intelligent risks you should be taking to help you succeed, you are either failing, or not succeeding as well as you might', Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and partner at Greylock Partners, told the audience in his visit to Oxford Saïd on 5 June. His talk was part of the Distinguished Speaker Seminar series.
Andrew White, Associate Dean for Executive Education and Corporate Relations at Oxford Saïd, discusses the corporations that 'articulate a purpose that goes beyond just delivering returns to shareholders' and the techniques that leaders can use to overcome 'a situation in which oppositional tendencies are brought into close contact'.
Professor McKenna, University Reader in Business Strategy and History, and the Academic Director of the Diploma in Strategy & Innovation at Oxford Saïd, was nominated by Professor JoAnne Yates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who said ‘Chris…has been a prominent scholar in business history and an excellent citizen of the Business History Conference.'
Reid Hoffman's gift is a founding donation for ‘The Oxford Foundry,’ a new initiative driven by Oxford Saïd in collaboration with other departments, where he has also agreed to be the Senior Advisor, giving his time and advice to help start and scale new ventures.
Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive of WPP, visited Oxford Saïd on 26 May to deliver his thoughts on current trends in the advertising market. He was joined by Simon Fox, CEO of Trinity Mirror and David Abraham, CEO of Channel 4, for a panel discussion that explored the changing media landscape and its effects on advertising, journalism and publishing.
Christiane Amanpour, Chief International Correspondent at CNN, discussed failures of political leadership, the challenging role of the media and the importance of dissent in her recent visit to Oxford Saïd.
Andrea Jung is the former Chairman and CEO of Avon and the current President and CEO of Grameen America, which offers small, non-collateral loans to women in order to lift them out of poverty. In her recent visit to Oxford Saïd, she discussed banks, the importance of operational programmes and her advice for Oxford MBA students.
'Creativity isn’t always about creating something new completely from scratch,’ says award-winning composer Toby Young. ‘It can also be about forging new links and connections, and finding new meaning in old connections.' Toby Young visited Oxford Saïd on 18 May to deliver the latest lecture in the Engaging with the Humanities series.
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