By Vandana Sathpathy As I hunched over my bathroom sink for the umpteenth time recently, I wondered why it was acceptable for most adults to bend over to about half our height multiple times a day. “Adjustable sinks – Why aren’t they a thing yet?” I thought to myself. I then went online to dig… Continue reading
Financing for growth thanks to my Kellogg MBA
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW4G4hsx5hU?rel=0] At the first ever Kellogg on Growth forum, more than 60 influential thought leaders from a dozen industries came together to share their unique approaches to growth. One of the hot topics of the day was scaling and financing growth. In the “Financing for growth,” session, Prof. Mitchell Petersen concluded the session by… Continue reading
Solving a business challenge with design thinking
By Kristen Zhou Coming from a background in finance and engineering, I often solve business problems and improve operational performance using hypothesis-based analytical thinking and data analysis. When I was exposed to the design thinking approach for the first time as a MMM student, it struck me how many transformative design innovations have been created… Continue reading
What I learned co-chairing Kellogg on Growth
By Hilary Coles “Never stop preparing.” Those were the words of encouragement I received before taking the stage from Robert Swan, the first man to walk unsupported to the North and South Poles and the final keynote speaker at the first ever Kellogg on Growth forum. The moment you stop preparing, Swan said, is the… Continue reading
Unconventional career advice from Cal Newport
By Jessica Pawlarczyk What is Cal Newport’s number one piece of career advice for Kellogg students? “Don’t follow your passion; get good at a skill instead.” According to Newport, the award-winning author of So Good They Can’t Ignore You and Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, “follow your passion” is one… Continue reading
Business Schools: The Technology Sea Change in Online, Blended Learning
Greg Hanifee is the Associate Dean of the Kellogg Executive MBA Global Network. This article originally appeared on the Graduate Management Admissions Council (GMAC)’s Graduate Management News. As education technology continues to make inroads into higher education institutions, business schools are facing a sea change away from the traditional classroom learning model. As my peers and… Continue reading
Our path to a case competition victory
By Ankita Baxi “It’s here!” Our team captain excitedly included that message while forwarding us the case for Kellogg’s Annual Healthcare and Biotech Case Competition. As we all read the topic, we started to share a flurry of ideas, opinions and observations over email. The topic of the case was whether direct-to-consumer (DTC) marketing is… Continue reading
3 ways to improve society without spending an extra dime
By Michael Pelehach Whether you’re a Kellogg student or just starting to consider business school, I’m guessing free time is a scarce commodity for you. As current students, our calendars are overflowing with classes, group meetings, company information sessions and a bustling social life. As prospective students, you’re likely balancing a full time job… Continue reading
Solving the housing headache for international students
By Johnathan Thomas For international students coming to the U.S., it can feel that housing options are limited. International grad students often come to the conclusion that campus housing is the only housing option available, especially when non-campus housing options have a reputation for being expensive, inconvenient or unreliable. That’s where Rolando Manzo, a second-year… Continue reading
Healthcare in a startup mindset
By Rob Nagel The Kellogg School of Management is known for a number of things, including its team-based approach and growth-focused curriculum. From a 10,000-foot view, at its core, Kellogg has always been known as the marketing school, although more recently it has the distinction as the consulting school. What is less broadly assumed, but… Continue reading
The recruiting journey through self doubt | MBA Learnings
Second-year student Rohan Rajiv is blogging once a week about important lessons he is learning at Kellogg. Read more of his posts here. The MBA learnings series has two objectives. The first is to develop the discipline to synthesize and share some powerful concepts I’ve learned while at school. With about four and a half months left… Continue reading
Key lessons learned from Kellogg’s Super Bowl Ad Review
By Jessica Pawlarczyk More than 100 million viewers watched Super Bowl 50 on Sunday. Among those viewers were 69 Kellogg marketing students who participated in the 12th annual Super Bowl Advertising Review, scoring each commercial according to the ADPLAN Framework developed by Professors Tim Calkins and Derek Rucker. As usual, this year’s Super Bowl was… Continue reading