I was fortunate to be among 8 Students who were selected for INSEAD Study Away Program to Singapore in January 2020. We had an amazing opportunity to experience INSEAD campus life, take classes and collaborate with MBA students and make meaningful connections. The goal was to incorporate Business strategic learning with design thinking.
Special thanks to Manuel Sosa and Babette Strousse to make this meaningful and amazing experience, possible.
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Overview
We had an awesome opportunity to take classes with MBA Grads at INSEAD. We participated in group projects, discussions, debates and business pitches.
We took several classes with them including New Business models, Management of services, Brand Management, Digital and Social Media Technology, Digital Entrepreneurship and many more…
Experiences in the Classes
Creative Strategies
We participated in Creative Strategies’ class where in we were challenged with fun assignments. The idea was to think out of the box and come up with Innovative unique solutions to creative problems
Product Management
I was also a part of Product Management class sponsored by Google.
I led a group of 5 MBA students through the project, collaborated with the Google engineer and incorporated his valuable feedback and inputs
We had a great opportunity to participate in several Bootcamps
SDG Bootcamp
It was a 2 day intensive Bootcamp where I teamed up with a group of 5 MBA students from INSEAD. We had to drill down and identify a problem from one of the SDG causes (We chose ‘Right to Education’). We came up with possible solutions and then presented the most viable, to a panel of judges and the class.
Start-up Bootcamp
It was a 2 day intensive Bootcamp which gave a taste of Entrepreneurship. We grouped in groups of 4 -5 and experienced the entire process of taking an idea from conception to reality & pitch them to real Investors.
Competition
Insead's COVID-19 Innovation Competition
INSEAD launched a COVID-19 Innovation Competition where in about 80 participants / 16 teams, participated and pitched their innovative business ideas for the post COVID-19 world.
Fortunately, I and my team “ All About Space" now "Out Of office Spaces" won the competition for the Best Business Venture and received Eu 5000 sponsored by Lake Star. Thus began our next phase of journey which continues to develop, to turn our idea into reality.
