Stanford GSB Executive Education

It’s time to reinvent your approach to talent management. Gain a competitive advantage through the way you recruit, retain, and inspire your most valuable asset — your people. Our People, Culture, and Performance: Strategies from Silicon Valley program helps you scale up performance with innovative insights. Learn more about the program’s curriculum, participant profile, and faculty — including program director Hayagreeva Rao — to see if this program could be a fit for you. The application deadline is June 28, 2024. #StanfordGSBExecEd https://lnkd.in/dwYwhdPC

“Learning with other LGBTQ leaders at Stanford was a priceless experience.” – Marina de la Torre, MBA Marina de la Torre completed Stanford’s first-ever LGBTQ Executive Leadership Program. She now advocates for inclusive hiring practices and a corporate culture that welcomes all. Read to learn more about her experience. #StanfordGSBExecEd https://lnkd.in/gYzn8MaV

Last week, we launched MECCA’s Leadership Program at Stanford University Graduate School of Business in Palo Alto, California, with 40 of our leaders living on campus and learning from world-leading thinkers on topics like leadership, strategy, artificial intelligence (AI), scaling businesses, design thinking, value chain planning, storytelling, stress management and longevity. They even learnt from NASCAR experts about the power of teamwork (… and how to change a tyre in less than 30 seconds).     Stanford’s motto is: “Change Lives. Change Organisations. Change the World,” and it delivered. Our leaders approached the week with a love of learning, curiosity, and a sense of adventure, and left with full minds and deeper connections.    We’re big believers in the power of education, and MECCA’s long-term partnership with Stanford will provide our senior leaders with life-changing experiences, which will help us have a greater positive impact on our team members, our customers, our brands, and the broader MECCA community.    Congratulations to the MECCA x Stanford Class of 2024!    📸 Josh Edelson Photography 

Had an exceptional week delivering The Innovative Health Care Leader Program with Faculty Co-Directors Sarah Soule and Abraham Verghese and PM Talia Peritos, MBA. Honored to be invited to do a special reading with Dr. Verghese.

Are you deploying technology across the breadth of your organization for maximum impact? Are you using it as a strategic advantage rather than just a tactical tool? Digital Transformation: Leading Organizational Change in the Age of AI will help you do both, providing the core technical knowledge, strategic skills, and confidence you need to lead impactful digital initiatives. Learn more about the program’s curriculum, participant profile, and faculty — including program co-directors Yossi Feinberg and Jonathan Levav — to see if this program could be a fit for you. The application deadline is June 21, 2024. #StanfordGSBExecEd https://lnkd.in/gCwPg-yB

It’s the end of the line for the take-make-waste economy. Fortunately, a sustainable model could be just as good for businesses as it is for the planet. Barchi Gillai, associate director of the Value Chain Innovation Initiative at the GSB, says the linear economy is “an unsustainable model. It cannot continue.” In a recent white paper, she and her colleagues find that a growing number of companies agree, and are realizing the urgency of shifting their operations toward circularity. With such a shift, “companies are not only reducing harm but increasing value for society,” says Professor Hau Lee. According to the research, the circular economy could generate up to 4.8 million net new jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean alone by 2030. But businesses can’t do it alone. The report’s authors say achieving a circular economy on a global scale will take collaborative action by many stakeholders, from investors to consumers and policymakers. “A huge amount of work lies ahead, and there are many challenges, but if we all do our share and understand the need for change, we can be successful in our transition from a linear to a circular economy—and leave future generations a better world to live in,” Gillai says. #sustainability #WorldEnvironmentDay https://lnkd.in/gVNxNnVX

It was an exciting year and fun to get “back to school” after 30+ years with this wonderfully curated course, #IamtheFuture, specially designed by #InfosysLeadershipInstitute (ILI), in partnership with Stanford GSB Executive Education. This year long program by ILI is to enable leadership roles and provides holistic development opportunities for leaders globally. I felt privilege to take part in the program, which focus on enabling leaders to lead digital transformation agenda for the organization and our clients. The program envisions a highly personalized, contextual, and impactful development journey including leadership assessments, group work, courses and coaching developed by Infosys Leadership Institute and #StanfordGSB.   Thank you, Infosys for this wonderful opportunity to attend this learning Program. Special call out to  Juana-Catalina Rodriguez, my course facilitator, who has patiently assessed the submissions and helped me with brilliant insights into each module of the program. Thank you, the leadership Team & sponsors of IamtheFuture - Inderpreet Sawhney, Shaji Mathew, Sushanth Tharappan, Santosh Panpaliya Santhosh KC. Thanks to Ganeshbabu Narayanasamy for nominating me, Arti Gusain Rehana Begum for all the coordination & support and my partners in study - Prasad Nazare, Rajat Malhotra and other leadership for their extensive support throughout the program. Overall, a great collaborative learning and a sense of pride!! #IamtheFuture #InfosysLeadershipInsititute & #ForwardWithInfosys #StanfordGSB #LearningNeverStopsAtInfy. #learning #gratitute #infosys

The “venture mindset” is how Professor Ilya Strebulaev and Alex Dang, MS ’14, a tech executive and innovation advisor, describe a VC investor’s approach to risk. But as they explain, you don’t have to be chasing tech unicorns to utilize this helpful perspective. In their new book, The Venture Mindset: How to Make Smarter Bets and Achieve Extraordinary Growth, Strebulaev and Dang explain how VCs embrace uncertainty, prioritize conviction over consensus, and view failure as an acceptable cost of pursuing extraordinary growth. As the authors explained in a recent interview with Stanford Business, the venture mindset can be applied to all sorts of business decisions, whether related to investments or not. “The VC mindset is becoming more and more useful and likely will dominate — or should dominate — a number of industries for a while,” Strebulaev says. Beyond business, Dang says the venture mindset can even have benefits for one’s personal life. “I now believe more in experimentation and in making big bets,” he says. “I click the send button way more often than before because I now expect that many of my requests, sometimes wild requests, will be simply rejected or never answered.” As the business world evolves faster than ever, Strebulaev and Dang say adopting this innovative approach to decision-making and risk-taking may be the key to staying ahead of the curve. #VC https://lnkd.in/ggBwm3DX

“The first day walking in and seeing folks that look like me or who I could relate to, it was just so great. It just brought a smile to my face. It was so empowering.” – Leo Saldana As a senior director with Nike’s advanced innovation team, Leo Saldana meshes creativity with strategy to help develop innovative products and services. He enrolled in the Asian Leadership Program to help him step up to the next level at the shoe giant. Read to learn more about his experience. #StanfordGSBExecEd https://lnkd.in/g83Z5gAZ

Feeling fantastic about completing the Stanford GSB Executive Education for Nonprofit Leaders at Stanford University Graduate School of Business! It was an honour to be on this remarkable campus with inspiring nonprofit leaders from 17 countries. Huge thanks to the Westpac Scholars for making this important learning opportunity possible. I gained essential skills and insights that I look forward to implementing in my work. The program offered transformational learning in #strategicleadership, #scalingup, #designthinking, #psychologicaldistance, and #decisionmaking for #socialimpact. The most inspiring part was learning from fellow participants with diverse perspectives and experiences.💜 #GSBExecEd #NonprofitLeadership #LeadershipJourney #WestpacFellowship #SocialChange #Gratitude