Posts Tagged ‘Darden’
The following short essay was written as part of a school project in a form similar to NPR’s “This I Believe” project. Each and every one of us has the ability to evolve as individuals. As humans our ability to evolve is a naturally occurring phenomenon, but that does not mean we don’t have any [...]
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Tags: Darden, Evolution, self reflection
Team Concepts came to provide us with the Team Hollywood Experience. This was an outstanding way to end the week. We self selected teams and were given the task of creating a 5-10 minute short film. The premise behind the exercise was the “Eight Secrets of Inspirational Leadership,” and while I usually hate just about anything that [...]
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Tags: Darden, Leadership, LR4 Journal, Story
OK this is the fourth in the series and if you still need a warning, then you may not get any of this to begin with, so click on this link instead. Chic Thompson (his website) came to speak to us today. He provided us some interesting insights into Left Brain and Right Brain thinking [...]
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Tags: Brain, Creativity, Darden, Innovation, LR4 Journal
YES this is two days late and YES this is still stream of consciousness writing with no editing. SOOOOOO, reader beware. We had two main sessions for the day. The first was with Laura Nash, author of Just Enough, she also has an HBR article “Success That Lasts.” The second session was with Michael Stallard [...]
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Tags: Balance, Darden, LR4 Journal, Social Networking
WARNING THE FOLLOWING IS STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS FOR PERSONAL JOURNALING PURPOSES. Today’s agenda graced us with two impressive speakers from outside the Darden faculty. Jonathan Haigt a professor in psychology from UVA and David Williams, Deloitte CEO Financial Advisory Services. Both speakers were outstanding and what is even more intriguing was their message was a little contradictory, [...]
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Tags: Darden, Deloitte, LR4 Journal, self reflection, Strategy
As I engage in the last week of my Darden MBA I think it is appropriate to capture a daily log of the events and insights experienced throughout this capstone event. The week’s theme is “Creating the Future,” specifically focused on innovative thinking. WARNING THIS SERIES OF POSTING WILL BE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS AND THE [...]
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Tags: Darden, LR4 Journal, self reflection, Simmons
