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Cuban Entrepreneurship and a New Social Context

Early in 2017, Darden Professor Morela Hernandez led a weeklong Darden Worldwide Course of 30 MBA students to Havana, Cuba, in which small student teams engaged with a set of self-employed individuals.

Three Things: What Is Disruptive Innovation?

In this Three Things video, Darden Professor Michael Lenox discusses three classic patterns of disruption.

Lessons From Innovation Catalysts: Can They Help Us Thrive in Uncertain Times?

In The Catalyst: How You Can Become an Extraordinary Growth Leader, Jeanne and her co-authors point out that even in large, established organizations, entrepreneurial skills and mindsets are helpful and, perhaps, critical for surviving in uncertain times.

A U.S. Presidential Leadership Lesson: Optimism

On Presidents Day, Darden Professor and Dean Emeritus Bob Bruner reflects on these leaders, and not just for a day; he’s formally researched their qualities and delved into one of the most interesting facets of their leadership: general, prevalent optimism.

Remove the Blinders: How to Disobey Immoral Orders

More than 50 years after Stanley Milgram conducted his famous experiments on authority and obedience, Darden ethics professor Bobby Parmar sheds new light on how people defy corrupt authority.

C-Suite Insights With Scott Beardsley: Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth’s Shamina Singh

When we have access to technology, data, investment and expertise, how do we translate it all to social impact? Darden Dean Scott C. Beardsley interviews Shamina Singh, president of the Mastercard Center for Inclusive Growth, to find out.

The No. 1 Job Skill Needed for the Smart Machine Age: Knowing How to Iteratively Learn

In the Smart Machine Age, many of us will have to relearn the process of how to iteratively learn. And we will have to relearn how to be curious like a child and to be courageous like an explorer.

Workplace Courage: When Vulnerability Signals Strength

People can accumulate lots of sophisticated tools in an expensive, impressive-looking toolkit, and even know which tools are useful for addressing which kinds of managerial problems, but ultimately this won’t be worth much if they don’t have the courage to use those tools.