Last week, Michelin Group CEO Florent Menegaux graced the stage at Bellon Auditorium along with a small panel that included representatives of each of the two HEC Paris MBA programs and EMBA Adjunct Professor Piers Cumberlege. Menegaux, a 25-year veteran of one the automotive industry’s most iconic firms, delivered a gripping treatise on steering the… Continue Reading
The humble email account might be your most critical IT tool. Why? If a hacker takes control of your email, chances are that he or she will be able to break into all your other tools and accounts. Easy to understand, then, that recent years have seen explosive growth in email protection services as part… Continue Reading
Bulu Iraddim Ismailova, Roxanne Crossley, Esperanza Orrego, and Jenni Peltola Toft are typical participants in the HEC Paris EMBA program. They have achieved much in their careers. They are ambitious, highly capable leaders in their respective fields. The HEC Paris program appealed to them chiefly because of the quality of its offer; in turn, they… Continue Reading
Warren Buffet invested in airlines in the 1980’s, lost money, and famously swore off investing in airlines ever again. Some 30 years later, the Oracle of Omaha changed his mind, against his own advice. He poured money into airlines in 2016, only to sell Berkshire Hathaway’s positions at a loss in 2020. Suffice it to… Continue Reading
From day 1 of the HEC Paris EMBA program, the Capstone project looms large. But what is it exactly? The HEC Paris Executive MBA Capstone is an industry standard business project report of quality befitting the board of directors for any cutting edge firm around the world. It is a case of real-world impact, packed… Continue Reading
Fate and a decade of global professional leadership brought me to one of the best business schools in the world. I became an Executive MBA participant at HEC Paris in January 2022. Presently, I’m a Director of a firm I founded to reduce emissions from deforestation in Africa’s greatest biodiversity landscapes. As CEO of BioCarbon… Continue Reading
“There’s nothing inherently new about the Metaverse– but it does signal the arrival of 3D for the mainstream.” Mike Pell, who helms the Microsoft Garage NYC, has been there, done that, when it comes to software. He’s been designing and coding since the dawn of the original Apple Macintosh in 1984. Among his calling cards… Continue Reading
Rui Retagi, EMBA ’20, is, first and foremost, an energy enthusiast. The Mozambique-born consultant, polyglot, and entrepreneur is a 19-year veteran of energy and mining firms around the world. After breaking into the mining industry in Brazil and the United States, he made the leap— both in industry and in geography—to oil and gas in… Continue Reading
In a 2017 appearance on US business news network CNBC, Hubert Joly, then-CEO of American technology retail behemoth Best Buy, provided an inadvertent microcosm of his leadership effect and ethos. “We’ve become relevant again,” he beamed. It had been five years since his appointment as CEO. For the first time, Best Buy had been in… Continue Reading
The HEC Paris EMBA admissions interview is a vital part of the application process. Along with the essay portion, its benefits extend far beyond prospective admission to the world’s top EMBA program. It doubles both as a dress rehearsal for being a student again, and for the universally useful practices of introspection and self-reflection. It… Continue Reading
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